Larry and I went swimming on Thanksgiving day and the day after. It's been a little cooler here since a cold front came thru late Friday night. Temps have been down in the 60's - too cold for me to go swimming. Larry went several times last week and today with some of the Canadians - temp. is 67. Another front is coming thru tonight and it should get clear down into the 40's overnight and 50's during the daytime.
Thanksgiving dinner was great. The owners fried two turkeys and provided a spiral cut ham. Larry got the honor of carving the turkey. He got to work with only the dark meat (the owners had already pulled the breast off and cut it up). Later, it was all put into aluminum pans and reheated in the oven. Everyone brought great side dishes. We had the mandatory green bean casserole, several dressings, mashed potatoes and gravy, candied sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce jello mold, couple of salads, rolls and turkey & ham. I brought the pumpkin dessert that I like to make - the recipe from P.T. Cruiser friends. The serving table is the air hockey game table. You can see the arch that goes over the top that keeps the score and time. They have special made plywood pieces to fit over the table and then we lay down sheets and a table cloth. Makes a good buffet surface.
There were lots of leftovers that we all got together the next night and ate again. Stuffed two nights in a row.
A couple more Canadians have moved in yesterday and I understand that the park will be full by January. Six of us (4 Canadians and us) went to the local hockey game last night - the Corpus Christi Ice Rays. About 4 of the 5 starters are from Canada. We played the Mississippi Riverkings. We girls all came away with free T-shirts so we'll be properly attired by the next game. They do play the Wichita Thunder occasionally - just not this year. I didn't take pictures at the hockey game because one hockey arena looks like another. However, I will take the camera next time because the mascot is really unique.
Almost every night, we meet our friends, Elise & Guy (pronounced Gee with a hard G) Cote (pronounced Kotae) and play Farkle and Queen of Spades. They're from the Quebec area. The other couple that came in yesterday, Tom & Rita, are from Prince Edward Island - more frequently referred to as PEI (home of Anne of Green Gables written by a distant cousin of Tom's). Rita said Texans seem to know about both Prince Edward Island or PEI as the Canadian locals call it. She said in Florida they kept asking what part of Rhode Island were they from? There have been other Canadians in the park but most move on to the valley after a day or two or a week at the most. By the end of January we'll be full of Canadians - which is good. Makes for different conversations on politics, food and traditions. It seems that our health discussions are about the same everywhere.
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