Thanksgiving Trip,

Well, this is the third time I've

tried writing this blog post.

Twice I've lost what I had written

 while adding another photo from my phone,

even after saving the post on the computer.

Perhaps this time I'll manage

to get through to the end

without loosing the post.

So far this is the only Christmas 

decor in the house.

My Christmas cactus is blooming.

Sorry it's a blurry photo from my phone.

The rest of the photos 

except for the beach ones

are from my phone.

Rick and I both caught colds at

Thanksgiving and mine has hung on

and it's still annoying.

I saw my doctor for an unrelated checkup

and she has a cold as well that is lasting

longer than it should.

I am in good company I suppose.

 

We went to Brookings to see Rick's mom

for Thanksgiving.

We left  early Thanksgiving morning 

while it was still dark.

As we crossed a bridge over Lake Shasta

the full moon's light was reflecting silver on the lake.

  It was absolutely beautiful.

An hour later we were passing north of Weed, CA

through the snowy landscape.

It was 14 degrees at the time

and the moon was setting on the hillside

while the sun rose on the other side of us.

We had a great visit with family there.

They had Thanksgiving dinner ready to

serve shortly after our arrival.

We learned a new card game

and just had a very nice visit.

This was one of the only two photos from my camera

on that trip.

We tried to take Liberty to the beach,

but ran into a couple aggressive dogs who weren't

on a leash. Their owner didn't seem to care.

 We didn't bother staying at the beach.

Poor Liberty missed out on some beach time

which she loves.
Maybe next time.

On our way home that Sunday morning

we stopped for breakfast in a town called

Hiouchi.

Hiouchi Cafe

We've had lunch here once before

and our shared sandwich was really good.

So we decided to try them for breakfast.

This is a place where the locals come in

and they know them by name.

It so very down home with the work station

and pass through counter into the kitchen

directly across from our table.

This is a small place with a roaring

fire in the wood stove in the corner.

It was still very chilly in there.

Our waitress brought small mugs 

of very good coffee to us.

That's her in the pink jacket.

She brought half and half and then

asked us if we wanted some of that 

"foo foo" creamer.

She reached into the refrigerator behind her,

and brought out several flavors of

Coffee Mate creamers and set them out

on different tables.

This is how the butter and half and half

was served.  Quite homey.

There was plastic covering the jalousie windows

trying to keep the cold drafts out.

The blackberry jam was homemade.

I doubt the orange marmalade was...

but I never touch the stuff, so I don't know.

Our breakfast was very good.

This place isn't pretentious in the least.

Just a nice friendly down home place to

share a meal.

Now, I think I'd better start

thinking about Christmas...

Take care.