Hubby freezing, lol!
And my warm kiddos all bundled up.
I thought it was romantic to sit in front of the fireplace with a warm fire and read. I brought along a chapter book (Sign of the Beaver...about a boy's relationship with an indian friend in the 1800s) and read to my kindergartener.
After packing up, on Thanksgiving, we headed out to find a hotel for the night. A boulder near the road on the way out.
Seeing a icy tree. This seemed very pretty and we stopped in the middle of the road to get a picture. Luckily, we only saw one other vehicle in the next 40+ minutes.
It looked like clouds forming in the mountains as well. So cool! It was 32 degrees (at noon) and got down to 17 at night. For us, this was REALLY cold!
We stopped for gas and lunch. We celebrated our Thanksgiving meal here!
It just wasn't a gas station and cafe. This is my brother and nephew.
You could also shop...
and play pool!
There was a couple who came in. The woman (obviously in dire circumstances) asked the cashier how much the cheapest pack of cigarettes cost. I was in another area but listened. The woman only had $2 and the cigarettes were $4.15. After asking, she was walking around, probably wondering what to do. The store was to close in an hour and there weren't many people out. One man was sitting at a table drinking some coffee. He had his oxygen tank with him and was breathing through the plastic thing under his nose. He started talking with us as he had heard us talking to the cashier about where we had been and where we were going. He had been to White Rock many times, especially as a child. I was wondering what he was doing alone at a cafe at lunch but he mentioned later that his son was supposed to come at 4. I crossed my fingers that his son showed up. In a few minutes, I walked over to the woman and gave her $2.25 and said "Happy Thanksgiving." She was incredibly happy and wished me the same. I figured...even though I'd have preferred not to help her by giving money for cigarettes, it seemed the right thing to do on a day like Thanksgiving.
Our Thanksgiving meal! It was good! It didn't really matter what we ate. We were thankful for all our blessings...and were with family! My brother and nephew (our camping partners) were with us and we were content. All was well.
After we arrived at our hotel, after having driven through snow and little traffic, we went swimming in the pool. Of course, the jacuzzi was MUCH warmer and where I hung out.
More to follow...
1 comment:
Hello Jacuzzi nice to meet you.
That's where I'd be.
Awww look at you reading to your little one, you know he's going to remember that forever.
Robin I love that you gave that woman the money, even though it was for yucky cigarettes you probably altered something for her somewhere down the way. She'll pay that forward somehow, someway. You are just too sweet.
I love doing that type of thing also. Which is why I would never make a good millionaire, I would end up giving most of it away.
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