Monday, November 28, 2011

We intended to snorkel

We decided on a non-traditional Thanksgiving this year. Our friend E was in town, with her sister-in-law, and we had reservations to snorkel on Thanksgiving afternoon from a glass-bottomed boat. The glass bottom was for me, since I think snorkeling sounds a bit like a sport, or at the very least, like exercise. Unfortunately, our tour was cancelled, and the rebooked tour the next day was also cancelled. (This was understandable, due to the choppy conditions, but next time I wish they wouldn't wait until we were an hour into the trip to make the decision.)

Instead, we had a picnic in the Everglades, followed the next day by lunch in the Keys.

Andrew slices the bread. The lake in the background was part of the Long Pine Key picnic area. I didn't quite catch why it's named after a Key (island), since it's not one.
The spread: ciabatta bread and vegetable pate, truffle deviled eggs, pickled onions, and fruit. The vegetable pate recipe made a LOT, so we still had the traditional Thanksgiving leftovers.
We could almost reach out and touch this guy, as he was sitting right below the board walk. I've never seen such big alligators in the wild. It was fun and a bit unnerving.
The next day we were in the Keys, enjoying the sunny weather, blue water, and pelicans.
Andrew and E enjoy more than just the weather.

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de-I said...

You know, I think I could go for a Thanksgiving like that.

I was shocked...shocked when I read the title thinking that you were contemplating undertaking any kind of exercise. Thank you for assuaging my fears.

Bernice said...

Was there a lot of "physics" talk? Is the s-i-l a physicist too? It looks like you had a good time.

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The s-i-l was not a physicist, so she just rolled her eyes a bit whenever Andrew let physics talk escape from his mouth. She was a good sport about at all.

alexis said...

I'm only disappointed there was not some wine with the picnic! Seems otherwise like a good way to spend T day.

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