We had a small Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, just us and Ben & Jenny — they came over late morning, with some waffle batter, to cook brunch and help with the big meal. (Jan & Marty also stopped by but didn’t stay for dinner.) Dinner was the usual: turkey (no stuffing), mashed potatoes & gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, and for dessert a pumpkin roll stuffed with cranberry-orange cream cheese.
We worked it off with a Friday morning ride in Lancaster, the “Hush Money Fall Fuckaround,” which was listed as a gravel ride and a Gran Fondo, but we did the short (39 mile) road option. Several of our friends also did the ride, as well as Anne’s brother Joe, but we didn’t see much of them after the start, and we also bagged much of the ride, short-cutting the ride loop and ending with about 18 miles. Windy day! Anne actually got blown off the road into a field, where we looked up to see two bald eagles flying around.
Joe & Laura came over last night with Ben & Jenny and Alex too, and we played pinochle and a game called “Neanderthal Poetry,” which was a hoot.
And now we are waiting for people to come over for leftover turkey sandwiches; dessert will be at Joe & Laura’s.
