The super-sized Thanksgiving weekend is probably my favorite holiday break, and for me it starts tomorrow. For the past several years, neither Spouse's nor my family has been in town, so we head up to his mother's cabin in central Minnesota - just the two of us (with MIL's permission, of course!) We hike through the woods and build big fires in the fireplace. It's the last peaceful weekend until after the new year.
This picture was taken on a Thanksgiving weekend about three or four years ago. For me, it captures the season perfectly: the dock is pulled up on the beach, the lake has a skim of ice on it, and there seems as if there is not another person around for miles.
This year, the lake will most likely still be open, and we may get lucky and see some migrating waterfowl. The weather is supposed to be in the 50's and sunny for the next several days, so we will be able to spend a lot of time hiking through the woods across the road.
I had already planned to take Wednesday off, partly because it's my birthday, but mainly to start getting the feast ready. However, Dexter the dog has to go to the vet in the morning for an echocardiogram and and EKG, so my extra day off has become a little less fun (and maybe even a real bummer if we discover the potential heart disease is bad).
Heart disease or no, Dexter will spend a lot of his lake time on the daybed, luxuriating in pillows and sunlight. That's just what he does.
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