Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving this year turned out great. We had Mike and Holly (from here), Merrill and Nancy from New Mexico, Steve from Maui and of course, us. I spent most of the day drugged with a horrible flu like sickness. I can still say it was great because alka seltzer is a miracle drug. Thankfully everyone pitched in and we still had a delicious dinner. We had the traditional feast with a Hawaiian flare. Steve is shown here preparing some fresh coconut. I don't know what he did to it but when it was done it tasted like fish. He also prepared bread fruit which tasted like a "funky version of mashed potatoes." (Quote from Rusty)




Holly delighted our palates with her usual assortment of delicious pies. We had cherry, apple, razzleberry, and pumpkin. My personal favorite remains pumpkin. We had almost as many pies as people, which is less than last year when we had more pies than people (and there were 15 people).



Here is a picture of the spread. Sorry Mom, I know you will be disappointed in the method of serving thanksgiving dinner but you can blame Holly for the can shaped cranberry sauce. It was her masterpiece.

After dinner and digestion we drove up to Waimea Canyon, the Grand Canyon of the Pacific. You can see the Na Pali coastline on the right and the ocean is not pictured but on the left. It was a beautiful day to go. The visibility was amazing.

Hope everybody's Thanksgiving was as fun as ours!!!