Black Friday . . . NOT!
Thanksgiving morning, our ‘Up at 6 and on the road by 7’ turned out to be more like ‘Up at 6:30 and on the road by by 7:40’. But finally we were headed for the Cuero McDonald’s for breakfast about 40 miles away.
Then our next stop was the Valero in Schulenburg another 45 miles for a potty break right before we got on I-10E for the 90 mile run to Brandi’s. One thing that makes these trips like a lot nicer . . . and faster, is that Texas doesn’t fool around with wimpy speed limits.
With 75 mph on regular Interstates, and up to 85 mph on others, they don’t mess around on other roads either. Most rural two lane roads are 70, or 65 mph at the slowest, which made the trip a lot more fun.
And though you would think these higher speed limits, pretty much the fastest in the nation, would lead to more high deaths, that’s not true. Texas is pretty much in the middle, 23 from the top, in per capita deaths.
So in this case Speed Doesn’t Kill.
Right before we got to Brandi’s we stopped for a few last minute items at the nearby Krogers, including several bags of our favorite coffees. Since there’s no Krogers anywhere near us here, we stock up when we can.
When we got to Brandi’s about 11:15 she had things well in hand. She already had the house decorated for Christmas and it really looked great.
Later, Brand’s friends, Eric, Chantelle, and Max showed up. Eric brought his turkey fryer and got it set up on the patio.
Over the next several hours, he did two large chickens and then a turkey. One of the chickens had been injected with Jalapeno Butter, and other one with Garlic Butter. The turkey however was more traditional, and just injected with butter.
All three were delicious, moist and juicy inside, especially the Jalapeno Butter one.
As the afternoon progressed more and more friends showed up and the food started being laid out. Unfortunately, our son and his family all had to work. Chris with his Haz-Mat job for GE, Linda who manages a CVS, and our granddaughter Piper who pulled a double in the hospital ER in Galveston.
Then friends, Doug and Christi showed up, along with Christi’s brother and parents.
The girls took over the kitchen as dinner got closer.
As is usually at these things, everyone ate until they were stuffed and then some, ending up with a lot of sleepy people sitting around.
Jan and I finally headed home about 20 to 7 and arrived back at the rig at 20 to 10, good time for the 160 miles with a couple of potty stops.
Today was just a stay home day, eating leftovers and staying as far away from Black Friday shopping as possible, although I did buy something on Amazon.
That was close enough.
Thought for the Day:
“It’s not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.” ― Marilyn Monroe
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