Our Thanksgiving started with beautiful sun which got Mom and Elli all excited about laundry - there is no dryer here. By the time the first load was done the clouds had arrived and we again have a day of mixed clouds and sun - mainly clouds. The temperature is so much cooler than what we expected we will not complain - nor will we after we read the Rockies Storm article on the web. We trust the stateside travelers are all safe - hopefully at their desired destinations. Rico's report of the coming storm seems to have been fulfilled. The number of accidents reported in Washington seemed very high and the winds everywhere rather strong. We're thinking of you all wherever you are.
We are going into the West End - an area we rarely visit as it is not convenient by bus or train - but an attractive area of shops and restaurants on the south side all with a 'hippie/yuppie' aspect. We'll have turkey on the barbie along with fresh corn and pecan pie for dinner tonight. Elli thought the corn and turkey were representative of the first event at Plymouth. (Incidentally, we saw a flock of bush turkeys along the beach in heavily built up Coolangatta last weekend - they look very much like the U.S. bird - I don't recall having seen them before. The Wakefields said they are becoming a nuisance. Also, the coirn was picked fresh down there.)
Rachael, thankfully, due to pneumonia, did not go to schoolies. She has spent some time with friends who did not go. Two of the girls she was going to be with came back yesterday - original plan was to stay all week returning Saturday. Will be interested to hear why. Elli heard a stroy yesterday of one girl from Rachael's class at Hillbrook who wanted to come back Tuesday after a boy in her group was rushed to the hospital choking on his own vomit and a girl in the group had wandered off to"walk" home - about 35 miles. The paper reports the time is going well except for riots between schoolies and locals at Byron Bay. You can tell I don't think much of the event. I guess I have never known what Spring Breaks in Florida have been like - very similar I guess. However, one good side of schoolies is they try to confine it to one age group - this year's high school grads. Of course. there are always some older gate crashers.
I think Rico's photos have been spectacular. The latest scenes amazin
g and the family group a real coup. We just worked on some photos. They show why we like it down here. Mt Warning is the remaining core of a huge volcano that exploded centuries ago leaving a massive caldera, maybe 35 miles across. Terrnorra sits on one edge. Sugar cane is growing in the foreground, some has just been harvested. The beach is one we have often gone to. The fence is blocking access since last year's storms washed some of the shore including the road away. The missing area had been built up by humans and as Bo said,"Nature is reclaiming its own." Certainly confirms the power of water.
g and the family group a real coup. We just worked on some photos. They show why we like it down here. Mt Warning is the remaining core of a huge volcano that exploded centuries ago leaving a massive caldera, maybe 35 miles across. Terrnorra sits on one edge. Sugar cane is growing in the foreground, some has just been harvested. The beach is one we have often gone to. The fence is blocking access since last year's storms washed some of the shore including the road away. The missing area had been built up by humans and as Bo said,"Nature is reclaiming its own." Certainly confirms the power of water.HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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