While the roast turkey centered the meal, I usually prefer the side dishes, and the side dishes were all outstanding. I particularly liked the sweet potato pie with some kind of cranberry crumb topping that made it uniquely delicious. We also had mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, corn, rolls, tomato and aspharagus salad and more, with pecan pie for desert. It was a fantastic meal in Point Loma.
While I am thankful and grateful for having such a tasty meal placed before me, I truly marvel at the fact that throughout America, most households also have such bountiful feasts. In New York City, daughters Amy and Gina prepared their feast, while my granddaughter Emma and her daddy Laszlo went to the Macy's parade with her other grandparents, Z and Ria. I have no doubt that they also enjoyed a wonderful meal.
We were able to enjoy a free video phone call over Skype to unite online, something I never would have believed would be possible when my children were born.
In between New York and San Diego, north to Canada and south to Mexico, countless others enjoyed time with their families. And like most of those families, we certainly watched our fair amount of football on television, and like most families we viewed the games on a screen larger and higher definition than we would have imagined possible a few years ago.
It is good that we all take time to appreciate our fortune to have been born in the greatest country in history and say thanks.
We spent the night, and the next day Jay and I took a hike at Cabrillo National Monument with my brother-in-law Brooks and his son Brooks. In addition to enjoying the coastline views, we visited the exhibits devoted to Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, who in 1542 led the first Europeans to navigate the California coast and to step ashore in San Diego, It's also the home of a military base where soldiers guarded the coast manning large guns and flood lights anticipating possible Japanese invasion.
Julie and Darlene instead walked around the bay, which undoubtedly was also scenic.
In the afternoon, the Brookses took us sailing. We all enjoyed our Thanksgiving stay in Point Loma.
What does this have to do with selling cruises? Well, if you want to take a cruise starting in San Diego, whether to Hawaii, Mexico or the Panama Canal, these are some great sites to see before embarking. Oh, and if you live in Los Angeles, in spring of 2013, the beautiful Golden Princess will begin taking four night cruises that include either San Diego, Santa Barbara or Catalina as a port. While Santa Barbara is a pretty exciting new port for short cruising, don't forget that San Diego is also a world class port! And one more note: if you want to rent a watercraft, be sure you know how to use it. Better service leads to better trips!
