Here Be Dragons~

A week to go and the car is nearly packed with goodies for the wonderful week ahead~ Thanksgiving week in Hilton Head in a beach house not our own.  Sadly, David, Johnna and JD cannot come because JD still has his 'pic' insert and the doctors won't release him to go. The leaving hour gets earlier and earlier, according to Andy's clock. We leave at 7:00, no, we'd better leave at 6:00 (that's AM) No matter what time we leave, Joe and Glenda will be ready to haul their booty into the car for the eleven hour trip to Hilton Head. I am sure we will actually leave around 4:00 or 5:00 because who can sleep with Andy pacing the house going into every room making sure it is unplugged and heat free. The dogs will start to worry once they see the suitcases.  Posy will begin pacing and whining.  Winston will get close and sit on my feet to keep me in place and Bella, who has never been left for even a week will be stunned as we pull away from the house. It's sad, but happy at the same time.  We leave Matt behind with the three dogs, the freezer and the grill, to fend for themselves as best they can. He can jabber Japanese nothings in their ears until we reappear only to leave again in December and January. (We've decided to make the most of life while we are still on foot and healthy.)

The pantries have been stripped and we are taking enough wine to blunt any unpleasantness that might crop up like no place to buy pumpkin pies and dinner rolls...never mind I have my electric pie maker and potato roll recipe at the ready with several packages of yeast and five pound of flour for a week's stay. The gin bottle is the biggest and heaviest item to be placed gently in the boot of the Escalade. I have Glenda's library from the beauty parlor for her beach reading. I have many Lee Child's books to keep me happy and Andy and Joe have several books that I have read to choose from.  The bike's have been rented and will be waiting for the riders at the house. (That won't be me, thank you very much.) Mike and Beth will be herding two cars loaded with kids (adult kids) and goodies for the trip.  They leave on Wednesday for a continuous trip to the land of food and off time. More than twenty people will convene with cards and games and drinks in hand.  The grill will be fired up, the pool heated up, and the dragons of every day life will be left behind for a gathering of more than Sunday with the Lechlers, more like A Week with the Lechlers. Pictures to follow...if we can still focus.