I was supposed to fly to Cleveland the week before Thanksgiving and help Shawn drive the truck to San Diego for Thanksgiving but they shut his job down early due to the winter weather. So I cancelled my flight and he drove home a week early. We took advantage of the couple of extra days that gave us to stop along the way at the old mining towns - Tonopah, Goldfield, etc. - and then spent the night in Vegas before heading to SD for the family Thanksgiving. The biggest bonus to this trip was that we were able to get both Erika and Brandon to San Diego for Thanksgiving too!
The old mining towns are fascinating. The things that can be found with just a little extra effort have so much history behind them - old cars, trains, mines and mining equipment, shacks...the list goes on.
Then there was Vegas - and I didn't even gamble. Never had the desire to. But we stayed in a resort hotel with an amazing jacuzzi tub. Those that know our house know that we have a small bathtub that is not ideal for long relaxing soaks. And it is almost a joke now that if Kori stays in a hotel, Kori is going to take at least one nice, long bath, so this one was heaven - and romantic too. We had a great dinner, saw the fountains at the Bellagio and headed back to our room. The hotel (the JW Marriott) was so nice in fact that we decided to take our time leaving instead of driving through Death Valley as we had planned. We had an amazing breakfast next to a pool and waterfall, and wandered the grounds.
Thanksgiving dinner followed normal Meyer clan get together fashion - it was chaotic, noisy, confusing - and the best time families anywhere could possibly imagine! We had over 30 this year, so it just keeps getting better.
The photos are of an old rail car and Dodge, the night lights of Vegas and of course the aforementioned Meyer clan at Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
