For my first thanksgiving in America I didn’t find it particulary exciting I must say. Would help if I had some family nearby I guess. First I went back to the estate agents to surf, then I went shopping at good ol Wal-Mart, lamenting the poor bastards that had to work that day. Then I went to the Red Roof Inn and got myself a room, a shower and a shave. It was about time I think. I kept working on my damn GPS plots but kept changing my mind as to how I wanted to work on them but I was learning more about how to sort them out once and for all. The majority of the afternoon was spent vegetating in front of first, The Princess Diaries and then one of my favourites, the incomparable Incredibles. I love that movie! It wasn’t all just hedonistic pleasure as I had a good bash on my guitar too… Oh that was pretty good too!

My R&R was interrupted by Miriam ringing to see if I wanted to come and sit in the freezing yard in front of the fire. We were supposed to be off having an adventure the next day but she was getting grief from the people she was staying with and I thought best not to push it. I went over and we sat alternately freezing and then coughing up smoke once I got the fire going. I met Patricks brother Mike as well who is a sculptor and makes really cool latex masks, I saw some of his work in their shed/studio. He was working on a dragon mask, just the kind of thing you would see in the Dungeons and Dragons Dragonlance novels. I want one. It was too cold to sit out, too smokey to sit near the fire so we went for a rather pointless drive and then said our goodbyes as it would be time for me to get a move on the next day. I needed to plan my route out. It was time to have another meaningless adventure. I guess that’s what they call life eh?



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