Thanksgiving?

Okay, it's a week late. But that is a picture of Peggy atop the shifting sands of Great Sand Dunes National Park on Thanksgiving. 

Since neither of us has immediate family here? We typically try to do something different on this holiday. This year we spend T'give eve in Taos, New Mexico. [SEE PIC TWO] And then spend the special day of giving thanks climbing the Sand Dunes.

How special are the Sand Dunes? [SEE PIC THREE] 

T'give night we spend in Salida where some of Peggy's kin used to hang out.

So what are we thankful for? We get a room in Taos with out calling ahead.  There isn't enough snow for the winter crowd to show up yet.  We are also here on the last day of the traditional off-season.

Now here is a new one on me and I'm sure thankful about it.  On this day we are eligible for both Triple A and the AARP discounts. And on top of that?  We get a gift pack that includes a ten dollar razor in it?  And we get a free glass of wine at the bar.  And we get 15 percent off our evening meal?  And we get free hot breakfast.  (We have to pay for the orange juice.)

We are thankful for the beautiful drive back up to the Sand Dunes. We are thankful we get to the top of the Dunes for the first time. [You'll know what I mean when you try it sometime.] But guess what?  The only day of the year they waive the fee to get into a National Park that I know of? You guessed it!

But the thanks just keeps comin'. In Salida? Here we are thankful for the ONLY place of business OPEN to get a "bite to eat" on this special EATING day. Name? You might of heard of it.  PIZZA HUT!

Thank you, thank you, thank you Pizza Hut. I'm pretty sure I give our waiter a "tip" he can retire on.  You ever try their "meatball pasta?"  Not bad on Thanksgiving after spending the day crawling up a Sand Pile.

Oh, and we're also thankful for the Turkey Dinner our neighbors, The Kwits, bring over to the house the day after Thanksgiving.

My goodness we are blessed. And, oh yeah!  We are so thankful our friend Stephenie Davis is out of the hospital and on the mend.

That's all the big stuff. Hope your thanks list is a good one, too.

[Addendum: Thanks to our other neighbors the Helvigs for shoveling our sidewalk.]