Thanksgiving @ Bluff House - Moclips, WA

 We are planning on eating at 2:00 so we have allocated time slots for each person to cook their offering for the meal.  The stove does not actually produce much heat, so cooking times may vary.  We managed to have almost everything heated that was suppose to be heated.  Anyway, great meal.  We have vowed to stay vegetarian for Thanksgiving next year.

Following Thanksgiving dinner, the next obvious thing to do is walk along the beach while food coma kicks in.  After everyone woke up we played some serious board games.  In our final game, we survived a plane crash, waiting to be rescued.  We needed to forage for food, and materials to build fires, spears and shelter.  Occasionally we eat poisonous mushrooms and become paralyzed or are attacked

by rabid raccoons.  The days take their tool on us and we start to go mad.  At one point, I had to stand up and dance, if I stopped I would die.  Others had to throw their cards across the room, or pretend to go blind or stop speaking, or have a staring contest.  WHO ever knew crashing in the wilderness could be so fun.

Bluff House - Moclips, WA

 The sun rose and we had a gorgeous view of the ocean.  We are up on a bluff, about a hundred feet over the beach.  We have started to learn some the quirks of our little nest.  Two master bedrooms on the third floor, sans heat. But with jacuzzi tubs.  Living is all done on the second floor, with a great room and kitchen sharing the space about equally.  The first floor has a smaller bedroom, with a space heater.

I called the property manager who sent out some people to investigate the lack of heat on the third floor.  Our general conclusion is that, although there is a thermostat and heater vents, there is actually no infrastructure to support them.  Their plan is to confirm this with owner.

Getting to the beach requires a short drive.  The beach is very firm, so the locals like driving on the beach.  We’re not sure that Hertz would approve.  

We have prepared some of our first vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner: a cranberry galette and an artichoke and spinach lasagna.  Tomorrow we finish the prep and have our feast.  And then comes…leftover Friday.

Bluff House - Moclips, WA

 Got up, went down stairs for breakfast.  Deb has never had Avocado Toast, so decided to order it, without really reading the rest of the description: Grilled ciabatta, avocado, cream cheese, bacon bits, goat cheese, marinated grape tomato, arugula, sunny side up egg.  We had a few hours to kill, so we went to downtown Seattle for lunch.  Found a deli on TripAdvisor.  Seattle’s finest Cheese Steak Sandwich.  Also Seattle’s thickest Cheese Steak Sandwich.  

We rented a Ford Expedition, a very large SUV, packed it to the roof with enough food for Thanksgiving and the potentially rest of the year, and headed out for the VRBO on Washington’s sea coast.  By the time we arrived it was 8:30 at night, but Deb still showed no signs of hunger.  As with every VRBO, there is a manual describing particular do’s and don’t.  This one included detailed tsunami instructions.  Well, that’s a little concerning.

Tomorrow will bring sunrise and a view of our potential destroyer.

Raddison Airport Hotel - SeaTac, WA

 We are off on our Thanksgiving vacation (is it really a vacation, if you’re retired?). We’re hanging around the condo with 15 minutes to go, nothing to do, so we leave…get to the bus early…catch an earlier bus so we can wait at the airport instead.  Deb has been happy that we did the effort to get TSA Pre so we don’t remove our electronics, take off our shoes, etc.  I buzz through the line, happily, when I hear a distant voice say “Chris…Chris…Chris”.

I had forgotten to put Deb’s known traveler number in her profile, so no TSA Pre.  I was so frustrated that I forgot to take my iPad out of my bag.  Off go the alarms,  my bag is contraband.  It has to go through security again.  I can see flames shooting from Deb’s head!  

After that, it was pretty smooth sailing, got to Seattle a little early, got to the hotel.  All is good.  Now we just need to wait for the rest of the family to get out of work ( I remember those days.)