Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Wednesday Zachary and I had a rare day today together without work sprinkled in, so we explored 2 new state parks to the west of us near Rosemary Beach. Deer Lake State Park features a large area of protected natural dunes with a coastal dune lake. They have a long boardwalk crossing it so you can get to the beach. It was very peaceful. It is still is so strange to be late November in shorts and mildly sweating.
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| Fall leaves do exist in Florida! |
We also visited Camp Helen State Park. I found one sign of traditional fall, leaves changing. I was excited. Camp Helen features an old resort dating back to the 1930s with other historical buildings.
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| The potatoes were the best. |
On Thanksgiving day, Zachary had to work during the day, so I brought him and his coworker carryout turkey dinners and we had dinner at the store. After work we debated about trying one of those door buster black Friday sales that night. We aren't shoppers for one, and secondly, not black Friday shoppers. But the promise of discounts on a few games were mighty tempting this year. So we decided to hit the Toys R Us at 8 and/or the Target if it looked bad. We got there a little after 8, thinking the line outside would have vanished or be short by then. (We thought we were being savvy...) Uh, no. The line still wrapped the front of 3 stores and down the backside. Target looked no better. "Oh forget about it!", and we went home. We like discounts and all, but neither of us have the stamina for that kind of angry shopping. After we got home, we did a little online shopping, got a few discounts and went to bed. Thank you Internet. I should have never doubted you.
