The Many Adventures of Turner and Parker: Thanksgiving

Give thanks to The Lord, for He is good. His love endures forever!

God has been soooo good to us this year. We took a step in faith to move all the way across the country to California, and we have been richly blessed. In three short months, we have had some great adventures and met some special people.

So, since we knew we'd miss all our family for Thanksgiving, we decided to do something totally new and different: CAMP! Or, GLAMP, as it is called! (Glamorous camping -- as in, the tent is already set up, and there are beds in it).

We started Thanksgiving day off with a delicious meal of turkey, cornbread pudding, macaroni, stuffing, green bean casserole and biscuits with two families from Chick-fil-A. Then, with full bellies, we drove up to El Capitan Canyon, near Santa Barbara. We camped for three nights, cooked over the fire and enjoyed "unplugging" for a few days before the rush of Christmas. It was such a sweet time. The kids did great, playing with sticks, using their imaginations, hiking, cooking smores, tie dying t-shirts, feeding llamas, collecting rocks, etc.

We saw incredible wildlife, too: a sea lion climbing out of the Pacific Ocean, a host of monarch butterflies, llamas, goats, woodpeckers, owls, a snake, a bat (which incidentally was hanging on our mesh window!!!), a gopher, a fish (someone caught in the ocean and let Parker touch it!), a leaf bug, etc., etc.

This is a beautiful place, and I am so glad we are getting the opportunity to explore it!