Thanksgiving with Jackie and Darla

Hi Blog.  We spent Thanksgiving at our friend Jackie's house in North Hills, California.  Our friend, Darla, drove down from Riverside, California, to pick us up.  Traffic was terrible, so we didn't get there until after 5:00 p.m.  However, we were just in time to get the full effect of Christmas lights.

Jackie and her roomate, Maura, worked overtime to get the decorations up before Thanksgiving, so we could enjoy them during dinner.  Here is Kathy bonding with Snoopy and Woodstock.

The buffet table was full of all the traditional Thanksgiving treats - turkey, stuffing, gravy, green beans, yams, corn casserole and mashed potatoes.  However, Kathy only had eyes for Jackie's world famous seven layer dip.

Darla drove us back to the RV and spent the night.  After breakfast we took a long walk on the Malibu Beach.  Jackie joined us around 3:00.  We made plans to go to one of our favorite restaurants in Malibu - Gladstone's.  Unfortunately, the original owners of Gladestone's sold out and the new owners have taken the restaurant in a new direction.  Gone were the peanut shells on the floor, the singing waiters and the tin foil origami wrapped leftovers.  However, Dave bonded with our waiter and we managed to get our bread wrapped to go in tin foil.

Back at the RV, Darla and Luckie got a chance to bond.

The cats miss Darla, but they will get one more chance to see her next Saturday.  Now, time to wrap some Christmas presents.