by swoody126 » Sat Oct 07, 2017 7:02 am
the oldsters have all passed on and our Thanksgiving campouts are no more
your post brings back some fond rememberies of Turkey Day weekends of the past
a group of my parent's friends would gaggle up somewhere for a long weekend of campfire, camaraderie & gluttony
the group that assembled for Turkey Dinner ranged from 50 - 75 in numbers and from just months to up in their 90's in age
the usual sawhorse tables required an extra sawhorse under the middle just to support all the food that was offered up for Turkey Day
AND THE SUN ALWAYS SHINED ON THE TURKEY(at least for a moment on that day)
turkey bone soup was made in a HUGE Army pot on Fridays and was laddled out over the planned over(knot left over) excess dressing
over the years(mid 1950's>>>) sleeping quarters ranged from pup tents, t-pees, tears, dome tents, family/multi room tents, 1-wheeled fold outs, home made tent trlrs, pick-up toppers, station wagons, pop-ups, converted school bus, class A's, B's & C's.....
MANY FOND REMEMBERIES
Thanks for the post
sw
"we are the people our parents warned us about" jb