Thanksgiving Preps

I spent a good part of the day today doing preps for dinner tomorrow. Hopefully, that will save me the craziness in the morning and set me up for an enjoyable cooking experience. That is the plan, at least.

We also went for a nice walk down around the Tidal Basin and visited the Jefferson Monument, the FDR Memorial, the Lincoln Monument, the Korean War Memorial, the Vietnam Wall and the WWII Memorial. That sounds like a lot, but they are all fairly close and it was a gorgeous day today. The bonus of the day was that DC clears out at Thanksgiving, so there were barely any people around - just the way I like it.

We will be hosting dinner tomorrow for Mark and Marian, and our friends Kristen and Becca.

Here are some photos from today:

It is hard to capture the people and the monument sometimes, here are Tom and his Mom and Dad at the Jefferson:
Our little family with the Tidal Basin and Washington Monument in the background:
The Lincoln Monument - Can you see Mr. Lincoln?
Here is he is - and he is HUGE! The Lincoln is very impressive:
Mark and Marian in front of the Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument:

I did not take any photos at the others, but they are all impressive. The war memorials are very moving, as well.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! I will get some Thanksgiving pictures of our little turkey up tomorrow!