Smith Family Adventures: Thanksgiving? Its December 19th for Goodness Sakes!

Hey everybody. Once again, I've been slacking off when it comes to the blog. Sorry about that.

We had a very nice Thanksgiving this year. I think it was especially wonderful because we were not living in the camper. After dinner, Nate wanted to get out of the house, so we went for a walk over by the river on Camp Lejeune. We were pleasantly surprised to find a bunch of hiking and biking trails in the area. They also have boardwalks that weave in and out of the trees along the water with information plaques every so often telling you about the different trees and birds etc that you might see. We're planning on going back to ride bikes when the weather isn't so wet.

Monte and Brady went fishing with our good friend Mark the weekend before Thanksgiving. They had to get up really early to meet him at the pier so they could get to his favorite fishing spot before everyone else. You can see from the pictures that there were several boats near each other. They caught a few fish and they brought home a trout and a drum. The trout was the best tasting one. Not as good as the brookies from Montana, but not bad either. The lighthouse you see in the background is the Cape Lookout lighthouse. Brady had a great time, fishing as well as playing with Marks dog Gator (Mark's a Florida Gator's fan). Isn't he a beautiful dog? We can't get one now, but Monte and I are determined to have our own chocolate lab someday.