Thanksgiving
in Lake Havasu City 2005
by Bobbi A. J. Holmes
For those of you who spent Thanksgiving
weekend in Havasu, I’m sure you will agree with me that the weather was
pretty incredible! Over the last 37 years we’ve experienced some frosty
Havasu Thanksgivings, yet 2005 was not one of them.
We set up a
banquet table on the back patio, and enjoyed dining poolside. In the
spirit of a true Martha Stewart wannabe, I dressed the table with a
linen table cloth, secured cloth napkins in wooden napkin rings, and
covered the center of the table with candles. (Please remind me to buy
drip-less candles, and please don’t tell Martha! Does anyone know how
to remove wax from linen?)
During the
evening family members visited and played games on the back patio, and
stayed outside until after 9 p.m. We did light up the clay fire pit,
which added more to the ambiance than the need for warmth.
We had
family in from Missouri and Texas and they were impressed with the
weather. One Kansas City cousin told us he had never eaten outdoors for
Thanksgiving.
One of our
dear Havasu friends had traveled to Chicago for holiday, and when I
called them to boast of the amazing weather (Chicago was experiencing a
wind chill factor of zero at the time), I was called an unpleasant name!
But alas,
things have started to cool. Which is not necessarily a bad thing,
since a lot of people prefer to have a nip in the air during Christmas
time. I suppose I will have to let my family eat inside for Christmas
dinner!
From our
family to yours, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
November 2005
