Thanksgiving

12-2-13 The drive back to Duluth

We stopped at Tim & Kim's and then went to their farm to get 17 farm eggs. 

 I had never met their alpacas but man is their fur soft. I really want  a sweater made from it since it is 8 times warmer than wool - I think

 We stopped at United Noodles and bought a gallon jar of Kimchi and some other yummy things like black rice noodles. 

11-29-13 The drive to Mankato

A fresh coat of snow in Northern MN but no snow in Southern MN. We had nice temps and clear skies while in Mankato. Kirsten's party was great and got out running with Justin, Sarah, and Kirsten. 

 So many apples at the big yellow barn and awesome samples. 

 So much Candy

 Clearing out the pies [they close on 12-2-13 for the season]

11-28-13 Thursday

Thanksgiving

Emily and I woke up to a very pretty sunrise and then lots of sunshine in Duluth. We had a couple inches of snow yesterday. Last weekend we made homemade graham crackers and this Thurs morning we made an amazing pumpkin pie bar with those graham crackers as the crust.

After the pie was baked we took off for a walk down to the lake to enjoy the sun. A super nice day.

Walking up Chester Bowl trail & looking at the icy creek

The hike up the hill gave me some hunger so we started working on our medium sized lunch for Turkey Day (no turkey in this house though...I donated mine to the food shelf)

Roasted brussel sprouts with sweet potato

On the way up the hill I dumpster dived at super one and scored BIG. A lot peppers and a egg plant.

We sat down to an amazing meal. So delicious. Roasted veggies, wild rice with cranberries & pickled beets from our friends Mike & Joanna. We had the pumpkin pie bar for dessert.