Thanksgiving - Jordan Lake - North Carolina

Home for the holidays and sharing a wonderful Thanksgiving with our family.

The biggest surprise was the happenings at the campground.  We thought we would be the only people there over Thanksgiving.  Were we ever surprised.  We arrived 8 days before Thanksgiving and found only one other RVer plus the host couple at the campground.

The weekend before Thanksgiving, the campground began to fill up with people arriving for a weekend of camping, fishing, and boating.  I would never have thought people were still camping here in November, but they were and having a great time.

By Monday prior to the holiday, the campground had only a few RVers, but come Wednesday before Thanksgiving every site that had electric and water was filled.  We were in section B of Loop 4 with section A closed, but section A was opened for the Thanksgiving holiday and also began to fill up.

Thanksgiving was a very festive day here.  We, as others, had family over for the Thanksgiving dinner.  Others were gone for the day at relatives homes, but the big surprise was how many families were here having Thanksgiving dinner at their campsite with just their immediate family.  There were other families taking up three or so sites together and each family had their own RV and spent their holiday camping.

As we took an afternoon walk around the campground, we saw many people playing games like horseshoes, sitting around a campfire with their family, and in the air the smell of roasted turkey.

It was really amazing as there were many tents with no electricity or water and many pop-up campers that have a good amount of canvas and probably not tight when it comes to keeping out the cold and dampness.

During our time here, we experienced a few days of fall, then a few days of rain, then a few days of winter, and finally a few more days of fall.  By Sunday afternoon after Thanksgiving , we and the host were the only RVs in the campground.  Marc and I took Wubie for a walk around the campground and it was so quiet.  We could here birds, crickets, and the wind blowing through the trees.  The lake was shimmering in the sunlight with the sound of water lapping against the shore.  What a great ending to our visit here.

We spent time with family, friends, had appointments with our doctor, eye doctor, and dentist which made these two weeks go by in a flash.  It was a great recharge to see those who mean so much to us.

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