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11/25/21 - Thanksgiving at the Cloister

The Cloister is an old fashioned family oriented resort. It was a bit formal, one of the few places left where jackets are required for dinner, but comfortable and hospitable. We just couldn't face Thanksgiving indoors, so we arranged for a take out meal we picked up at the golf resort. There were four of us, one of whom didn't eat turkey, but they gave us at least an eight pound roast turkey, probably bigger and enough sides - sweet potatoes, green beans, stuffing - to serve maybe eight people. It was way more food than we could handle, but our friends took home most of the left overs.

During the day, we explored the beach on Sea Island. It's a pretty Atlantic style sand beach, the kind that runs from Cape Cod to Key West. Since we used to live on the East Coast, we found it familiar though it had been a long time. We found sand dollars and a horseshoe crab shell. There were pelicans and cormorants. Inland, on the tidal waters, there were egrets and tall grass. We walked a fair ways and worked up an appetite for dinner which provided to be a very good idea.

Sea Island beach

Rocks

Birds - mostly cormorants

On the beach

Beach grass

Beach flowers

Signs of autumn

Christmas is a-coming in

More Christmas

A horseshoe crab shell

The beach resort

Our Thanksgiving table

Our Thanksgiving dessert

Inland waters

Towards sunset

An egret

Evening light

Later on, more color

On the Cloister grounds

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