A Dirt Farm Thanksgiving (Casa Grande, AZ)

Wow!  I can’t believe it’s been over a week since my last post.  We’ve been super busy enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday at the “dirt farm” and then prepping for our trip to Germany.

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It was your typical American Thanksgiving; We enjoyed lots of good food…

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with lots of good people…

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All my relatives in the area came out to the “dirt farm”.  We even had some come in from far away places:  My Aunt Kathy came down from Sun City Grand (Phoenix) for a few days with her boyfriend from Canada;  My cousin’s daughter (Jules) came down from Denver with her boyfriend from Ireland.

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My cousin Kristine came down from Denver.  That was a special treat!  Haven’t seen her in years.  Here she is (below) looking through an old photo album.

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Here’s me and my brother Steve.

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We even had family friends come down from Tempe.

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After an awesome dinner, we played some games.

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And just hung out.

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After all the holiday festivities and lots of leftovers… I spent some time cleaning the Harley to put it away while we’re gone.

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Then I got the ATV out to prep it for when we get back.  I keep it stored here at the dirt farm and we’ll want to take it with us to Quartzsite in January when we get back from our Germany trip.

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I even cleaned up the trailer that I keep here on the farm and took it up to Phoenix for an annual service.  I bought it a year ago and got a timely phone call from Trailers-Plus telling me that the one-time free service was due.

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Here’s little ‘Coach’ running around the farm.  We’ll leave him here with my Mom during our trip.  He’s turned into quite the farm dog and enjoys being off leash.

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I then got the oil changed on the Urban Escape Vehicle at a nearby Speedco (←link).  I also topped off the fuel tank at a nearby Pilot Flying-J and drained the tanks.  I then gave it a good washing in preparation for leaving it here in storage while we fly to Germany for Christmas and New Year.

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Now, we just have to finish packing our suitcases 🙂

My next post will be from Germany.  We leave on the 3rd of December and will return on the 11th of January.  Follow along…