Thanksgiving Dinner

While the majority of Canadians were eating turkey and stuffing and all the trimmings in their cozy home surrounded with family and enveloped in love, we were trapsing about in the forest, looking for treasure, exploring the great outdoors, and freezing our hands and feet off. It wasn't intentional, it just sort of happened.

If you look closely, you can see us weaving in and out of the brush.

I guess this is what happens when you live far away from family and the mom of the house (that would be me) doesn't not enjoy cooking or the clean up, nor does she really enjoy eating all that much. The effort put into preparing food is just too much to justify considering the enjoyment from actually eating the food is so low. "Okay....let's eat so we can get on with stuff!!" Don't get me wrong, I eat....a lot....but not for fun.

So, when the time came for me to go and buy and turkey and fixin's, instead of going out like a responsible adult to collect the items needed, I said to my kids, "Hey - would you like to go geocaching?"
They both looked up at me wide-eyed for a second before shouting back "YEAH!!!" I looked at my husband and shrugged.
"So, should we go?"
"I guess..." he shrugged back.

So off we went, into the Mctaggart Sanctuary.

Found a geocache!

We found several caches. 5 in total I think. Or maybe it was just 4. Usually we take the hard way (unintentionally) and end up bushwacking for what seems like miles and miles.

We spotted an old wasps nest and took it down to dissect:

The boys thought it was very interesting...

I love how perfect and symmetrical the hexagons are that bees and wasps make. Did you know that the hexagon shape is the most space preserving and structually solid shape of all time? The inborn knowledge to create these shapes is actually mathematically the best choice that they have. There is no better shape for this purpose.

Hexagons!!!

We geocached until the sun went down. We actually needed the flashlights we brought to find the last geocache.

That is what we did instead of thanksgiving dinner. And I gave thanks the whole time we were out, for all the things that I am thankful for. I also gave thanks that I didn't have to prepare a huge thanksgiving meal to prove that I was thankful.