Thanksgiving in Birmingham

Bailey and I traveled south for Thanksgiving last year. She's a good traveler and we made it with just 2 stops. We arrived midafternoon on Wednesday and Emily, Bailey and I took a walk around the apartment complex to stretch our legs and then had a picnic under the large tree right outside the front door. Emily and I ate cheese sandwiches and chex mix and Bailey watched squirrels up in the tree.

We slept in on Thanksgiving morning and mid morning, we headed over to Oak Mountain State Park for some hiking. It was a beautiful day; sunny and blue skies with a temperature in the mid 60's. We packed a picnic (peanut butter sandwiches, apples, cookies and water and dog treats!) and hauled it up the mountain on a gorgeous hike to Peavine Falls. Bailey and Emily led the way and once we got to the top of the mountain, the trail was level along the ridge. We didn't see any other people until we got to the falls and we had a nice hour eating our lunch and relaxing. Bailey was so tired she was asleep on her feet in the sunshine!

The weather was great the whole time I was there, much different from when I visited in August (steam bath!). On Friday we took it easy and just visited, watched TV, walked Bailey and hung out. We spent some time that evening working on a budget - Emily loves spreadsheets!

I left on Saturday morning and had a pleasant drive home.