Gasoline Powered Turkey

I can't believe it's already December.

Thanksgiving promised to be a good introduction to winter, as we heard reports of almost a foot of snow coming to my parents house. On Wednesday we got a lot of rain in Boston, but the rain quickly changed to snow as we headed north. 

Unplowed roads

It was a long trip up to New Hampshire. We almost didn't make it up our hill, we got stuck behind a slow-moving car and almost couldn't get enough momentum to get to the top.  The house was dark upon our arrival... they lost power a few hours before we got there. 

Scenes from Thanksgiving

Our gas-powered generator powered just enough to keep my mom's big refrigerator's running, the heat on enough to keep the pipes from freezing, and the water on so we could flush the toilets. Living the lap of luxury, if I do say so myself! Unfortunately the power was still out in the morning, but we ventured out to get the Sunday paper for Black Friday flyers. The lack of electricity would not stop TRADITION! ...except we couldn't watch the Macy's Day Parade or National Dog Show. True bummer.

Instead of TV, Adam and I ventured out into the winter wonderland. It was the first time we got to play in the snow in a while. Meanwhile, a Thanksgiving chef-ery miracle was being pulled off at my house. We have one gas-powered oven that my mom uses for baking, so we were able to cook the bird in that. Everything else was cooked on a small one burner stove and the grill. It turned out to be a great meal. 

Thanksgiving doesn't need electricity!