Thanksgiving Plans

[WindingRoad]

So I'm seriously thinking I will ride my bike to Thanksgiving. Actually it would be the day before because it's a 70 mile ride. BF is coming day of so I can put the bike in the car and ride back with him. The weather is supposed to be about 45-50 degrees. Sun will come out after 10 am, headwind about 7-10 MPH. Been wanting to do this for a while, it's through nothing but countryside.

[spokewench]

great way to get a work out day before all that food!

[Blueberry]

Awesome! We keep wanting to do that (Bike to Thanksgiving) - but there aren't any good bike routes from here to there. We checked.

Our dinner is late enough, though, that we should be able to get a ride in before we leave - yay!!

[withm]

My trip will be 150 miles one way, with homemade pecan pie, spiced peaches, and 3 doz dinner rolls. Even if it were a short trip, keeping everything level on a bike would be a challenge.

Hope everyone has a fun Thanksgiving and safe travels.

But I'll get a ride in before I leave town. And I'll bring my bike with me so I can stop in St. Michael's for a ride along the way home.

[azfiddle]

We'll do a pre-turkey ride with our cycling group, then come home for low key dinner with our 21 year old son.

[ny biker]

Six hour drive Wednesday night, expect to arrive around 3 a.m.

Family plans Thursday and Saturday.

An even longer drive back on Monday (expecting more traffic, since it's during the day).

Hoping to get out and take a brisk walk up and down the big hill in my hometown on Friday, and again on Sunday.

My weight management challenge this week is not about food, it's about inactivity.

But it will be nice to see the family!! And I will enjoy my mother's apple pie. It's a serving of fruit!! Seriously!! She puts a ton of apples in it, real apples, with hardly any added sugar. And she slices them really fast with a paring knife that is older than I am.

[VeganBikeChick]

I'll be working this Thanksgiving, and doing my best to stay away from all the junk food at work.

[solobiker]

I'll be working this Thanksgiving, and doing my best to stay away from all the junk food at work.

Me too! Although I don't imagine there will be too much junk food around which is fine by me.

[Koronin]

We'll be watching football games. If the weather is nice enough we may take a ride around the neighborhood.

[Crankin]

I plan to take a short ride between 10 and noon, hoping of course, that the rain/sleet that is coming through Wednesday into the dawn hours of Thursday, is done and the streets are not icy. There's a spin class at 8 AM, but I really feel like I want to be outside before cooking and eating.
I plan to have everything done before my ride, starting tomorrow night. DH cooks the turkey and does the stuffing, so I just have to set the table and do 2 sides, appetizers. My friend is bringing 2 things and we are buying dessert.

[Owlie]

Provided it doesn't rain, I'm thinking of getting a short (~2hr) ride in while the turkey cooks.

[marni]

I may or may not be riding. Our oven is bust again and we're hoping to get it fixed wednesday morning. If not our fall back is to butterfly the brined turkey and do it on a barbeque grill, or since daughter is bringing a turkey frying pot, do a texas deep fried turkey outside on our camp stove. If either of these two activities is happening I shall leave himself, oldest son mathematician, his wife the linguist, quality sound assurance tech for EA (home of the sims) daughter and computer techie friend in charge and take a ride.

either way it should be an adventure.

marni

[tangentgirl]

I'm hoping to get a bike ride in, maybe I can wake up early. Dinner for six at my place, so busy! But hey a bike ride would be nice too.

I'll definitely be doing a Black Friday ride.

Marni, I've always wanted to fry a turkey. One of these years. In the meantime, Captain Kirk had some tips on deep-fried turkey safety: http://youtu.be/EYkRF_FmD40

[skhill]

My brother is hosting the meal this week, and if the weather is as nice as predicted, I'll be biking over there. It's just 3 miles, so no big deal. I'll just load up my improvised bike-mounted pie carrier, and head on over.

BTW, does anyone have a really good gluten-free pie crust recipe? I've tried a few, and they were ok but not great.

[limewave]

We do a 5k as a family every Thanksgiving. DD is only 6 so there is a lot of walking. But its a nice way to spend the morning (even though its always raining, freezing cold, and windy!). DH has to work on Friday. But we plan to do some mountain biking in hunt-free zones on Saturday!!! Weeeeeee!