Day 10: Thanksgiving!

The next day was Thanksgiving, and I had a lot to be thankful about! First of all, I was feeling loads and loads better than the previous two days. I still had the cough, but the digestive issues were HUGELY improved, and the tailbone did not hurt quite so very much. Secondly, I was with my family. And thirdly, we were eating tropical fruit and a kalua turkey in Hawaii!

Heidi's neighbors were doing a big kalua pit (that's how they roast the pigs, but this time it was for turkeys), so she sent the turkey over there and they cooked it kalua style. We had a large array of fresh tropical fruit. My mom made mashed potatoes and gravy, and stovetop stuffing--her first time EVER do stovetop for Thanksgiving! We had store bought pies, including one coconut cream pie along with the usual pumpkin and apple. And we ate it all as we watched the waves lap the shore. If we could afford it, we all agreed that we would TOTALLY have Thanksgiving this way every year!

After we digested for a while, we decided to go swimming in the ocean again--only this time I felt well enough to get in! I tried snorkeling a bit, but the mask didn't fit well and it leaked so I gave up. Mostly we just played keep-away with the kids and splashed around. I'd been in Hawaii for 10 days already and this was my first time to get in the ocean! I know, crazy. I was very glad to finally be able to do it!