A day of thanks and a day of giving

Thanksgiving in Maui. Sounds good doesn't it? Well this year I had a rather unorthodox holiday since every family member of mine was at least 2500 miles away. Kevin and I made it work though. We started the day by eating leftovers from the night before, kind of ironic. Our "brunch" consisted of homemade open-face philly cheesesteak sandwiches and, of course, MGD. We woke up late, around noon or so, so drinking beer with breakfast was acceptable. It was thanksgiving after all.

After "brunch" we headed down to the Blue Course at Wailea for a round of golf. The previous time we played Kevin gave me 4 strokes and I won. This day was no different. Kevin again gave me 4 strokes and it was a match to the very end. I think next time I'll only get 3 out of him. He actually beat me in stroke play, but we were playing match play and I got him. So, a picture of my "champion's swing" and celebratory drink in the Irish pub, Mulligan's, after the round was in order.

Then there was the decision of what to do for dinner. Go to some people's house we don't really know and eat their food or, go to Denny's. The land of the 'superbird sandwich' was a no brainer. Now, we are in Maui here and this was no ordinary Denny's. It's located about a block from the beach and had a pretty nice view, see the picture, so although it felt extremely odd eating thanksgiving dinner at Denny's, it wasn't all that bad. We follwed the meal with a few more cold ones and passed out on the couch, a normal ending to thanksgiving indeed.