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Knowing that Thanksgiving was going to be an eating fest, Cara and Ann went for a walk in the morning to preemptively burn off some of the calories they would be consuming. We failed to get pictures of the rest of the day, which consisted of Uncle Rick cooking, Eric organizing the electrical situation in our minivan, and Cara doing laundry and a little computer work. Around 4 pm we had a yummy dinner of turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, garden salad, and dinner rolls. We all ate too much, then sat and talked and watched football games until we passed out.

We called Cara's uncle and aunt, Rick and Ann, because they are just a couple hours north of St. Augustine in St. Simons Island, Georgia. They were happy to hear from us and invited us up for Thanksgiving, so we made plans to arrive on Wednesday before dark.

We made it St. Augustine, Florida and lasting warm weather, and that is a wonderful thing! Then we joined a gym for exercise and access to showers, as many digital nomads do. Later we decided to walk around the Historic District.

We've been blessed with less cold weather than usual this autumn, but temperatures will start to fall, so it's time to head to warmer climes. So, we winterized our RV and began our slow journey south. We had hoped to make it to this month's Bike Party in Indianapolis, and we succeeded! It was a fun 29.3 mile bike ride - about 14 miles get downtown and back to our friends', plus about 15 miles for the Bike Party ride. We thoroughly enjoyed the night, getting home around 1 am, and we were thrilled that it wasn't freezing cold. But, we're ready for real warmth, lol.

Sorry for the long silence, but life threw us a curveball, and we had to roll with it. So, we enjoyed our time in Canada, then went back to Buffalo, NY for a few days before heading back to Indianapolis in hopes of making the September Bike Party. Eventually, the insurance company of the tow truck driver that hit us (oh, the irony!) paid us out for the new bikes, bike rack, and a totaled vehicle. At this same time, we also got new bikes and bike rack. I know, we have had terrible luck with bikes, so we are praying that bad luck is over now.

We had stayed the previous 2 nights in Markham, Ontario. We decided to head west for about an hour to another northern suburb of Toronto. We got there at about noon and had a really nice day. Perfect weather and it was nice to see how people lived in Burlington.

Markham was very cool. It was a wealthy area with exotic cars and luxurious houses. We had a really good parking spot so we decided to stay an extra day. We wanted to see more of the town so we biked out a whole different area and did a big loop around the city. There were lots of bike lanes and bike paths and residential neighborhoods. We made a big loop that took us all day to do.

This trail in the Unionville area of Markham was recommended to us by our friend Jesse. It didn't disappoint. Markham was a rich area and it showed with the trail system. They had a million bridges and put a lot of work into this trail system.

On Monday we left Jesse's and drove to Ajax (east of Toronto) to check out the Waterfront Trail. Here is the Relive video of our ride this day: