Thanksgiving In North Carolina, November 23 - 29, 2004

 

Tuesday, November 23 Leaving out of Sea-Tac...

 

 

Wednesday, November 24

 

At Strawberry Hill, in Charlotte. My two young nephews, Will and Ryan...

 

Nephew Will, with Lilo & Stitch. Will keeps an extensive Lilo & Stitch notebook with sketches and descriptions of the Experiments...

 

Visiting my Father's resting place, with Sister Jan and Brother Brian...

 

     

 

Back at Strawberry Hill, with the Will & Ryan Show...

 

 

Thursday, November 25, Thanksgiving Day

 

Mother and I drove out to Mountain Island Lake to spend the day with Sister Jan's family. Soon after our arrival the local media appeared. Engineer Matt went before the cameras to set the record straight; reading a prepared statement and answering a few questions...

 

       

 

Back within the Hamilton compound, we proceeded to enjoy our Thanksgiving feast. Engineer Matt's parents, Bill and Marda, were present, as was Brother Brian...

   

In the Hamilton back 40 a tree house was beginning to take shape...

 

       

 

Nephew Will gave a presentation that he had recently delivered to his first grade class...

   

Back at Strawberry Hill, Mother and I watched the remarks Engineer Matt had made to the local media earlier in the day at Mountain Island Lake...

 

         

 

... then I quickly switched back to Jason and the Argonauts...

 

 

Sunday, November 28

 

Accompanying mother to church...

   

 

Back at the Hamilton house at Mountain Island Lake, where the back 40 tree house continued to take shape...

 

       

 

   

 

I taught young Will some of the Japanese Hiragana...

   

Young Ryan shows signs of becoming a great engineer himself...

 

Beloved Mother with Smithers... Sister Jan and Engineer Matt...

   

On our way back to Strawberry Hill, Mother and I drove by the old family house at Farmwood...

 

Mother loved the pug-nosed dog in this Pedigree commercial...

 

     

 

 

Monday, November 29

 

At my Father's resting place...

 

       

 

 

 

Just after saying goodbye to Mother at the Charlotte airport, as I made my way back to the Pacific Northwest...