Our First Thanksgiving Turkey Trot in California

Thursday We were up by 7am and got ready for the Turkey Trot. It was held at another suburban city. Another Uber ride. I thought of the money E. spends on Uber each month, it must be a substanial amount as he Ubers everywhere. I am surprised at how carefree young people are these days with their money. It would be interesting for E. to compare the cost of maintaining a vehicle verse the amount spent on UBER rides

A lot of people were already at the Turkey Trot starting site by the time we arrived. There was loud energetic music playing at the meeting site to wake up the participants. There were tables set up for water, energy drinks, fruit and energy bars etc for participants. I think it cost US$80.00 each person to register for the event. It was a 5Km run/ walk event to raise money for local charities, not sure which one though. There was something special to be in a huge crowd. Everyone was pumped up, ready to go. Beofre the run/ walk started, we did some warm up exercises. Then the 1OK runners started followed by the 5K participants. The weather was beautiful, not too hot, or cold, just comfortable for the activity.

E. and his friends took part in the 5K run while we did the 5K walking. Since this was our first time in this Turkey Trot, we took our time to observe, and enjoy our walk. I was surprised at how many people were there for the event on Thanksgiving day. There were people of all ages, young and old. Many families were walking or running together. There were a few young parents pushing strollers with babies sleeping in them. It was heart warming to see families enjoying and doing fun activities together, especially for a charitable event!

By the time we arrived back to the finishing point, E.'s friends had already finished and left. E. was disapoointed that we didn't meet his friends' parents who also took part in this event. But we were able to meet up with them later at a restaurant. We had breakfast while E. was able to spend sometime with his friends. We went back to E.'s place amd I made a thanksgiving dinner. This was our first thanksgiving dinner we had together in a long long time! RT, San Francisco Thanksgiving Day, 2024