Thanksgiving Dinner
Not to be confused with the Thanksgiving lunch we had earlier on Thursday. The McMurdo Thanksgiving dinner was on Saturday night (sorry for the delay in the blog, I had a turkey hangover), and it was quite the event. The food was great, particularly considering it was dinner for you and 1000 of your close friends. It was particularly entertaining to see the reaction of all the non-American's on base, and the general instructions given:
There were 1400 lbs of turkey! (with bone) real mashed potatoes, stuffing, roast beef, all the trimmings, etc. etc. Overall, a great meal and time was had by all. A lot of the base personel dressed up, which was quite impressive. Most of the time you have no idea what half the people you work around look like because you are usually wearing a hat, not shaved, or in ECW gear.
At the end of the night all the base cooks, bakers & kitchen stall came out to a big round of applause & cheering for such a heroic effort. Its was great.
They were only surpassed by this guy:
Although you can't see it so well because of the lighting in this photo, it was a guy (or tall girl, I can't tell) running around in a bright fluorescent yellow chicken costume, complete with orange legs. I'm not really sure if it was supposed to be thanksgiving related, or some other symbolism, but it was awesome.
Here are a few snapshots from the evening:
Take too much of everything, its all good!
There were 1400 lbs of turkey! (with bone) real mashed potatoes, stuffing, roast beef, all the trimmings, etc. etc. Overall, a great meal and time was had by all. A lot of the base personel dressed up, which was quite impressive. Most of the time you have no idea what half the people you work around look like because you are usually wearing a hat, not shaved, or in ECW gear.
At the end of the night all the base cooks, bakers & kitchen stall came out to a big round of applause & cheering for such a heroic effort. Its was great.
They were only surpassed by this guy:
Although you can't see it so well because of the lighting in this photo, it was a guy (or tall girl, I can't tell) running around in a bright fluorescent yellow chicken costume, complete with orange legs. I'm not really sure if it was supposed to be thanksgiving related, or some other symbolism, but it was awesome.
Here are a few snapshots from the evening:
posted by Nathan at
8:33 AM
2 Comments:
Thought you'd like to know that your Antarctic adventure was a topic of discussion at our Thanksgiving table. Your grandparents were here, and you'd be surprised to learn how many of your Seattle-area relatives are living vicariously through your blog.
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Anonymous, at 12:29 PM
Uh-oh. I had better start spelling things correctly and fixing my typo's then! Actually, I'm really glad I can give y'all a small glimpse of life at the bottom of the world here.
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Nathan, at 12:46 PM
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