November 25, 2010: Thanksgiving at Greyfield Farms
November 23, 2010: South Mountains State Park (NC)
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November 24, 2010
Thanksgiving Trip Day 7
At Judy's House in Elon, NC

 

Today, Fred and I are going to spend all our time at my sister's house in Elon, catching up, visiting and helping her with the preparations for Thanksgiving Day tomorrow.

 

 

Getting to Judy's Farm in Elon

I have been to Judy's farm so many times that getting there is second nature. From our hotel, we go a bit west on I-40, getting off at Huffman-Mill Road. We take a jog around the Wal-Mart Shopping Center and head over west to Williamson Avenue. This takes us through Elon and right by Elon University. It becomes Shallowford Church Road as it heads north, and then we angle off on Elon-Ossipee Road to the northwest. Finally, we turn left on Lowe Road to find my sister's farm about a quarter mile on the left.

Turning into her drive, we first pass Judy's old barn which is down by Lowe Road to the northwest of the driveway. Her new barn, which you'll see in some of the pictures and movies today, is back behind the house among the trees, so it doesn't show up well. Neither does the house itself, which is also among the trees.

 

 

Our Day at Judy's

It was nice just to spend the day with Judy. Of course, any day at Judy's farm will involve the horses. She has had her award-winning pride and joy, Patrikk, for many years now, although she no longer shows him or enters him in competitions. What she does do is board horses for other female riders, including a young lady she has taken under her wing. Today, she spent some time with that girl helping her train her own horse, and you can see a couple of pictures of them in the back pasture here and here.

Fred took a few other random pictures today, including one of Judy and I unwrapping our Mother's china which I had brought to her on this trip. Judy has a place to show it off, whereas I had just kept it in the closet. You can have a look at these pictures by clicking on the thumbnails below:

Patrick and Judy's Boarder in the Barn

Unbeknownst to me, Fred had taken a movie out in the barn today, so I thought I would include it here.

In the evening, we had dinner and hung out, and I helped Judy make some of the preparations for tomorrow's Thanksgiving dinner. Late in the day, Ted arrived from Charlotte. Michael and Jeffie are to arrive tomorrow morning.

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November 25, 2010: Thanksgiving at Greyfield Farms
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