Happy Thanksgiving You Turkeys!! I hope you're all stuffed and happy by now and the tryptophane is starting to kick in!!
One of my good friends and his family were the ones who presented the turkeys to President Bush this year. They all stayed at the Willard Hotel across the street from the White House on Tues. night where they were first personally introduced to the Secret Service. They attended the presentation with Bush on Wed., and then were taken by a police escorted motorcade to the airport to catch their first class flight to LA and Disneyland. Today, "Pumpkin" was the Grand Marshall of the Disney parade and the Hills, their son and daughter-in-law and two grandsons got to go along for the ride to take care of Pumpkin and his understudy-"Pecan". Memorable event for their family and a just reward for great people who have been great ambassadors for agriculture for many,many years.
I haven't talked to them yet, but I understand, that while on "Turkey One", all the travelers are treated to special turkey meals and related activities(trivia, gobbling contests, etc.) and the airline (United this year) does an absolutely great job of making the trip a lot of fun for everyone. If only we could all be treated like turkeys by the airlines!! Oh, yeah, I guess we usually are!!