Thanksgiving in California

This year I decided to spend Thanksgiving with my friend Dan at UC Davis, California. The flight into San Francisco was pretty bumpy, but I was able to see a pretty good view of Lake Tahoe from above. The drive to Davis, which should have taken 90 minutes tops, took more like 3 hours with traffic and a lunch stop in Berkeley. We had Indian, partly because it seemed like we drove through Little India, with Indian restaurants on every corner. The lamb curry and naan were quite good though.

On the way from Berkeley to Davis, we passed exits for West Texas Rd., North Texas Rd., and a Texas Road House. I found that stretch of road a bit odd. The hillside was quite beautiful though.

We also past a billboard exclaiming "Time flies when you're having spaghetti" We got a good laugh.

Davis is a nice town so far, and Dan's apartment is within walking distance of downtown. We went to the Co-Op grocery store to pick up a turkey for tomorrow and I noticed a few things. 1) they didn't have any turkey. 2) a found two new rootbeers that hopefully I will remember to remind Dan about to bring home for Christmas, and 3) dairy products are absurdly expensive here...we went to SafeWay to get the turkey and the prices weren't any better there.

Next on tonight's agenda is dinner at a Bavarian restaurant for dinner. I'm pretty excited.