Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone is enjoying the good things in life.
Turkeys were reintroduced to our region over a decade ago, and they've done well. It's not unusual to see them off in the fields or beside the country road as you motor by. The other day on my way to work I was slowly cruising into a small town well inside the town limits, when I passed a car lot. I admired the reconditioned vehicles lined up and ready for new owners...'04 Ford pickup (not bad but a little rusty), '98 Dodge pickup (seen better days), old Buick (look at all that chrome!), big old Ford LTD (didn't my buddy Jeff drive one of those? those were fun 'ol days), newer Chev pickup, turkey, older Chev WHAT?! I stopped and backed up (the town still hadn't rolled out the sidewalks at that time of morning). Yup. A wild turkey was standing between the cars only feet from the road. It was a big tom; calmly looking over the car hoods with his head stretched out. I wondered what it would take to put him into one of these fine automobiles.