Thanksgiving is not a Panamanian holiday, but there are so many Americans in Gamboa, and so many friends of Americans, and so many people eager for any excuse for a party, that Thanksgiving is a big deal here.
The day started with some cooking. The four of us put together two big dishes of scalloped potatoes. Gwendolyn was very helpful, as always.
Especially in distributing and redistributing the potato slices. After several minutes of this, Graciela and Gwendolyn left to feed the potato peels to the agoutis, and our progress on the dish picked up.
A little after 4 pm we headed to Justin and Myra's house for a big potluck dinner. They have been hosting Gamboa Thanksgiving for the last 4 years, and have it down to a science. There were probably 50 people at the party, and the hosts remained calm, cool and collected.
Here's Gwendolyn, taking her first stab at the Thanksgiving fare.
And here is some of the grownup crowd, enjoying their meal outside. It still seems strange to us to have November be so warm.
Highlights of the party for Gwendolyn? A sandwich hug from Margarita and Manuela.
Chair climbing with Diego.
And perhaps best of all, being able to sit in the front seat of the truck on the (very short) drive home.
The day started with some cooking. The four of us put together two big dishes of scalloped potatoes. Gwendolyn was very helpful, as always.
Especially in distributing and redistributing the potato slices. After several minutes of this, Graciela and Gwendolyn left to feed the potato peels to the agoutis, and our progress on the dish picked up.
A little after 4 pm we headed to Justin and Myra's house for a big potluck dinner. They have been hosting Gamboa Thanksgiving for the last 4 years, and have it down to a science. There were probably 50 people at the party, and the hosts remained calm, cool and collected.
Here's Gwendolyn, taking her first stab at the Thanksgiving fare.
And here is some of the grownup crowd, enjoying their meal outside. It still seems strange to us to have November be so warm.
Highlights of the party for Gwendolyn? A sandwich hug from Margarita and Manuela.
Chair climbing with Diego.
And perhaps best of all, being able to sit in the front seat of the truck on the (very short) drive home.
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