Travelog for: Mommet

Hi My name is Mommet.  That means scarecrow in some area of England. 

I was born in a pumpkin patch with my twin brother, Trapito.  But we decided that we will go our own journeys so that one day when we meet again, we will have a lot of stories to tell each other.  I look forward to the day we'll meet again!

To celebrate Halloween, we decided to go look for interesting pumpkins.

I will nominate this for the prettiest pumpkin.



I think this is the pumpkin king!!

Today is Thanksgiving and we celebrated it by having a nice dinner.

We baked a tofurkey casserole with sweet potatoes and onion.


And goat cheese with walnut, cranberry and a drizzle of honey.



And what would be thanksgiving without a pumpkin pie?


We washed all the food down with a pumpkin beer.

I am glad to see my twin Trapito again.  It has been a long while and we happy exchange stories.  Today we go to a U-Pick field with other TVs..  It is so great that we are finally together and doing things like twins do!



Look!  A big scarecrow!



And look, we find a tomato twin!



After picking enough tomatoes, we go on to pick some strawberries.  They are in season now.





Look how many tomatoes we pick!





And the strawberries are very delicious.

It is hard to believe but it has been two years since I last saw Trapito, my twin brother!!

Now he is here for a visit, becaus mommy got a pair of twin TVs visiting.  They are Sniff and Snuff.

Today we take the visitors to the Knaus Berry Farm.  It's opened by some Quarkers and the place is only open during winter.  In the summer they return to Pennslyvania.  They are famous for their cinnamon buns and people will drive an hour to come get them.



There are strawberries grown from their farm.  Usually strawberry season here is February but because of the cold winter we have them now:



Red and juicy looking!

Here are the cinnamon buns.  It's still early so there is not a line, but later it will extend outside the store.



Cinnamon buns, strawberry shake, and some veggies for dinner.  Yummy!  There is no table or chair so we eat in the trunk.

Today we go down to "The Keys"!!  Florida keys are a chain-like cluster of about 1700 islands in the southeast United States, beginning from 15 miles (24 km)south of Miami.  At the nearest point, the southern tip of Key West is just 94 miles (151 km) from Cuba.  The word "key" comes from the Spanish "Cayo", meaning small island.





Marathon is located among the "Middle Keys", about 2 hours from Miami.    We arrive at the beach.



We go there for the dragon boat festival.  Here are the atheletes getting ready!



Here they are loading up the boat.  The dragon boat is a long boat that seats two paddlers in 10 rows.  The watersport originate in China.



The beach is really beautiful!!   



On the shore there are some vendors for food as well as arts and crafts.



After each heat, the racers come to check out their time at the score board.



What a beautiful day to be out on the Florida beach!!