Winter Labs

Mouse,
I couldn't believe my eyes to see your name up, mouse. How are you chicks getting on. You must be unindated with eggs by now?
Shame about YB still he always has had an answer for anything, so why change now. As far as I'm concerned he can walk on water, he found my veg pickle recipe for me. For that I will always be eternally grateful.
Hope you get your baking done, it's only 3 weeks next Thursday to Thanksgiving.
Hope you have had a great Halloween
Sussexman

Mary Scott said to the crew, I have a great idea where we should go for a few weeks and spend the Thanksgiving Holiday there. Let's go to New England !! I know the leaves are all down now there, but maybe it will get cold enough & we could have snow for Thanksgiving. It would be a wonderful place to spend some time. Get your butt in gear YB, we are heading NORTH !! So they started on their way when....

YB had at last got the message and turned North when we passed by a truck full of turkies. The driver, a turkey of course, asked YB where are you folks headed. North sdays youall. Why says turkey. For Thanksgiving says youall. Which one says the turkey. You folks have yours on 24 November, us turkies has ours on 25 November of course. Now that is a real Thanksgiving.
YB turned to Mousepottato and.............

....said "What's up with these turkeys? I thought I got enough grief from all of YOU turkeys!"
"Now now YB, you know you love us! Lets get cruising, we have a lot of miles to cross before Thanksgiving! AND, you HAVE to get us girls somewhere where we can cook up all the fixins!" Mouse replied.
"That's right!" Mary Scott answered "We want to cook all the yummy foods and desserts..so hop to it!"
Blacksheep, Stuie, Harold, and Sussex were all still strung out in the back of the van snoring when...........

Mary Scott whispered to Mouse, "let those guys sleep - at least they are not in our hair for now & we can do some Thanksgiving menu planning. Keep your eye on the scenery outside, don't want any more palm trees showing up !" So while the girls were planning.......

Sussex grunted to Harold" if that was a whisper lord help us if Mary Scott ever shouts. Reckon the girls havn't noticed YB is snoring as well as us. This could be an interesting trip. If the girls are as good at doing as they are planning we might just get fed eventually." That was when.........

YB inadvertently veered off the main road and on to a backroad that lead to....

a big old scary haunted castle surrounded by what looked like a moat with a drawbridge over it that led up to the castle. Seemed like we arrived in a place hundreds of years back in time. We all looked out the bus window and saw......

running like crazy for the van..."YB! You've got to help me!"
"How did she know we'd be here?!" YB asked once he woke up.
"Oh if only Tunia was here with us! She could click her ruby slippers and get us out of here!" Mouse screeched.
Mary Scott opened the door and let old Ratchet in to keep YB company, while all the guys in the back laughed their heads off.
YB turned the van around to leave, but.........

did you manage to get here said sussex to YB this is Bodiam Castle in sussex.(Look it up on Google and see what it looks like in daylight) When maryescott said New England you must have thought she said England. Well folks there be 2 ways of getting back to US of A. One you go north through Scotland(funny place the men wear skirts) on to the North Pole turn left and left again down through Canada and home. Or you can go my way? Case your wondering how, work how I got to be in the back of your van.By the way YB your driving on the wrong side of the road better let me drive. As YB got out..................

Sussex got into the drivers seat. "Oy maties, where might you be liking to go now?!"
"I want to head to Scottland! I've got a LOT of Scottish in me ya know!" Mouse said all excited.
Mary Scott agreed it would be fun. The other guys just grumbled in the back. Harold and Stuie were complaining it had been way too long since we'd stopped for something to eat.
"Fine, we'll hit the next roadhouse I can find" Sussex said...but, just as he tried to start the van............

his phone rang, hey macMouse there's some guy who says he's your hubby wants to know if these here truck load of turkeys are anything to do with you, they say you said it okay to celebrate their thanksgiving in your backyard. And when the hell are you coming home to do the cooking he's starving. Sussex said I had better get you lot home so he drove straight at a.............

.....guy who was guarding the loading dock.
"Hey mister, I need to get this van on a ship back to the America's! There's a poor man back in South Carolina who is starving because Mouse here took off without bothering to leave him dinner!" Sussex asked.
"Yeah, I have to get back fast before he goes hungry! And someone filled my yard with turkeys! I guess they figured I acted like one, so I might as well have some! I need to get a huge feast cooked up for all my dear friends here in this van too!" Mouse said in a frenzy.
With that everyone else in the van started getting all worked up too. "Yeah, we need to get back!" YB yelled.
The shipyard man finally agreed to put the van on the next ship out just to shut up this motley crew!
But then...........