11/23/16....left for the Shack, stopped for breakfast, went to thrift shop and

Nice sun rise in the morning 

Bill relaxing 

This is our 6th year staying here for Thanksgiving and this time we stayed in a different building called the Livery

Panorama of our whole room

This is our door with our room number on the horse!

Our view of the building we usually stay in!

Nice fireplace with a remote.  It was nice and cost!

They served us at our table. They are so nice there

Our rockers, table, closet and on the wall is a cabinet with an ironing board that pulls down and an iron.  

Bill's yummy banana split.  Pretty plain...vanilla ice cream and chocolate

My yummier banana split....three different flavors of ice cream, strawberries, pineapple and chocolate

We left home at 9 a.m. It was 31 degrees and misting out but the roads were good and no ice on them which we were thankful for.  We were going to have breakfast at Jenny's in Shepherd like we do every year but they were closed, even though their sign showed the hours and they should have been open.  We ate in Remus instead.  I had a yummy omelet.  Bill had eggs, potatoes and bacon.  We ran into a little harder rain, but not bad.  Stopped in Whitecloud and went through a thrift store.  Saw a nice king size headboard we would have gotten if we had the truck.  Left empty handed, but with smiles.  Got to The Shack at 12:30 and got right into our room even though check in wasn't till 3.  No one stayed in it last night.  Loved our room.  We usually stay in the main building, but stayed in another building called the Livery.  We stayed in the west wing.   We had a nice full kitchen, a fireplace, colony bed and lots of room.  We took a drive to Fremont and went to a very nice Amish store.  Bought Carmel apple suckers for the grandkids and a birthday present for Charlie!  Got some tea tree oil there too.  Came back to the Shack and ate dinner.  We had delicious garden salad,  delicious roast beef that was super tender, fish, mashed potatoes, corn, green beans and rolls.  Walked around for a while and then went back to our room.  We went back for banana splits at 8:30.  The owners who are a sweet Christian couple in their 80's served everyone.  He scooped ice cream (three flavors per person of their choosing) and his wife cut all the bananas for everyone in line.  This was the longest line I have seen in the six years we have been coming, about 100 people.  Bill and I helped by serving water and coffee at the counter by them.  It was so nice getting to serve people and talk to them.  About 90% here are Amish and most come from Indiana.  They are always very nice to us and fun to talk to.  It started at 8:30 and we got our banana splits at 9:45.   They were delicious! We went back to our room and watched a Hallmark movie and played 3-13.  Bill won the first and I won the second.