Leave Nothing But Footprints
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families. I had a non-traditional Thanksgiving, camping in the woods with my mom and golden retriever, Sammie.
Our road trip first began with a trip to Devil’s Millhopper, a giant sinkhole in my college town.
My mom, dog and I on the Devil’s Millhopper nature trail.
For lunch we ate at the Great Outdoors Restaurant in High Springs.
The Great Outdoors Restaurant was extremely cozy and decorated with canoes, kayaks, paddles, and other outdoor gear.
I think the outdoorsy atmosphere brought out the adventurous food blogger in me because for lunch I ordered The Santa Fe Sizzler. The sandwich contained Tofu marinated in tamari and spice griddled with onions and mushrooms on whole grain bread with lettuce, tomatoes, sprouts, and cheese.
The sandwich was good, but I’m just not a tofu kind of girl! Next time I’m definitely ordering one of their tasty burgers. The potato chips were amazing dipped in ketchup!
After lunch, we drove a little further west and pitched our tent at Manatee Springs State Park. My mom set up white Christmas lights to make our campsite a little more festive.
It was absolutely freezing! Well not literally, but it was in the 40s… which was very cold when sleeping in a tent. 
For breakfast, we munched on snacks in the cooler. I tried the new Light & Fit Banana Yogurt with some sliced banana on top. This flavor was so good!
At the Suwannee River.
Thanksgiving dinner was Walmart Fried Chicken and Bread & Butter Pickles. Roughing it at its best!
Overall, it was the best weekend! My mom and I had such a great time hiking and exploring the area. I’d love to make this Thanksgiving camping trip a tradition for our family to share for many years to come.
Have you ever had a non-traditional Thanksgiving?
holy SANDWICH!! yummay!!!
hiking sounds so much fun
i LOVE the dannon banana flavor..try freezing it and its like naner ice cream!
Okay okay I want that sandwich, looks really good.
hah that is a very nontraditional thanksgiving! even though u didnt like it, i think that sandwich sounds awesome
xoxo
shelley
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Hee hee, I love that you had Walmart fried chicken for Thanksgiving. That is awesomely unconventional! Cool!
And the sandwich sounds great, even though I’m not a fan of tofu. But yeah, guess even all that stuff on top can’t make tofu taste good!
GORGEOUS outdoors!
those chips look sooo good!!!! (:
Hey girl! Looks like you had a fab thanksgiving. I adore the christmas lights on your tent and the walmart fried chicken. tee hee. You and your mom=beautiful!!! Sounds like a great tradition to start
:)
Looks like a great time. I love the lights on the tent. That sandwich also looks and sounds delish.
I am not a huge tofu fan either–I just can’t get past the odd texture or something!!
Love your campsite–the lights are just waaay too cute.
Aw what a wonderful way to spend Thanksgiving – ordinary or not! I think that sandwich sounds awesome, but I can understand some people just not liking tofu – it’s different! Hope you have a beautiful weekend!
Meg
What a fun Thanksgiving Shannon!!! How great that you got to spend some quality time with your mom and get outdoors for your break. That restaurant looks gorgeous and your tent is just adorable with those Xmas lights.
xxoo
Heather
That looks like THE most delicious sandwich i’ve ever seen!!!!!!!! Glad you had such a nice weekend girl! xoxo
LOVE your non traditional thanksgiving!!! you and your mom are beautiful and this looks so fun!
great idea
the sammie looks fantastic
and I didn’t know that dannon lite and fit made banana flavor?! I must get on that!
tofu just does not agree with my tummy so I rarely eat it.. I’m glad I’m not the only one! I was starting to think I was the only bloggie on earth who doesn’t love the stuff.
Love your unconventional thanksgiving – and the lights on the tent are adorable!
Aw Thanksgiving+ camping with your mom?! Soo cute. It looks like so much fun!
Fried chicken+ bread and butter pickles sounds like a pretty darn good Thanksgiving feast to me.
Sounds like you had a great time! I love the sign at the camp ground at the lights on your tent.
Hiking with your mom looks so fun! The tofu sandwich sounds delicious! Glad you had a nice Thanksgiving!
You are too cute! Sounds like an awesome Thanksgiving:) Very original!
That sandwich sounds amazing.
What a wonderful way to spend thanksgiving!!! Your mom seems so adorable, I love the lights on the tent!!!! The restraunt looked really cozy and nice too! Im glad you had such a nice time!! And I’ve always had the traditional thanksgiving, this year we had so many people that we actually did everything buffet style! (ha excited i know ; ] )
Have a great night!! <3
that was most DEFINITELY an unconventional thanksgiving. Fried chicken?? hahah from Walmart too?? I had no idea they even had that.
Too bad that tofu sandwich wasn’t your cup of tea! You might have to try some Asian tofu…you might fall in love!!
P.s. thanks for the banana yogurt recommendation!! It does sound good!!
what fun pictures
that sandwhich sounds the best!
i definatly had a non traditional thanksgiving. I was homealone, and ordered sushi.
el poopso
Wow! I really need to spend more time in the south! So beautiful! So different from where I come from ( Cali and Hawaii ).
I’ve been trying to talk my man into moving over there:-) Who knows? Maybe someday…..
Great looking sammie!! Amazing:-)
Aloha! A
So great that you had a nice trip with your Mom (and dog!). And putting holiday lights on the tent is such a cute idea!