The Adventures of Flat Jackson

Flat Jackson had the opportunity to go to Brazil. He flew to Sao Paulo just after Thanksgiving.






Here he is checking his bags in and getting his boarding pass for the flight.











He arrived in Sao Paulo 18 hours later. Tired but ready to go.















Here is Flat Jackson at work in Mogi Guacu, Brazil.














While he was in Brazil, he noticed that the water went down the drain differently than when he was at home. It circled the drain in a clokcwise manner. He asked his friends why this happened and learned that south of the equator water circles in a clockwise fashion. North of the equator it goes counter-clockwise. Here is a better explanation of why this happens. It is called the coriolis effect.

Flat Jackson went golfing while he was in Germantown. This was FJ's first time golfing but he played well.





Here is Flat Jackson teeing off on the first hole at Memphis National. Flat Jackson played all 18 holes. He ended up with an 84. Not bad.














He also was allowed to drive the golf cart for one hole. How cool is that!

Flat Jackson left Camden, Alabama and drove to Germantown, TN to see his Uncle, Aunt and cousins. Its is a good thing he got there there the day before Thanksgiving. He had to carve the turkey Thanksgiving day! It's a good thing Flat Jackson knew how to carve. And, boy, did Flat Stanley do a good job of carving. You too can learn to carve by following these simple instructions. An important thing about carving is that you have to use a knife. Knives are useful tools but can also be very dangerous. Here are some simple safety rules all of us can observe when we are around knives.

His aunt did a good job cooking too. For Thanksgiving dinner, we had turkey, ham, peas, mashed potatoes, yam casserole, broccoli cheese casserole, corn, gravy, stuffing, 5 types of bread and pecan and pumpkin pie. Yum Yum!

Here is Flat Jackson waiting patiently for that wonderful meal. We said a prayer of thanks too, just like the Pilgrims did that first Thanksgiving in Plymouth, Massachusetts.