Thanksgiving With Ike: Photos

Don Barone spends time with Michael Iaconelli and gives thanks.

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<p>Welcome to the Iaconellis...</p> <p>[Read db's story on his Thanksgiving with the Iaconellis<a href=
Welcome to the Iaconellis…
[Read db’s story on his Thanksgiving with the Iaconellis here]
<p>...and Thanksgiving with Ike...</p>
…and Thanksgiving with Ike…
<p>...at their home on a peaceful New Jersey lake...</p>
…at their home on a peaceful New Jersey lake…
<p>...things are a little hectic around here...Michael's wife Becky, or Beckonelli as I call her is running around managing turkey, kids, family...this is her first time hosting Thanksgiving Dinner and she has to do it with me sticking a camera in her face...</p>
…things are a little hectic around here…Michael’s wife Becky, or Beckonelli as I call her is running around managing turkey, kids, family…this is her first time hosting Thanksgiving Dinner and she has to do it with me sticking a camera in her face…
<p>...while at the same time learning on the job about the mysteries of...</p>
…while at the same time learning on the job about the mysteries of…
<p>...brussel sprouts and...</p>
…brussel sprouts and…
<p>...and a 24 pound, still a bit frozen, bird...</p>
…and a 24 pound, still a bit frozen, bird…
<p>...while Becky and my wife, Barb, and Becky's and Michael's family work on the bird, Michael takes me on a tour of the property...and there sitting all by itself...</p>
…while Becky and my wife, Barb, and Becky’s and Michael’s family work on the bird, Michael takes me on a tour of the property…and there sitting all by itself…
<p>...is the dude's first tournament boat, "I fished my first tournaments out of this, it had a trolling motor front and back, started out in this boat 20 years or so ago."</p>
…is the dude’s first tournament boat, “I fished my first tournaments out of this, it had a trolling motor front and back, started out in this boat 20 years or so ago.”
<p>Coming to Thankful...that you can go from a Coleman Crawdad to Bassmaster Angler of the Year and Bassmaster Champion and all that brings.</p>
Coming to Thankful…that you can go from a Coleman Crawdad to Bassmaster Angler of the Year and Bassmaster Champion and all that brings.
<p>Back inside, the family dog waits for...</p>
Back inside, the family dog waits for…
<p>...droppings like this...</p>
…droppings like this…
<p>...or some of the other fixins...</p>
…or some of the other fixins…
<p>...that are smelling mighty good...</p>
…that are smelling mighty good…
<p>...as Becky and her dad start the final process with the bird...</p>
…as Becky and her dad start the final process with the bird…
<p>...Michael takes me into his office and shows me this...</p>
…Michael takes me into his office and shows me this…
<p>...his huge collection of Privy dug...</p>
…his huge collection of Privy dug…
<p>...ink bottles...</p>
…ink bottles…
<p>...some of which...</p>
…some of which…
<p>...go back...</p>
…go back…
<p>...hundreds of years...</p>
…hundreds of years…
<p>"...db it is just like fishing, you locate a spot and you start working it, and then suddenly in the wall of dirt, sitting just like this, you see it...THE FIND...man it is all about the find..."</p>
“…db it is just like fishing, you locate a spot and you start working it, and then suddenly in the wall of dirt, sitting just like this, you see it…THE FIND…man it is all about the find…”
<p>...and this is the guy who helped Michael find most of the bottles...his Uncle Don....the man who became a father figure in Michael's life when Michael's father was killed back when Michael was just 2 years old, "I would have been lost, lost if not for Uncle Don...lost db."</p>
…and this is the guy who helped Michael find most of the bottles…his Uncle Don….the man who became a father figure in Michael’s life when Michael’s father was killed back when Michael was just 2 years old, “I would have been lost, lost if not for Uncle Don…lost db.”
<p>Back in the kitchen, dinner is ready...</p>
Back in the kitchen, dinner is ready…
<p>...but you know what...Thanksgiving...Thanksgiving ain't about the bird...</p>
…but you know what…Thanksgiving…Thanksgiving ain’t about the bird…
<p>...it's about this...family...</p>
…it’s about this…family…
<p>...it's about holding...</p>
…it’s about holding…
<p>...your children...</p>
…your children…
<p>...be it being held by Dad...</p>
…be it being held by Dad…
<p>...or grandad...</p>
…or grandad…
<p>...it's about watching your older children grow up...</p>
…it’s about watching your older children grow up…
<p>...it's about being lucky enough to marry The Find in your life as my wife, Barb is to me...</p>
…it’s about being lucky enough to marry The Find in your life as my wife, Barb is to me…
<p>....it's about sitting with family and saying thanks...</p>
….it’s about sitting with family and saying thanks…
<p>...thanks for dogs who listen and wait...</p>
…thanks for dogs who listen and wait…
<p>...and the children, who don't. Happy Thanksgiving, may coming to thankful, come your way. db</p>
…and the children, who don’t. Happy Thanksgiving, may coming to thankful, come your way. db