Thursday or thanksgiving as, of course, its one of the biggest retail days of the year. Well be here at target well check back in in a bit. Hopefully with happy shoppers as they get everything they want on their holiday deals and their lists. Thanks, jason and not every business is taking advantage of black friday tomorrow. Rei will be closed tomorrow. They say its so their employees can get outside and enjoy the beautiful outdoors. Well, people from country are here vacationing in the high country this week. And a new report show that is colorado has some of the most expensive spots in the country. Denver 7s mark boyle is in breckinridge tonight. Mark . Reporter you wouldnt have put breckinridge with some of the elite resorts like vail or aspen, but times are escaping reporter as skiers and riders from all over the than all across the country. Its pretty expensive. But i worked hard this summer so i could make enough money to come. Reporter this report from cheaphotels. Com lists vail as the most expensive winter vacation spots in the country. Key west second and aspen third and breckinrgeidcoming in as the fifth most expensive. Were just paying for her to go skiing and us, too reporter whats your favorite part of the trip so far . Oh, the gondas ride on the gondola . Thats my favorite, too. You know that . Reporter its based on the cheapest double room per night. In vail, the least expensive is 243 per night. Aspen is 227 a night. Thats compared to 221 in breckinridge. I think its becoming slowly an aspen or vail. Popularity, vail and aspen have a bigger name recognition. But i think breck is up there. Reporter if you want to get away, the last month of the year. All the prices jump in january. Reporting in breck, mark boyle, denver 7. If youre looking to hit the slopes this holiday weekend, you have new places to choose from. As of today, we have 12 resorts open in colorado. Then tomorrow, you can add beaver creek and vail. For a list of all thats open, go to our website, thedenverchannel. Com. The fresh snow early today in the high country but now the skies are clear this is the view from looking over the Continental Divide. Downtown over the west, beautiful on the horizon in denver. No precipitation around. Its been a cold day today. And right now temperatures down to 34 degrees here in denver. Already 0 in leadville. Tonight the winds will be lighter, though. . Nd thatll minute mien the windchill wont be as much of a problem to worry about. Winds overnight tonight, warmer days on the way for friday and saturday. But the pattern really shifts next week with cold and snow on the way. Your full first alert forecast coming up. Two punch to Central America today. First, a 7. 0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of el salvador. And then hurricane otto in nicaragua. Schools were shut down this week and the state evacuated more than 10,000 people ahead oo the storm. And a thanksgiving flag Football Game took a ho risk turn today. Two people were killed when gunfire broke out in louisville, kentucky. And no arrests have been made. And a thanksgiving tragedy here on our road. One man dead and another hurt in a headon collision on i25 near highwayy7. Troopers say this Early Morning crash happened when a car was going southbound in the northbound lanes. We say drunk driving may play a factor in this. A portion of the freeway was closed for a few hours. Its since reopened. And the search tonight for the suspect in that deadly fillmore. That person later died at the hospital. Serving oor country and serving one another. Thats how some of our local military veterans spent their thanksgiving. And sally got a chance to see these vets stick together, making sure everyone got a warm meal. Sally . Reporter it was an amazing thing to watch today. Making sure these vets are served long after the front lines. Reporter thanksgiving meal is prepared with an extra helping of care. Not all of us are able to be with our families. Some of us are homeless. And its good for them to kind of know were out there helping them out, too. Reporter sam is among the volunteers prepping the turkey. He as well as everyone here is no stranger to service. The thing is, a ma hes a marine vet thats served overseas. Now he serves vets in need. This for you to do this on thanksgiving day . To give back oh, i get emotional about it. To give back to veterans that dont have it as well as we do. Reporter aragon started to serve these meals to vets on thanksgiving day four years ago. Its justive gooding back to veteran its just giving back to veterans. Helping. Reporter and despite losing to cancer last year, diana has been keeping his legacy alive with every scoop that hearts of every vet in need. A lot of these guys [ pause ] didnt come home. Reporter for those that did, army vet von miller is moved to see his army vets have not forgotten about him on days like this. A warm gesture that leaves every vet in here with a sweet taste. A lot of us really need this. I like how people reach out, you know, for guys like me. Reporter last year this 100 vets. Thank you for sharing that story on this thanksgiving day. And denver food trucks united today to serve a free thanksgiving meal to a few other folks that needed a helping hand. They teamed up to donate and serve enough food for 400 meals. This is the first ever trucksgiving. Before you throw the food down the disposal and you know you were about to you may want plumber tonight. Roto rooter says today and tomorrow are extraordinarily busy for their guys theyre open 24 7. Today its allhands on deck. 70 plumbers will be on the streets on black friday. And they likely will not get to every customer. So Pay Attention to what you put in the disposal, will you . We thrived a rib earlier. Someone dropped a rib in their toilet. The rib they were eating and put the ribs down there a plumber suggests throwing fibrous or starchy foods down the trash, not the disposal. And mike hurst of greeley takes this seriously. Hes known as the greeley griswald. Every year he puts two months of work into this lighting dislay. He syncs display. He syncs it to music. About 150,000. It is absolutely amazing. Again, to just watch the people that come out and the stories i hear are absolutely incredible. And it will fill your heart. Reporter this christmas tradition starts tomorrow the light shows will be every night until new years day. And so much more to come this half hour, including the macys thanksgiving parade. Well take you to the 90th annual parade. Reaching out to you. Well tell you how you can get . [ music ] . We now know the name of the sixth child killed in Mondays School bus crash in tennessee. Family members say kiante wilson died in that crash. His brother describes him as a tough little boy that is in heaven right now. Chattanooga on that bus. And there are still five others in the hospital this thanksgiving. The nfls Tennessee Titans are reaching out to families effected by the crash. Theyre donating 25,000 to a fund that supports families impacted by that crash. And in addition to the money, the titans plan to wear decals on their helmets for sundays game to honor those young victims. Small plane was forced to land in a neighborhood in georgia. The pilot tried to turn back to the columbus airport but thats as far as he was able to make it. And he was not hurt. And this stunning Surveillance Video captured the moments an ecigarette explodes in a mans pocket in new york you see that man behind the corner . Spark and smoke start coming from the guys pants. Yo currently recovering and may seek legal action against the manufacturer. This is the 90th annual macys thanksgiving parade. Reporter so, are you having a ball . Im having a big ball woohoo reporter when your thanksgiving parade starts like this [ cheering ] reporter well, life is good, really good. Its all i have whoa happy thanksgiving he she said, we should go on amazon and find crazy hats. Reporter i think you found them i think we did [ laughter ] reporter theyre just one of the millions of people that line the streets in new york city to look up, down, and all around. [ band music ] reporter millions more watched on tv. This can mean only one thing. The macys thanksgiving parade is here and once again wowing folks. This is our first time. Were from north jersey. Were loving it. Reporter what made you come this year . Our son is going to be 2. We said, lets give it a shot. The weather is nice. So, yeah. [ drums ] reporter this is the 90th year these beauties have filled the skies and streets of manhattan. This time around there were three new giant balloons including charlie brown. . [ music ] . And four new floatsincluding this amazing floats including this amazing group. A nod to hawaii. 1,000 clowns, 1100 cheerleaders and dancers, and more than 8,000 marchers. Its hard to pick just one favorite. But with all of this, live on the edge pick a few reporter whats your favorite part of the parade . The end reporter the end . Who comes at the end . Santa claus. Im right there with you. Santa is the best part of that. And Hillary Clinton gives a after tweeting happy thanksgiving tweets to everyone, she tweeted some thank you signs on her corner of her street in new york. Shes kept a pretty low profile since losing the election to donald trump. And speaking of decorum, the Trump Campaign is making a makemerica great again hat ornament. Its in that red baseball hat. 150. Its a brass ornament finished in 24carat gold. The quote on the website says, sure to make any tree standout. And downtown castle rock for the turkey trot. This raised money for a local charity that helps those less fortunate in the community. Contestants raced through the streets of downtown and local bands played along roofs. Very nice day. If youre looking to add a good opportunity. Foothills Animal Shelter in golden is offering a oneday only pick your price adoption special. Thats tomorrow. All adoption packages include spay and neutering, vaccines and a health check. What a great thanksgiving day started out breezy. We had gusts up to 45 Miles Per Hour in the denver area. 60 mileperhour gusts in the Continental Divide as a cold front moved through. But the skies were sunny all day long. And a Beautiful Day for snowboarding up in loveland. A lot of new resorts opening up this weekend. So a good time in colorado. On the horizon, nothing tonight but snow in the extended forecast. Our radar is quiet now. You can see the snow from early this morning that moved through with that front. Even a few flurries in the eastern plains. The nexx storm in the Pacific Northwest now. That will arrive sunday into monday. Top temp on this thanksgiving day was 49. 29 the low this morning. Heres what it looks like currently as dusk settles in. 41 downtown. 42 humidity. Pressure rising after the front has passed by. The winds are from the east southeast at 8. Windchill at 27 degrees. One storm moving out of the east coast. Thats pushing away. We have High Pressure coming in now with quieter conditions for the next couple of days. That next front still several days away. With the clear skies tonight and that high overhead, the winds will be lighter. The temperatures wl dropping down to 6 at leadville. 5 at gunnison. 10 at eagle. 24 out west at grand junction. And in the eastern plains, as cold as 16 degrees at lyman. 23 expected here in the denver area. Front range numbers, low to mid 20s. Most lower elevations. But with lighter winds, it wont be all that uncomfortable outside. Teens. Even down to about 3 at all day long, not as windy but warmer conditions. High temperatures will rise back up. 58 in denver. 53 at the springs. 59 aa akron. 40 in leadville and gunnison. And the front range numbers if youre heading up to ski, a bright day up there. Take the sun screen. Temperatures in the low to mid 40s. Down here, you can probably play some golf with temperatures in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. Metro area, low 60s. So if you havent put the Christmas Lights out t, get out there and get the work done. As far as tonight, well see a low of 23. Clear, cold, lighter winds out of the southeast at about 5 to 10 Miles Per Hour. Tomorrow, a sunny day. A Beautiful Day. Warming up to 58 degrees. Winds from the southwest at 10 to 15. Locking looking ahead, a high of 60 degrees on saturday. Sunday, windy and cooler as the next front moves through. Mountains start to pick up a few inches of snow. Dropping in the afternoon. Flurries and cold monday. And light snow. Perhaps may see an inch or two on wednesday with a high of 42. With a morning low of 17. Down to 15 degrees by next wednesday. The high on wednesday will be 40. Broncos, will be cooder on sunday night. Not an awful night at all. Not accumulating snow but a few flurries a possibility. 40 at kickoff but dropping to 30 by the time we get to the 4th quarter. So bundle up in broncos game. That wind was crazy this morning and i would like to apologize to the neighbors for what happened with my trash overnight you sent them a little thanksgiving a lot of peoole a little gift this morning. This incredible basketball shot. So these three australian youtube personalities sst the begin necessary world record by hitting Guinness World record hit the shot from the a three pointer theyre playing horse for the next person didnt get called off still to come, paying it forward. [blues country music] [beeping alarms] if its in your nature to be the first one out there. Then dont miss cabelas then dont miss cabelas black friday doorbuster sale. For 5 hours only, get 80 off a nikon prostaff bdc scope 50 off aquantum energy casting reel and 110 off danner pronghorn hunting boots plus, the first 600 in line will receive a free giveaway from over 8,000 in prizes. Doors open at 5am. . [ music ] . A trip to the Grocery Store this time of year can be a little chaotic, especially with kids along. And one woman in iowa was having one of those trips when a ran to me act of kindness from a strange random act of kindness from a stranger turned her day around. Reporter Danielle Vinson grab some groceries and a few thanksgiving ingredients. I get to the cashier and put everything on the belt. And theres a woman behind me. And she was playing with the baby and cooing and keeping him preoccupied which is always welcomed. Reporter it was halfway through the checkout process which she realized she had forgotten her wallet. I call my husband really quick. I say, i forgot my wallet. I dont know what to do. Can you bring it to me . Repo behind her jumped in and offered the pay for the whole thing, all 178 worth. And i just welled up with tears in my eyes. She kind of looked at me like i was crazy. And, um, i was like, i have to give you a hug shes like, no, no, no, no, no you dont need to i i ran over here and gave her a big hug. Reporter she asked for the womans name and address so she wanted to do something good for the holidays. People saying its inspired them to want to pay it forward. Its been such a cool, amazing experience that has not only impacted me but now just spread to the community. Reporter one way she says she plans on paying it forward herself is paying for peoples drink in line at starbucks. She says its the least she could do after remember for many thanksgivings to come. Its very nice. And a big win for Truck Drivers in california in a lawsuit against walmart. A jury awarded 54 million in damages to the drivers. Walmart failed to pay drivers for all their overtime, such as when they were waiting in line and waiting for someone else to unload their trailer. The fresno judge found thats a violation of californias for metallica fans they plan to tour for the next two years at least. A full world tour has not been announced. Metallica announced their tenth studio album last week. And what would thanksgiving be without a metallica story. So true and elton john says he will not perform at trumps inauguration. He says that that would that would show commitment to trump that would show trumps commitment to gay rights but elton john said that would not be true. This thanksgiving day question most feared this year, what did you vote for . A new cnn poll finds 53 of of talking about politics ght today. So if maybe you have a late talk with your mouth full. Probably a good thing and now to the weather, mike you can always talk to the weather. Great pivot who did you vote for . Oh, isnt it a lovely day [ laughter ] the jet stream will be out to the southwest tomorrow and saturday. And to the northwest saturday and monday sunday and tonight, were tracking several holiday storms. The trouble in the west. And the hazard in the east. Icy rain and snow fueling what could turn into a travel disaster. Breaking news. Found alive. The supermom who vanished while jogging three weeks ago, discovered safe. Now with her husband. Tonight, new questions about how she disappeared. Rudy versus romney. The battle within the trump transition team. Who to name as secretary of state. The revealing tweet from a top trump adviser. Ambush. The lone Police Officer making a traffic stop when a fugitive jumps out of the trunk. This comes after a week of attacks on Police Officers. And the best deal. On the eve of black friday,