tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73020892991524818792024-02-07T06:59:43.387-08:00Maggie Valley and Back FoodVROC #5569-rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274212568028416317noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302089299152481879.post-28886723245274606412010-05-18T11:02:00.000-07:002010-05-21T11:49:07.572-07:00Maggie Valley and Back Food PicsMay 8 - 18, 2010<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Click on any picture to see it in full size</span><br /><br />The following is limited to Food photos taken during an auto trip to attend the {Kawasaki motorcycle} Vulcan Riders and Owners Club rally at Maggie Valley, NC in May of 2010.<br /><br />My riding buddy from Coos Bay, OR and I set out on May 8<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">th</span> taking a very southerly route so that I could sample some of the famous Cooper's BBQ in Llano, TX along the way to NC.<br /><br />Our first stop for food that Saturday was a lunch break in Bakersfield, CA to have a Basque Family Style meal at the <a href="http://www.noriegahotel.com/menu.html">Noriega Hotel</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuWQaWgvJhOEkRFeTfonZypMp8T1v3uidmzuooDjd9UjKdu6l67OlRtswgPrk3Ym_XsgALHl42z-P3t6AV2vTAIAm33OvFgAvlZrqVyatGcjgMu_yF29Hos3OD2VlrV_NB8UP6hhMRaw/s1600/nor-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIuWQaWgvJhOEkRFeTfonZypMp8T1v3uidmzuooDjd9UjKdu6l67OlRtswgPrk3Ym_XsgALHl42z-P3t6AV2vTAIAm33OvFgAvlZrqVyatGcjgMu_yF29Hos3OD2VlrV_NB8UP6hhMRaw/s400/nor-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472695547498456930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">That's me getting ready to go into Noriega's</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJA5ybtIO68DqFrCR46IU2zuaNslsJVgeismcoT5Gvmvm-QWi-QTiMuOTbAaizTBYj9ibuc4-cyRuPMIZ3zuCa60g7th9_pYkp6n0kDbAAthKtXEJ0Xv93D3zTIbwz48bYcdPiLj1IqI/s1600/nor-03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGJA5ybtIO68DqFrCR46IU2zuaNslsJVgeismcoT5Gvmvm-QWi-QTiMuOTbAaizTBYj9ibuc4-cyRuPMIZ3zuCa60g7th9_pYkp6n0kDbAAthKtXEJ0Xv93D3zTIbwz48bYcdPiLj1IqI/s400/nor-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472695536032260850" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The simple lettuce salad</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKzYTShX86mlZAW4oifKxTDDBQmShlblopMj-R9rfC6HCMwQren0FS1My3rKBhckfgkpwJoSeWZp1mpKzAnfwPHZKT36M78t5iVlKwOTNfdC3q1XXbqz6S8BDrwePtmnup5Hf7jDpbbA/s1600/nor-04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilKzYTShX86mlZAW4oifKxTDDBQmShlblopMj-R9rfC6HCMwQren0FS1My3rKBhckfgkpwJoSeWZp1mpKzAnfwPHZKT36M78t5iVlKwOTNfdC3q1XXbqz6S8BDrwePtmnup5Hf7jDpbbA/s400/nor-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472695529931134482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">A very nice Basque vegetable soup</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGokMzTdN5i4e2YdoducIIQ0JLwvCsZoluTcIHLrep1nUb1D8eJW4UnM68Pl-EZrKjJBYHx46eLjHRgc14mnSKZeITK1vn66aG4pKxJl0Fvm4_ZZyJ-Jm0APdFRl10lWCaEF987ao4deA/s1600/nor-05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGokMzTdN5i4e2YdoducIIQ0JLwvCsZoluTcIHLrep1nUb1D8eJW4UnM68Pl-EZrKjJBYHx46eLjHRgc14mnSKZeITK1vn66aG4pKxJl0Fvm4_ZZyJ-Jm0APdFRl10lWCaEF987ao4deA/s400/nor-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472695523471836242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The main courses were pork chops and the lamb stew pictured above</span><br /><br /><br />After lunch we continued over the Grapevine then along I-210 until we "hit the wall", giant traffic jam. We managed to get through LA somehow and stopped that night in Blythe, CA.<br /><br />Scouring the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">internet</span> that night the only interesting eating joint that I could come up with was in South Tucson for lunch. It was the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-guero-canelo-tucson-2">El <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Guero</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Canelo</span></a>. Their signature dish is the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sonoran</span> Hot Dog. You can read about and listen to a National Public Radio piece about the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Sonoran</span> Hot Dog at: <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106366080"><span style="font-style: italic;"> The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Sonoran</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Hotdog</span> Crosses The Border</span></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwePt8WDtBFUUsQ7RTzfVJChQpkAGihNbJ2sySwW_rNnWQeUc5G3ALmddxPxxMpTPEmHfmMiwjO2vcQSGPjeohVxB8SXtNVFaQ6uSO2cgApowYoefld0uK-T3MsyzbsphuLcW7xJ3ZHA/s1600/tuc-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrwePt8WDtBFUUsQ7RTzfVJChQpkAGihNbJ2sySwW_rNnWQeUc5G3ALmddxPxxMpTPEmHfmMiwjO2vcQSGPjeohVxB8SXtNVFaQ6uSO2cgApowYoefld0uK-T3MsyzbsphuLcW7xJ3ZHA/s400/tuc-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472692352036050098" border="0" /></a>The NPR piece went to the sanitized El <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Guero</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Canelo</span> in a strip Mall in Tucson proper. We went to the more authentically Mexican one in South Tucson.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnuH1hq73_CTfxNdfiQdshLNB5euYx1MGavSEQMGBFlv6nOec6YRmh63kv8g7v2-sTCwdBaSYJs1ALquGVdjwIigAYItj93GMIBZc4SEUsRYn7_MrS-nP1Na1KSh_Lpy4ggBfIbyOVKCY/s1600/tuc-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnuH1hq73_CTfxNdfiQdshLNB5euYx1MGavSEQMGBFlv6nOec6YRmh63kv8g7v2-sTCwdBaSYJs1ALquGVdjwIigAYItj93GMIBZc4SEUsRYn7_MrS-nP1Na1KSh_Lpy4ggBfIbyOVKCY/s400/tuc-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472692344440712034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The young man in the metal contraption makes all of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Sonoran</span> Hot Dogs</span>.<br /><br />There is a separate stand to the left that prepares all of the other food items.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVkbKWyJVPOTrEmK77gHRW_zzst0skDxcXxnNViUPtqWua6EE_Oqa80GwUoKVj3NkhOPx1c3suqgox0JU_-6PnIC2ixDERLpUsXIHFDlTbaXTeroPQVDwWXxCenY44YGwWA5hlSnw-s0/s1600/tuc-03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeVkbKWyJVPOTrEmK77gHRW_zzst0skDxcXxnNViUPtqWua6EE_Oqa80GwUoKVj3NkhOPx1c3suqgox0JU_-6PnIC2ixDERLpUsXIHFDlTbaXTeroPQVDwWXxCenY44YGwWA5hlSnw-s0/s400/tuc-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472692337977164514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">You order at this window. That's Sherm ordering his brunch.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecxrOh0uoLU6sB0Mkw8hm4_kDNIDigM4h0U9vLRQPQnCXE0jGk8In8FI5q8ggjwtv5DagjDowV6c_qFiriDrDMLnpfluvEYrD4ogTIn4uNtgQ95iJkgy4nPDPo9bLgM4XzFmNnVtzYZI/s1600/tuc-04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgecxrOh0uoLU6sB0Mkw8hm4_kDNIDigM4h0U9vLRQPQnCXE0jGk8In8FI5q8ggjwtv5DagjDowV6c_qFiriDrDMLnpfluvEYrD4ogTIn4uNtgQ95iJkgy4nPDPo9bLgM4XzFmNnVtzYZI/s400/tuc-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472692333537046242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">This is a photo of my hot dog with minimal trimmings</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSxhckwMVgDPETdUYYemLAI5W4R3ebrLD1S-CTXYd0_DX1ESmzBZ-IUFHMHJORkdSzTfCcmLy23l0OPJbD3OfaV8m4J1Jx-w1bJd3iunZK8V2KlCYY5DBICWJx6bcuLLUbSPT4mMzDeY/s1600/tuc-11.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSSxhckwMVgDPETdUYYemLAI5W4R3ebrLD1S-CTXYd0_DX1ESmzBZ-IUFHMHJORkdSzTfCcmLy23l0OPJbD3OfaV8m4J1Jx-w1bJd3iunZK8V2KlCYY5DBICWJx6bcuLLUbSPT4mMzDeY/s400/tuc-11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472692325423727090" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm has both the hot dog and his breakfast of two fried eggs with hash browns and tortillas</span><br /><br />Sherm is experienced with this hot dog in a little different variation from a cart vendor in his Winter home of Yuma, AZ.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemjKNhPm0_BufYpemWkD9BvGW0k2llEucvpe058RW-eKxG5b5sRwzHkldcvcCICia3miZO68gO3ruD-IFq_KcPT9yCVd5QT3pP6tiFvtVKvVYICYuNWXweisnUnxjHzXkoQmQ-HuICDQ/s1600/tuc-12.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiemjKNhPm0_BufYpemWkD9BvGW0k2llEucvpe058RW-eKxG5b5sRwzHkldcvcCICia3miZO68gO3ruD-IFq_KcPT9yCVd5QT3pP6tiFvtVKvVYICYuNWXweisnUnxjHzXkoQmQ-HuICDQ/s400/tuc-12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691976533405042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">This is one of Sherm's tortillas that he has put a few of the free extra items on</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QtwHvrO57EVtmVg8xvK-anqIAcoipLLToy2pLsqOfkasC_k0pT7YAErLm1deIBj9-bPBy9y9eF891Wnf3e8ZwMa2enkeiRasnB6DFyClyna6Uqi-jo1OniAE6rRwaTMCiSXIHRIoff4/s1600/tuc-13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-QtwHvrO57EVtmVg8xvK-anqIAcoipLLToy2pLsqOfkasC_k0pT7YAErLm1deIBj9-bPBy9y9eF891Wnf3e8ZwMa2enkeiRasnB6DFyClyna6Uqi-jo1OniAE6rRwaTMCiSXIHRIoff4/s400/tuc-13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691972465091170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm took this photo of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Menudo</span> that the family at the next able was having for their Sunday <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Bruch</span></span><br /><br />Our next stop was suppose to be in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Las</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Cruces</span>, NM but we exceed that by over 170 miles and reach Van Horn, TX which is on CDT, a jump of two time zones in one day!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzz4wZ12cpc94Fg4afU_xWRCYvVdkAOlxS-77h3riP8MKD0lIFiW9HD_Jt60yUWeK2kFi1qkW2XquNXPi-DJKzXyWOnnoJuhMk527DzTTzuBWu17Cc53YB2-LpnnK9WF7k4LUNS1or08/s1600/utex-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGzz4wZ12cpc94Fg4afU_xWRCYvVdkAOlxS-77h3riP8MKD0lIFiW9HD_Jt60yUWeK2kFi1qkW2XquNXPi-DJKzXyWOnnoJuhMk527DzTTzuBWu17Cc53YB2-LpnnK9WF7k4LUNS1or08/s400/utex-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691968877453330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">This is the "free" motel breakfast waffle in Texas</span><br /><br />Our second planned food destination - Cooper's Pit Bar-B-Que in Llano, TX. We get there about 2:00 PM. Which we are later to find out is NOT a good thing to do.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPDHvWIr5oHBeenim2RafM_p9RV6EhvvKZVZqkuSmAf1UWM6rqiIclKigs7JoQgkimSvw4hfmbcI0yAJcc4zCre5CoamtQwF_0zMAu4sWudbbMfmcDWOBzWvUc_AGnx_MjoarFB8gZ1c/s1600/utex-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPDHvWIr5oHBeenim2RafM_p9RV6EhvvKZVZqkuSmAf1UWM6rqiIclKigs7JoQgkimSvw4hfmbcI0yAJcc4zCre5CoamtQwF_0zMAu4sWudbbMfmcDWOBzWvUc_AGnx_MjoarFB8gZ1c/s400/utex-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691961149339490" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzo6IFL_d1sx_jEyVPifyCqjPuPLd6-kvQonIyBT8iM6x05yHwka4Ezf_dyb15mS_plU5XNoJO69-LFN9Nr9IdmJTcIdYgvqYF8Ptdcz6QQ1A9NHoSBvXJo_iBqGxI1ZJAocxwa-o7Uw/s1600/utex-12.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXzo6IFL_d1sx_jEyVPifyCqjPuPLd6-kvQonIyBT8iM6x05yHwka4Ezf_dyb15mS_plU5XNoJO69-LFN9Nr9IdmJTcIdYgvqYF8Ptdcz6QQ1A9NHoSBvXJo_iBqGxI1ZJAocxwa-o7Uw/s400/utex-12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691585400006370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm's lunch</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF12bhAhHF_xl6sI3LpmdjJXLnrtgZ_tlYz_iIa14NrdCruhQu-o8Y__RTwiBuvAii2VXlNSbB42-uAqp2WLEwJAKs87N0DkpvUEk05LK8TfMNHAG-71y-V1XFOnwXXsbWsQNOuvxpNY/s1600/utex-13.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF12bhAhHF_xl6sI3LpmdjJXLnrtgZ_tlYz_iIa14NrdCruhQu-o8Y__RTwiBuvAii2VXlNSbB42-uAqp2WLEwJAKs87N0DkpvUEk05LK8TfMNHAG-71y-V1XFOnwXXsbWsQNOuvxpNY/s400/utex-13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691581857259890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">My lunch</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvoGo4bmQ2ewjV2qdn68A2ApO7w_8bBf9XcmMrKQ8AECAKgVBZ8rDWeTu1IcfplxmatmC3H-rQxipDvIFIIGxHlnQRWx4goTbcuzbGttuM3yytiN-qeSmtgd8tDrxByB3jf5_nccSkPM/s1600/utex-14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvoGo4bmQ2ewjV2qdn68A2ApO7w_8bBf9XcmMrKQ8AECAKgVBZ8rDWeTu1IcfplxmatmC3H-rQxipDvIFIIGxHlnQRWx4goTbcuzbGttuM3yytiN-qeSmtgd8tDrxByB3jf5_nccSkPM/s400/utex-14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691572466588274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm is eating away</span><br /><br />The prices were high. My meal of two pork ribs, a slice of brisket and one beef rib with a side of coleslaw came to just under $25. The meat was dried out and not tender at all, very disappointing. As someone later said you have to get to Cooper's right after they open or whenever the waiting line is very long or else this is what you get. Oh well.<br /><br />We traveled through Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and stop at Tuscaloosa, AL. The only meal of the day was at a Sonic Drive-In in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">McGehee</span>, AR about 12 miles south of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Rohwer</span>, AR where I was born. Sherm has been having dinners of Protein Bars and I just have a banana.<br /><br />We get to Maggie Valley on Wednesday afternoon a day before our original schedule, but we are staying in Maggie Valley at a friends vacation bungalow right next door to my friend's cousins permanent residence. {Thanks Elsa for providing a wonderful place for us to stay at no cost.} We did phone Elsa's cousin to let her know that we would be arriving a day early.<br /><br />We head over to the Apple Cover Inn the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Kaw</span> Pasture and hook up with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Wompus</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Tbone</span>.<br />The four of us head over to the <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g49313-d675723-Reviews-Country_Vittles-Maggie_Valley_North_Carolina.html">Country Vittles</a> for dinner.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUN6CG1WJpis6QlWejLtCTbOk5-HImlR4WtKMfGUfbin_ABnKd6woVHQbq-zFCvnkySRBX5x2AeqqZFJ1oo6qK9L_o30xX7Ig71oPWy1JUNTY9IIKOMTS4qogG4rlviHAJIaCIvQZtzE/s1600/vmv-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsUN6CG1WJpis6QlWejLtCTbOk5-HImlR4WtKMfGUfbin_ABnKd6woVHQbq-zFCvnkySRBX5x2AeqqZFJ1oo6qK9L_o30xX7Ig71oPWy1JUNTY9IIKOMTS4qogG4rlviHAJIaCIvQZtzE/s400/vmv-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691569396787762" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Tbone</span> with part of his All You Can Eat Family Style dinner</span><br /><br />The main courses are friend chicken and country fried steak. Sherm and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Wompus</span> also have the All You Can Eat, but I settle on the meatloaf dinner.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sedkFkaS1tpv9X61qTkpZY2iS0xmD1iHPOM1KTIBqy8Q7ZFsIRWsSfMhqZEahKVR3vFb8Tc58j5fXQ6MJMTDU_g57On-KpbUKScAWqQ-CvfSIpI6dDXJHkqrmEXkxzKkR4moIgrpIUQ/s1600/vmv-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3sedkFkaS1tpv9X61qTkpZY2iS0xmD1iHPOM1KTIBqy8Q7ZFsIRWsSfMhqZEahKVR3vFb8Tc58j5fXQ6MJMTDU_g57On-KpbUKScAWqQ-CvfSIpI6dDXJHkqrmEXkxzKkR4moIgrpIUQ/s400/vmv-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691559235858866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTb0w2aXepuBCOwUMDl5NisZo2iU0pDK-Ry8u_T-O-2oIjKo5E-vTVO8N-DRokEiotx2fMw6eDlYN-VHQfIEmKGEYJDLBc3RzgFdo_uEhQnCZLr5_smglQAcu6Ij2lUBYdkGpYqN0Up8/s1600/vmv-03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTb0w2aXepuBCOwUMDl5NisZo2iU0pDK-Ry8u_T-O-2oIjKo5E-vTVO8N-DRokEiotx2fMw6eDlYN-VHQfIEmKGEYJDLBc3RzgFdo_uEhQnCZLr5_smglQAcu6Ij2lUBYdkGpYqN0Up8/s400/vmv-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691208267919122" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Wompus</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Tbone</span></span><br /><br /><br />The next night is the Meet and Greet dinner at <a href="http://waynesvillerestaurantreviews.com/smackers-waynesville-nc/">Smackers Sports Grill</a>.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOrmXs5SiZzAYjoep_cY1r7Hd-bvO5uOFiBuuH8lCqo6JOlaOvtU2SKGnCylK9VNtlete7nBsI0qDewlAD0sm2CAqBeMs0I7tZ4F-58_xX1LvdXvMkGrPgEvF_A_o9YiKeAftt1dEpSo/s1600/vmv-04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYOrmXs5SiZzAYjoep_cY1r7Hd-bvO5uOFiBuuH8lCqo6JOlaOvtU2SKGnCylK9VNtlete7nBsI0qDewlAD0sm2CAqBeMs0I7tZ4F-58_xX1LvdXvMkGrPgEvF_A_o9YiKeAftt1dEpSo/s400/vmv-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691201572992690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Red Rover snacking on some peanuts at Smackers</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscw4dIJUN9JboRcxinqIXBBG1-BU2kKpDJ-sOgwuisi7_gcYHv5cLBpfCJ-jQF3IevesmZCGt0Z_wCFA-4oCAqSL-JF0O1L_VRPT1MYr8kDWjd6jD6AkuxdmoDucYOshwSl92zuBTv_I/s1600/vmv-05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscw4dIJUN9JboRcxinqIXBBG1-BU2kKpDJ-sOgwuisi7_gcYHv5cLBpfCJ-jQF3IevesmZCGt0Z_wCFA-4oCAqSL-JF0O1L_VRPT1MYr8kDWjd6jD6AkuxdmoDucYOshwSl92zuBTv_I/s400/vmv-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691196391280690" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Pappy and Ken Rhodes chowing down on their steaks</span><br /><br />Of course, Sherm has to have his <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1222/p14s01-lifo.html">liver mush</a>. So we eat breakfast at the Country Vittles on both Thursday and Friday mornings.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0x7SacCf9WXeRm5Ra9_fLv3da8cxyMzrABRocIRoXfoArtwIZae-odylIo_sEKm9f70fMBUZNz_mL3cHEJte2nXjvXqdiZAdPxn3tsZBpGmTc2O3kkjDFwXOd4Ndjg1X5MXRz6ExmgY/s1600/vmv-06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz0x7SacCf9WXeRm5Ra9_fLv3da8cxyMzrABRocIRoXfoArtwIZae-odylIo_sEKm9f70fMBUZNz_mL3cHEJte2nXjvXqdiZAdPxn3tsZBpGmTc2O3kkjDFwXOd4Ndjg1X5MXRz6ExmgY/s400/vmv-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691189199967026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm taking a picture of his breakfast of liver mush and eggs with grits and toast</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VCHUA9xe_xRlqFHnKe-7RZG-dw3ofqCxcMSbzQOHH28XC80U_A3qG6-PMzCQEDK4ATn8w1eD_cHcqKtHs1ZgLx6BYBMpI0S6GL9aVXLPjqtNVFnqvgwOhXExAghcSvF5vlbO6j-5Dp8/s1600/vmv-07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6VCHUA9xe_xRlqFHnKe-7RZG-dw3ofqCxcMSbzQOHH28XC80U_A3qG6-PMzCQEDK4ATn8w1eD_cHcqKtHs1ZgLx6BYBMpI0S6GL9aVXLPjqtNVFnqvgwOhXExAghcSvF5vlbO6j-5Dp8/s400/vmv-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472691186262161906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">My more traditional breakfast - <a href="http://www.seabeecook.com/cookery/cooking/cooking_sos.htm">SOS</a></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_E4TcctGPSr5qIv_iVek8OmDc91RDKFFUCHaDH_1GnK7CuQtl-zcvd9qAwtgF2_FJWHecduPn14WuHUPL76gCSE4xceYt62ONe2NquR9RDLvRXLNZUsyr6BLRRcnmt0whT1iuS1cBH4/s1600/vmv-08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_E4TcctGPSr5qIv_iVek8OmDc91RDKFFUCHaDH_1GnK7CuQtl-zcvd9qAwtgF2_FJWHecduPn14WuHUPL76gCSE4xceYt62ONe2NquR9RDLvRXLNZUsyr6BLRRcnmt0whT1iuS1cBH4/s400/vmv-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472695989021461858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Kudzu in his normal eating pose</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;"> Have to keep up your reputation, Dan.</span><br /><br />We decide to leave a day early so before 7:00 AM we are on the road with our days ending destination of Conway, AR. But since we reach Conway with way too much daylight we kept on trucking after a short visit with Moon.<br /><br />We reach <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Checotah</span>, OK about 195 miles further west. We are really taxing Jill's { our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">nic</span> for the GPS} capabilities to find motels as we kept extending our day's destination.<br /><br />At the recommendation of the desk clerk we wander over to <a href="http://mrbutler.org/Barnstormers%20BBQ/Barnstormers.htm">Barnstormers BBQ</a> which used to be a <a href="http://mrbutler.org/Barnstormers%20BBQ/Barnstormers.htm">fly-in destination</a>. The BBQ while not great was a heck of a lot better than Coopers'.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVc0YIMcxYGIn3L-9CIgcbUb4zjKI_VrxlE-46UH5e90oTpgqHHkfECtW9z1mbL0OpLmX-wQb6nkpazJneLqIcScQpm068N-wpo4IL0bSlYF4DLGnuSpWM4cq7z_NUnlcg7TiOSl8Nws/s1600/wok-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVc0YIMcxYGIn3L-9CIgcbUb4zjKI_VrxlE-46UH5e90oTpgqHHkfECtW9z1mbL0OpLmX-wQb6nkpazJneLqIcScQpm068N-wpo4IL0bSlYF4DLGnuSpWM4cq7z_NUnlcg7TiOSl8Nws/s400/wok-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689863618137426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Less than a quarter of a mile from our motel is this little BBQ joint where we decide to have dinner</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ26Z-wi8DFEBhmf5hz10oY6F85H8M-4ecTLwQ1FaqN722VnAFKx1Ghlqmk_k2FGiVuBuG5u4o81Nnett02L1ypDXY1xFSmTlLNOVMZJ_jmLSu2RR9qdKHZ0tNDITilNs2-bw1CS0vltI/s1600/wok-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ26Z-wi8DFEBhmf5hz10oY6F85H8M-4ecTLwQ1FaqN722VnAFKx1Ghlqmk_k2FGiVuBuG5u4o81Nnett02L1ypDXY1xFSmTlLNOVMZJ_jmLSu2RR9qdKHZ0tNDITilNs2-bw1CS0vltI/s400/wok-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689859211339890" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm has the Two-Way with ribs and Hot Bologna</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm212R1clVWCDU_JHvfqOJcaYHPNGb-QXi9YcKE-IdD-WkKGAJ4Gw4sHTtDMNxm6d0iL8otTiPbjGku8CyXOrsXo83Gny09yqa5-HvCrQAQEtZPkddVKyDvvuAo27zmz4dTUl3AA8D41A/s1600/wok-03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm212R1clVWCDU_JHvfqOJcaYHPNGb-QXi9YcKE-IdD-WkKGAJ4Gw4sHTtDMNxm6d0iL8otTiPbjGku8CyXOrsXo83Gny09yqa5-HvCrQAQEtZPkddVKyDvvuAo27zmz4dTUl3AA8D41A/s400/wok-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689850475711954" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Since I am on a limited protein diet I ordered the three rib dinner with sweet potato fries, but I think the cook goofed and plated a five rib dinner. But I was only charged the price of a three rib dinner and never thought to ask about it, oh well.</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">The above photo was taken after I had already eaten one rib.</span><br /><br />The next morning we skip the motel breakfast which had nothing but donuts and coffee. But we had already planned on stopping at Henryetta, OK at the <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/huckleberrys-pig-out-palace-henryetta">Pig Out Palace</a> {this place is on the route from Seattle, WA to Richmond, KY according to Dutch and Detox from the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">PNW</span> Chapter}.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabrNBNWs-WvY4jnKVbm7m_XR5TvzriNRPrz7GBYDQQvgsdq1w4bR56lf2kBUltYuotqX3i_CXKffVfmUxMeB1qT-lNabCR711FDKA3O1k6HEte-auN3699uUEp1vyTcuaV5ORM-hWlIQ/s1600/wok-04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabrNBNWs-WvY4jnKVbm7m_XR5TvzriNRPrz7GBYDQQvgsdq1w4bR56lf2kBUltYuotqX3i_CXKffVfmUxMeB1qT-lNabCR711FDKA3O1k6HEte-auN3699uUEp1vyTcuaV5ORM-hWlIQ/s400/wok-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689847467253618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm with camera in hand</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1Eu6hT72jbuywQrG88176bZ3GUOFAVuTPSyJrpAkmFTnsiX0jVbrB5YgyukFP7rYQze5SYKdm668WAubrYXNdMLh7lCCr_gY7bhJd7hgGZZZ3BCOiecYgjJOOWT2wvN3T-f6QQuE8tg/s1600/wok-05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi1Eu6hT72jbuywQrG88176bZ3GUOFAVuTPSyJrpAkmFTnsiX0jVbrB5YgyukFP7rYQze5SYKdm668WAubrYXNdMLh7lCCr_gY7bhJd7hgGZZZ3BCOiecYgjJOOWT2wvN3T-f6QQuE8tg/s400/wok-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689542041124674" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm pointing at Huck the Pig</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XtSTEmVmkQCO8jJzpeLuM2e_QOIZXSQoxnJ-pbLIUR-jKWZbQ47Lf-9OBaVEP-S727D3neJPM4uhBGpzd6aEQF504hTohoDF-AXgl3dgwlTdLHiLpDp7RclDotPDK8zFk9QZVbzaI1s/s1600/wok-06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XtSTEmVmkQCO8jJzpeLuM2e_QOIZXSQoxnJ-pbLIUR-jKWZbQ47Lf-9OBaVEP-S727D3neJPM4uhBGpzd6aEQF504hTohoDF-AXgl3dgwlTdLHiLpDp7RclDotPDK8zFk9QZVbzaI1s/s400/wok-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689534628676002" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">I wonder what their hours are?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD5CSnmriwOD8qmaXx0tbAeJSFdB0Ez48x-cX82t44MSQvuV7jNyUCbyBpLtUEOkZ-RwRqnr9ijqa3__Eo4ilLtuooe4fCVvnQv7GFJVKYwKcMtT9kE3RcxtSq_goaPxWVhr53v3hsZ4/s1600/wok-07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTD5CSnmriwOD8qmaXx0tbAeJSFdB0Ez48x-cX82t44MSQvuV7jNyUCbyBpLtUEOkZ-RwRqnr9ijqa3__Eo4ilLtuooe4fCVvnQv7GFJVKYwKcMtT9kE3RcxtSq_goaPxWVhr53v3hsZ4/s400/wok-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689527039921186" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm's light breakfast platter or was this his second helping?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvVxPK7RkerAaH5QMicsQWiDXdaQtl7zQh4owmYcOFrHv-Sh62Duu6Kowyp0xtW2KiogWfSt1EobF0XjGXCC9UvBc2JQgO2QV32jP02wL29IkjHoPMiTar9aqcihaiOcGHZyxgpHHymQ/s1600/wok-08.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzvVxPK7RkerAaH5QMicsQWiDXdaQtl7zQh4owmYcOFrHv-Sh62Duu6Kowyp0xtW2KiogWfSt1EobF0XjGXCC9UvBc2JQgO2QV32jP02wL29IkjHoPMiTar9aqcihaiOcGHZyxgpHHymQ/s400/wok-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689517402784274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">My more modest choices</span><br /><br />That day we make it to Gallup, NM. We have dinner at the local <a href="http://www.crackerbarrel.com/">Cracker Barrel</a> and I decided not to take any photos since a lot of people have eaten at a Cracker Barrel somewhere.<br /><br />Then the next day we are making a short detour in Kingman, AZ so Sherm can replenish his supply of protein bars. Sherm phones ahead to the Anderson brother Ed and Carl. Both have attended <a href="http://norcalrat.com/hsvroc/">HSVROC</a> and I have met them before. We are to meet at <a href="http://www.urbanspoon.com/r/76/788790/restaurant/Arizona/Patricks-Cafe-Kingman">Patrick's Cafe</a> in Kingman for lunch.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EwUJrDIBKeRHb88V3nOlrDqKNrXnzA0XC54esQ2vyX71VXKxI7q_DY9sMul4IdesR7StoGzDISV896jbCb1IpepfEjSZYCQeyBI-vuJLQ3_YfEnarbU3Ryv2RBKpGDEkHu6SYt2sSws/s1600/xaz-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EwUJrDIBKeRHb88V3nOlrDqKNrXnzA0XC54esQ2vyX71VXKxI7q_DY9sMul4IdesR7StoGzDISV896jbCb1IpepfEjSZYCQeyBI-vuJLQ3_YfEnarbU3Ryv2RBKpGDEkHu6SYt2sSws/s400/xaz-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472689509862030242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm, Carl and Ed</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IXbokCNItNgChWy9a5wIs_rk5J49mB0imDjObPTnH-LhuZxNIbzmA6M7s703Y-dofVWRijO6Bre9fQ0elRg3ElLj9vni5ywLURBgTvGj3TYkV6nM-qpd9NnLAhW5lZATa99GvzHmToM/s1600/xaz-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9IXbokCNItNgChWy9a5wIs_rk5J49mB0imDjObPTnH-LhuZxNIbzmA6M7s703Y-dofVWRijO6Bre9fQ0elRg3ElLj9vni5ywLURBgTvGj3TYkV6nM-qpd9NnLAhW5lZATa99GvzHmToM/s400/xaz-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472688842003885570" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sherm's ChilliBurger, note that he had coleslaw instead of the fires to cut down on the carbs</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWmM775qRBO11ObfdTtK0rMgDuEsID-4l2UxpO8Y2BrHEui93CXGAEbNkiDDuXBG8YqMESOUL03mPqIXwYyHS0dTGjhmw6iYRES6GidsoFOcZtBsv9Iysytohbt2qXBpUb3Bt-kZ1zmk/s1600/xaz-03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTWmM775qRBO11ObfdTtK0rMgDuEsID-4l2UxpO8Y2BrHEui93CXGAEbNkiDDuXBG8YqMESOUL03mPqIXwYyHS0dTGjhmw6iYRES6GidsoFOcZtBsv9Iysytohbt2qXBpUb3Bt-kZ1zmk/s400/xaz-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472688838649030962" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">I order a heart healthy Country Fried Steak and Eggs</span><br /><br />After Kingman we just kept driving, Sherm kept the wheel the bulk of the time because I really do not like the stretch of road between Needles and Barstow. As Jill {our GPS} keeps showing the ETA for Barstow, then Mojave, then Bakersfield, then Tulare, then Fresno I am starting to think that I had better rest up since we may as well continue a couple of hours at night on into Stockton. We drove 935 miles with just a bit over an hour and a half in the dark and reach the Safeway gas pumps around 9:45 PM. The last 80 miles are so I averaged around 55 mph.<br /><br />Sherm is up and dressed and on the road around 5:20 AM. We say our farewells and I go back to bed.<br /><br />Around 7:15 I decide to ride my F650GS over to one of my two breakfast joints to eat. It is the first time in 10 days that I have been riding on two wheels. So off to <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/ginas-cafe-stockton">Gina's Cafe</a> for breakfast.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBfpIuNMWLNx344RcoRtn6J0ompBwvJYiuvhd_PW2tMV6DW5F8grK1RgfSviQhYBaGC2khts4vvzy3KXOrIzr33zeezpympJiji9IuI_hlkLjqY7ZvwmSEtlw0CJmk6WaW7Djwdt5tW4/s1600/zginas-01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBfpIuNMWLNx344RcoRtn6J0ompBwvJYiuvhd_PW2tMV6DW5F8grK1RgfSviQhYBaGC2khts4vvzy3KXOrIzr33zeezpympJiji9IuI_hlkLjqY7ZvwmSEtlw0CJmk6WaW7Djwdt5tW4/s400/zginas-01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472688823164574882" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">My little F650GS on the right</span><br /><br />I did not order The Volcano. It is hash browns, the bottom half of a biscuit, breakfast meat of your choice, a fried egg then the top half of the biscuit all covered in sausage gravy that has plenty of sausage in it.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquRBU4m8svz7tyjmAAi2k-kukkDUmspCxYLnRbu9tbEsxRJ4mobmG1Fzcg2rdQLyT-ZNRUwoqzMmUF708_7-oWV5GvzmXk-C2P4N_NpUcQZyXx9hbQJxTipi1OWSpfWTEsvwur9dB2vY/s1600/zginas-02.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquRBU4m8svz7tyjmAAi2k-kukkDUmspCxYLnRbu9tbEsxRJ4mobmG1Fzcg2rdQLyT-ZNRUwoqzMmUF708_7-oWV5GvzmXk-C2P4N_NpUcQZyXx9hbQJxTipi1OWSpfWTEsvwur9dB2vY/s400/zginas-02.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472688818203248162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The guy behind me had the Bacon Volcano</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapQIUGdSXGEk5gCnrNQPZfCzeNWl0D198HYLeoG2ipyib6XNKcxC-6z4Bz12DMJX8Jq106Ia2F5616ukNY5YQW5lsuiuBx9-68_zYI5yLx-ymglEjsDewPw8juiq0PMk_MOhMcYCIU0M/s1600/zginas-03.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapQIUGdSXGEk5gCnrNQPZfCzeNWl0D198HYLeoG2ipyib6XNKcxC-6z4Bz12DMJX8Jq106Ia2F5616ukNY5YQW5lsuiuBx9-68_zYI5yLx-ymglEjsDewPw8juiq0PMk_MOhMcYCIU0M/s400/zginas-03.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472688159809762482" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Sarah the waitress and </span><span style="visibility: visible; font-style: italic;" id="main"><span style="visibility: visible;" id="search">cappuccino</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> maker</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqFWg3JV4SevJLTC8PKsxnUxDxHDzc9XCD1Uc7MRgtjjR1KHdbsqYKIFyrpyPp1RbIsgYY0CajCJabfNoiFIz568sjBpzhK4rmmv-AUXVSipWRUz_xeoAYKeXGeSlNRo_74FJMeEShW4/s1600/zginas-04.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyqFWg3JV4SevJLTC8PKsxnUxDxHDzc9XCD1Uc7MRgtjjR1KHdbsqYKIFyrpyPp1RbIsgYY0CajCJabfNoiFIz568sjBpzhK4rmmv-AUXVSipWRUz_xeoAYKeXGeSlNRo_74FJMeEShW4/s400/zginas-04.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472672755804566514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">The breakfast frittata</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzRFTZ1M4GsjgBNH0BGHd_SYlG4KuJFlIzHMXOETGimC4b2BAzXn68n0X9bMeB3ggbEiRn3gxOEqoDTMprojgmhmiZ41ia_ARB-EOWd4-EVh1xF3lhHVKb0qGVJ6kC4mQpR_o6xDcgXE/s1600/zginas-05.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzRFTZ1M4GsjgBNH0BGHd_SYlG4KuJFlIzHMXOETGimC4b2BAzXn68n0X9bMeB3ggbEiRn3gxOEqoDTMprojgmhmiZ41ia_ARB-EOWd4-EVh1xF3lhHVKb0qGVJ6kC4mQpR_o6xDcgXE/s400/zginas-05.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472672751351662258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Stephanie and a customer</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHya8dGTwX2F5-BMiTmR5uj3A8B8FI8vHuDOwgsvMi5j8HMIzzEfSgDFsSjT9aSmWnU9dHtDwbRvrKms5awag8ZAV9w0jfJmXHSvAdgAMkX5a03koD1dAzGwTIao6FmwtHuh36h0XpgC0/s1600/zginas-06.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHya8dGTwX2F5-BMiTmR5uj3A8B8FI8vHuDOwgsvMi5j8HMIzzEfSgDFsSjT9aSmWnU9dHtDwbRvrKms5awag8ZAV9w0jfJmXHSvAdgAMkX5a03koD1dAzGwTIao6FmwtHuh36h0XpgC0/s400/zginas-06.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472672749537047266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">My ham {no eggs} breakfast with hash browns and toast with a dollop of gravy tossed in</span><br /><br />The recently added gelato.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFexSRtRupKPFy1zXAQJLlBoTL28dJ9HbAZygslGDXgWYUY4cYXubG9hGwpfMGFfKsnyXq9KU8hfpM4acxytoq6rMJ5O1c9g2WNEkBcuGuCHplussfFkeNQ09uu74kuSphfJF3tszdB9o/s1600/zginas-07.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFexSRtRupKPFy1zXAQJLlBoTL28dJ9HbAZygslGDXgWYUY4cYXubG9hGwpfMGFfKsnyXq9KU8hfpM4acxytoq6rMJ5O1c9g2WNEkBcuGuCHplussfFkeNQ09uu74kuSphfJF3tszdB9o/s400/zginas-07.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472672745351328882" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">~end</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">.</span>VROC #5569-rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14274212568028416317noreply@blogger.com0