Back to blogging

Well we are back after a brief hiatus, hope you didn’t miss us too much!.

I’d thought I’d start out with my favorite subject, food and write a truck stop review.

We had a great lunch at a small truck stop in Stanton TN at the Exit 47 truck stop and Rick’s Restaurant. The truck stop is a small one, light on amenities, but the food more than makes up for any shortfalls. The service and the prices were A rated as well.

Joe had the half pound angus beef bacon mushroom swiss burger with home made fries and cole slaw. I took one bite and was ready to hold it hostage.

I ordered the mesquite seasoned grilled catfish filets with a baked ‘tater and a side of pinto beans and cornbread. I was served a plate of two large, very well seasoned fresh fish, which was about the best cat fish I have had in a long time. Luckily, the portions were large enough to bring one back and I’ll have that on a Sammie later.

The only bad part about it was we were both too full to sample the home made pies in the bakery case.

So, if you get off that exit, hang a Louie and bypass the Love’s. Your taste buds will be glad you did.

We have had the most beautiful sunny, hot weather here down south for the past few days, however, although it isn’t raining yet, its very overcast here in Tennessee. I have a feeling we will be running into the storms that have been hitting the Midwest on our way to Colorado. We have one stop there and then we final out in La Mirada, California, a suburb of Los Angeles on Friday. We have another load of cable reels from our friends at Okinite.

Things have started to very slowly pick up a little, but are not yet back up to the levels they were last year at this time. Time will tell. We drive and keep our fingers crossed.