FInally civilization has arrived. We crossed the long hot desert on a horse with no name, and then, magically, about 45 miles into today's ride, there it was: green fields, CVS, and a Value Inn. It felt oddly like we had come back full circle to Kansas. The terrain has begun to resemble Northern California and everyone's thoughts have started to turn to the end of our little escapade. For today's blog I thought I would recap some of the best food with my Top 5 Meals Of The Trip:
1. Home cooked food by the Kentucky Churchladies in Sebree, KY. Fried chicken, green bean casserole, a full spread of cakes and pies, endless iced tea and lemonade. It's exactly why we have KFC in the first place; this is the food of the heartland, and when it's made by real hands with love, it's the best you'll ever have.
2. The Bunkhouse General Store, Fowler, Colorado. I had asked for us to take a brief detour off route because there weren't any services. So we ended up in Fowler, Colorado, and randomly went to the Bunkhouse looking for coffee. And boy did we find coffee. Also lemon glazed blueberry cream cheese bread, and sandwiches as big as your face, and chicken pot pie, all served by a smiling lady for almost no money. If I am ever anywhere near that place, I'm stopping.
3. The Monster, Middlegate, NV, Middlegate Station. This was just yesterday of course, where I ate the 1 1/3 pound burger. What was surprising perhaps, though, was that the burger was really, really good. All the food at Middlegate Station was incredible, which is extremely unlikely but no less true.
4. Hand-cooked breakfast by Olivia, outside Eureka, NV. On almost no notice she prepared Cajun grits with meat, a berry bread pudding, and various quiches. And everything was amazing.
5. Full pig on a spit, Rising Silo Brewery, Blacksburg, VA. At that point of the trip we weren't really prepared yet for the culinary wasteland we would face, so it was sort of wasted. But they had prepared an entire roast pig, slaw, the works, along with handcrafted beers and a huge roaring fire on an outdoor patio. A night to remember.
