Holy Caloric Intake!
This is what we call a tight schedule. I picked up a loaded trailer just east of Memphis yesterday afternoon and it must be in Hagerstown, MD tomorrow morning at 5:30, with a second stop north of Scranton, PA at noon. Presently, I'm stopped in Lexington, VA at an interesting truck stop called Lee Hi.
As you can see from the photo, the owner likes antiques. Two large antique gas pumps stand guard over a section of the restaurant, while the walls are lined with glass cases which house antique toy trucks, tractors, fire engines, etc. It's just delightful.
The sandwiches on the menu are named after old cars and trucks, e.g. packard, caddy, edsel and more. I couldn't pronounce the name of the vehicle that substituted for cheeseburger, but I ordered it anyway. The staff was very nice and recommended an apple dumpling with ice cream to finish the meal off. This apple, with a pie crust substance literally wrapped around it and covered with a cinnamon glaze that was also spread over a scoop of ice cream was simply too good to be legal. I'm sure all the neighboring states have banned it. I consumed enough calories and cholesterol to choke a clydesdale horse, which is probably not good for me. On the other hand, it was delicious. I'm thinking that if I apply the rational basis test to that meal, I've added years to my life. I feel better already!
Meanwhile, I must be back on the road at 2:30AM in order to make my Hagerstown delivery appointment. Good thing I like this job.
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May '10
Re: Holy Caloric Intake!
Way back in my wandering youth, we had a concernt on Key Biscayne on Sunday, and a fair date in Wishek, North Dakota on Tuesday evening. We didn't even stop the bus to change drivers.
Re: Holy Caloric Intake!
Lexington is beautiful. In the summer of 1996, I spent a long night gazing up at the sky at the top of the lawn that slopes down to the Lee chapel at Washington and Lee, watching, hearing, feeling the flash, crackle, and heat of a panoramic electrical storm...
May '10
Re: Holy Caloric Intake!
I have been to that truck stop and the apple dumpling was worth every calorie!