8 am. Time to get on the road. It’s a gorgeous sunny day. Looks like the rain has finally moved on. We have about 600 miles to go to get to Oklahoma but don’t have to be there until Monday so no need to rush.
DG: If you are ever passing through Morrilton, OK, because I doubt you will be going there purposefully, you gotta try out the fare at Morrilton Drive In at exit 107 on I-40. Besides killer BBQ, I noticed the smoke from the truck stop across the street and said to myself, “Self, looks like somebody is smoking some meat”. And I was right. So there we went for to have lunch. Looking over the menu, which cried out to be photographed, there were items on there that showed a degree of imagination much different that that found in the boardrooms of major chain restaurants. For instance, the Triple Giant Super Bacon Cheeseburger. Oh, there was a time I would have had to try that. At $23.99 I’m sure this is meant to be shared. I would have liked to see one at least but none were ordered while we were there. And there were various degrees of smaller burgers down the line to the regular all American style. And of course there was the BBQ, pork and beef, and the best danged hush puppies I have had in I don’t know when. Sides of baked beans, French fries and coleslaw rounded out the slab dinner that I chose. Usually we save some of our meat, be it whatever, for Precious, and I did, but she came real close to not getting dinner this day. And I had a Woo Pig Chewy milkshake for dessert. That be chocolate and vanilla ice cream with chocolate chunks and comes in sizes small, large, TUB and Monster. I got a large which was a regular size portion at most other establishments and I wish now I had at least asked to see the Monster size. Or the Tub. I looked for a cup that might be used for either of these but did not see one that might be associated with either size description.
After lunch it was a short drive to Webbers Falls where we spent the night.
Annie – I had the beef barbecue with spicy fries and hushpuppies. I have to agree. I don’t think I have ever had better hushpuppies.
Sorry we didn’t post last night. We finished watching the rest of the season of The Ranch on Netflix and fell asleep.
On our way to Ponca City, Oklahoma!