Why Drive 65 Miles for BBQ?
Jer woke me up at 5.30 am yesterday as he had take the early flight to Chicago. Even Patois was disgusted with that and didn't get up until I returned from the airport at 6.40 am. It wasn't even daylight by then, but I decided to make the most of an early start and stay up. By 2 pm I had done lots around the house and called it a day for chores.
I picked up Nancy, who looked very Jackie O with her gigantic sunglasses following her field of vision test at the optician's in the morning. The remnants of Hurricane Ivan were lingering over Texas so we weren't sure if we could make the 65 mile drive to Willis, but once we were a few miles north of Houston it was fine.
So why on earth would we make that drive on a Saturday afternoon? Two reasons:
1. Dad and Sharon are off travelling the entire US in their deluxe RV and so I wanted to check on the lake house;
2. Early's BBQ.
We got to the the house a little before 4 pm and immediately fixed a little bubbly with raspberry juice (which we named a Razzle-Mosa. We sat out on the deck and relaxed by the lake for a couple of hours, enjoying the serenity interspersed by the odd boat shooting by. I totally love that place ... although I wouldn't choose to live that far from the city. Nancy made sure that we didn't lose track of time though as Early's closes at 7 pm and we had to get some of their delicious barbecue before we headed back home.
We could barely contain ourselves for the smoky, tender tastes we had so anticipated all day. Yummelicious!!!! It truly is the best tasting barbecue I've ever had. Even The Wee Moose was agonizing over how she could possibly partake in the feast. Of course, I had to share a little with her. I wish she could just relax when I give her treats--she always woofs it down as though if she slowed down at all it may disappear. Shame she can't simply savor the flavor somewhat.
After I took Nancy back home I stayed up a while longer and felt like cranking some music. Wouldn't you know it, right when I was getting into an old Garbage CD, my mobile rang. I know Jer must have thought I was nuts!! Don't you hate when you can't get to the volume before you answer the phone because if you do, it'll transfer to your voicemail?!
I didn't go to bed until around 1 am because I saw that the next hurricane, Jeanne, had arrived onshore in Florida. Eek--their 4th hurricane in 6 weeks. Not good. For some morbid reason I am hooked on following hurricane news. I had another nibble on some of the Early's beef, which made me feel much better, then rounded up The Moose and went to bed.
I picked up Nancy, who looked very Jackie O with her gigantic sunglasses following her field of vision test at the optician's in the morning. The remnants of Hurricane Ivan were lingering over Texas so we weren't sure if we could make the 65 mile drive to Willis, but once we were a few miles north of Houston it was fine.
So why on earth would we make that drive on a Saturday afternoon? Two reasons:
1. Dad and Sharon are off travelling the entire US in their deluxe RV and so I wanted to check on the lake house;
2. Early's BBQ.
We got to the the house a little before 4 pm and immediately fixed a little bubbly with raspberry juice (which we named a Razzle-Mosa. We sat out on the deck and relaxed by the lake for a couple of hours, enjoying the serenity interspersed by the odd boat shooting by. I totally love that place ... although I wouldn't choose to live that far from the city. Nancy made sure that we didn't lose track of time though as Early's closes at 7 pm and we had to get some of their delicious barbecue before we headed back home.
We could barely contain ourselves for the smoky, tender tastes we had so anticipated all day. Yummelicious!!!! It truly is the best tasting barbecue I've ever had. Even The Wee Moose was agonizing over how she could possibly partake in the feast. Of course, I had to share a little with her. I wish she could just relax when I give her treats--she always woofs it down as though if she slowed down at all it may disappear. Shame she can't simply savor the flavor somewhat.
After I took Nancy back home I stayed up a while longer and felt like cranking some music. Wouldn't you know it, right when I was getting into an old Garbage CD, my mobile rang. I know Jer must have thought I was nuts!! Don't you hate when you can't get to the volume before you answer the phone because if you do, it'll transfer to your voicemail?!
I didn't go to bed until around 1 am because I saw that the next hurricane, Jeanne, had arrived onshore in Florida. Eek--their 4th hurricane in 6 weeks. Not good. For some morbid reason I am hooked on following hurricane news. I had another nibble on some of the Early's beef, which made me feel much better, then rounded up The Moose and went to bed.
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