Sun, Feb 13

02.13.05

We were up and out of the house by 10pm. We went to the WaffleHouse near the airport, and had the sort of food Harlan expected. Brenda “got” the experience and now knows that we can go to any WaffleHouse at any time of the day or night and get pretty much the same thing.

We left St.Louis before noon, and headed off to the Blue Springs Cafe, open daily from 11am to 9pm on Interstate 70 at exit 30, in Highland IL (with free WiFi access) for a piece of their “foot high pie” (we didn’t have lunch there as we just finished eating breakfast). Harlan ordered the coconut cream pie (which was just a bit too sweet for him) and Brenda ordered a cup of coffee which got a sip and was pronounced undrinkable.

The weather was a bit rainy, but we headed toward Asheville nonetheless.

Harlan pointed out some inventive landmarks as we drove past the Nashville skyline (the most notable being the National Hall of Grits). It started raining, and we decided to stop at Newport TN for the night, just outside of Asheville.

We have crossed into Eastern Time, so Harlan is gonna try and get an early start relative to Central time in the morning.

It’s getting tougher to find inexpensive restaurants that use real butter.

Brenda has noticed that “We are in the SOUTH!”

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3 Responses to “Sun, Feb 13”

  1. Donnie says on February 14th, 2005 at 7:13 am :

    The Waffle House is most commonly known as the “Awful House”. Glad you enjoyed the experience!

  2. gary gerber says on February 14th, 2005 at 2:40 pm :

    happy Valentine’s Day Brenda and Harlan. by the way, i consider myself to be the number one authority on ashville, n.c. (for never having been there) gary

  3. Brenda says on February 14th, 2005 at 3:58 pm :

    Thanks Gary. Happy Valentine’s Day to everyone!! Looking forward to your input during our Asheville experience.

    Donnie….I was not impressed with the Waffle House. It was different…nice raisin toast but that is about it. Undercooked waffles…hash browns with onions were good. We will probably try some other breakfast items before our tour of the east coast is done.

    Thanks for your comments!!!

    Brenda