Great story, Bob!

Funny, isn't it, how we have places like that in our own communities (and we know how to find 'em) and we know they're out there when we travel -- just don't have a good way to find 'em -- and we set ourselves up for some real stinkers along the way!

As I travel (doing the Art Fairs I do) I try to find good out-of-the-way restaurants for dinners, but I admit to turning to convenience for travelling meals. So, much as I poke fun at our homogeneous culture, I admit that I benefit from it as I travel. As a friend of mine once said, "We've sacrificed "really good" at the alter of "seldom horrid"."

What prompted my lame attempt at a little humor (the initial post) was.... I had just hung up the phone from talking to a friend who had just returned from a trip to Ireland. He had mused on and on about the fact that he had just gotten a flight over there and a rental car, and went, without pre-planning anything, from B&B to B&B and had a wonderful time. It just sort of tickled my funnybone to think about someone doing the opposite (coming here and going from Inn to Inn) and getting a taste of American culture.

And I thought of trying a grander post, and was actually thinking of a parody of the "Blue Highway" book.......but I realized that, being a forum post that was already of tedious length, going any further would almost certainly condemn it to NOBODY reading it! :^)

SRS,
I'm contemplating a few Art fairs in Texas next spring You gonna show me some of those "Blue Highway" eateries?