A Trifecta of Threes . . .
We left the Vandalia IL Walmart about 9 am
and headed a whole 2 miles down the road to McDonald’s for an Egg McMuffin.
We don’t usually eat breakfast on travel days, but since we wanted to eat some good Memphis BBQ, we figured we’d have breakfast, skip lunch, and have plenty of room for BBQ at dinner.
But it didn’t quite work out like that.
After breakfast it was on down the road toward West Memphis, AR 310 miles away.
About noon we started seeing signs for Sikeston, MO.
Now Sikeston has a claim to fame for us. It is the location of the only one of the three Lambert’s Throwed Rolls that we haven’t eaten at.
Strangely enough we were just talking about this last night at my sister-in-law Debbie’s. The mug she served my ice tea in was from Lambert’s and we commented we had never eaten at the one in Sikeston.
So now we had a dilemma. Do we stop at Lambert’s in Sikeston and risk being too full for BBQ? Or do we blow this chance to complete our complete set of Lambert’s?
Of course, anyone that knows us knows we stopped !
They have Bus and RV Parking so we had no problem getting in there. And as usual, the food was great.
If you’ve never been to one, they really do throw the rolls, across the room if you can catch one. All you have to do is call out and hold your hands, and here comes a hot roll sailing over the crowd. And if you miss it, heads up, cause a replacement will be right behind it.
We both had the fried chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy, and of course, the ‘passarounds’ like black-eyed peas, fried okra, and fried potatoes and onions. All delicious!
Leaving Lambert’s, the light sprinkling of rain we had encountered became a much heavier drizzle, but it never got too bad. And by the time we got to West Memphis it had cleared up nicely.
We pulled into the Tom Sawyer RV Park about 4:45 and got set up.
Tom Sawyer is a beautiful RV park right on the Mississippi River across from Memphis, TN.
And this is the view out our front window.
Barges go back and forth all day and all night. Sometimes they’re small, like this one, and sometimes they’re much bigger.
About 6 pm we headed out to a BBQ place we heard about near here, Ray’s World Famous BBQ. It’s a small place, only about 6 tables. But they have 4 delivery guys on the go constantly, so it’s certainly popular.
Jan got a pork sandwich with two sides. I got the rib and pork combo plate, but I wasn’t expecting this!
No, this is not TWO orders. This is just one dinner.
Two meats and four sides, potato salad, BBQ beans, coleslaw, and BBQ spaghetti.
OMG!!
On checking the menu again, I found it also called “The Trucker’s Special”. Maybe I need to read a little closer next time!
And here’ the big man himself, Ray of Ray’s World Famous BBQ.
We got back to the rig a little after 7 pm, and thus completed our ‘Trifecta of Threes’
3 meals today
3 states today (IL, MO, AR)
and our complete set of 3 Lambert’s Throwed Rolls.
Ok, it’s a stretch. But you try coming up with a clever title every day.
More tomorrow…
Quote of the Day:
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe." — Albert Einstein
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