Daily Archives: April 11, 2012
A Hidden Gem . . .
or No Gate Yet.
About 10 am I walked over to the office to pay the fingerprint fees that they forget to ask for down in Corpus yesterday, and also to see if anything was up on our gate. Was told it would be soon. Hope so.
Getting back to the rig, I caught up on some maintenance chores, cleaning AC and fan filters, stowing some stuff away, and just getting ready to travel on short notice.
For lunch, we had more leftover Rudy’s BBQ. I’m not sure we brought enough home. We might have to go back to Corpus for more.
Later in the afternoon, I took a nap, or tried to. I got two calls that woke me up, one a wrong number, the 3rd time in 3 days, and one a political call.
A little before 6 Jan and I headed about 25 miles north to Pleasanton to have dinner at China Garden. Right next door to the ill-fated Bill Miller BBQ, we noticed how busy it was then, and wanted to give it a try.
And it turned out to be a hidden gem.
Housed in a pretty nondescript building, the parking lot seems to be always crowded, certainly a good sign.
And waiting for our food after our order was taken, we noticed a steady stream of take-orders leaving the restaurant, again a good sign.
We ordered our usual Hot & Sour Soup, Chicken in Hot Garlic Sauce, Extra Spicy, and the House Special Fried Rice. And it was really good.
Good enough that hopefully we’ll be able to go back before we leave the area.
Our next stop was right across the street at the HEB for gas and a much-needed car wash. Then it was home for the night.
Here’s hoping for a gate tomorrow.
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Thought for the Day:
"The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale." — Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Taylor, 1816
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