Monthly Archives: April 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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or, finally, some good Texas BBQ.
We headed out about 8:30 this morning for the Gate Guard Services office down in Corpus Christi to submit our paperwork and fingerprint cards, and also take the Level II Security Guard Exam.
Leaving the Gate Guard office about 11:45 we drove over to a nearby Sam’s Club to pick up some supplies. Then we headed over to get some GOOD Texas BBQ
At Rudy’s BBQ, of course.
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We ordered lean brisket for Jan, moist brisket for me, pork ribs for both of us, a loaded baked potato for Jan, and a jalapeno sausage link for me, and of course, a quart of their delicious cream corn. Something for everyone.
Jan doesn’t really like corn, but she loves Rudy’s. And we ordered enough extra of everything for 2 or 3 more meals at home.
It’s interesting to compare Rudy’s BBQ with our visit to Bill Miller BBQ a few days ago. But I can only compare the ribs and the sauce, because that’s all I had in common.
Both places have dry rub ribs that come with no sauce on them. But Rudy’s ribs are moist and juicy, even without sauce, while Bill Miller’s were dry and chewy. And Miller’s pretty much tasteless sauce certainly didn’t help things.
On the other hand, Rudy’s sauce is so good we bought a bottle of it a while back to take with us as we travel. As a matter of fact, Rudy’s sauce is so good it might even make Bill Miller’s BBQ more edible.
I wonder if we ever went back to Miller’s, they would mind if I brought a bottle of Rudy’s sauce with me?
We got back to the rig a little before 3 pm, and the first thing we noticed is that we have two new neighbors. Don’t know if they’re here to gate guard, but they probably are.
The first thing I did was go over to the office here and tell Jamie we were back and ready to go. I also ask him when he thought we’d have a gate. He said he had several things coming up, and it should be soon.
Good.
Later in the afternoon another rig came into the lot and parked over at the side where we were last week. It’s crowded here again.
Hopefully we’ll have a gate tomorrow, or Thursday, or ????.
We’ll see.
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Thought for the Day:
"It’s better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you’re not!"
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