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Jan always records the CBS Sunday Morning show and then we watch it later. Like I’m up early enough to watch it live. Anyway, one segment this morning was about Pie Town, NM and Pie-O-Neer Pies

We stopped in Pie Town and ate at Pie-O-Neer as we heading back to Texas for Brandi’s wedding in June 2010. You can read about it here. June 13, 2010

I finally decided on Cherokee Landing for our two week Thousand Trails stay in Tennessee starting July 20th. Based on the reviews, it was more a matter of picking the least worst rather than the best one. So we’ll see how it goes and let you know.

About 3:30 we headed out for dinner down in Camp Verde, but before we left the park I dropped off a stack of Gypsy Journal’s down at the club house. There were a couple guys sitting in the rec area and were happy to see them. Reminded them that they can, of course, subscribe.

Then it was on down to Crusty’s Pizza, a regular stop when we’re here at Verde Valley. We love their Baked Spaghetti and always get a couple of the dinners to go.

But this time we decided to get a pizza to eat in as well. Since the dinners come with salad, and salad doesn’t freeze well, we had the salads with the pizza.

A really good salad, though I would prefer less iceberg lettuce and more romaine.

We got a medium pizza with pepperoni, mushrooms, Italian sausage, and meatballs.

Really, really good, with a lot of flavor. And with the big salads filling us up, we even had a couple of slices left over to for breakfast on the road in a few days.

Getting home, we vacuum sealed the Spaghetti Dinners and froze them.

As you can see these things are huge, and when divided in half, one dinner feeds both of us when combined with a little bread and salad.

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We had a couple of comments to yesterday’s blog concerning Jan’s and my ‘eating’ habits, or maybe ‘eating out’ habits, specifically, our stopping at another restaurant on the way home from the first one.

One average, we probably eat out every other day or so. On the in-between days, it may be leftovers from our eating out, or Jan may fixe something. But it’s up to Jan.

When we retired and hit the road in February 2008, we both retired. From whatever we wanted to retire from. And that includes Jan fixing meals. Jan’s a good cook, I mean, I was skinny when we got married. But now she cooks when she wants to cook. And if she doesn’t, we eat out. It’s up to her.

As far as stopping at one restaurant on the way home from another, we stopped at Hog Wild BBQ  to pick up some BBQ to freeze and take with us on the road.

Hey, it works for us.

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Thought for the Day:

Humankind cannot stand very much reality. – T. S. Eliot

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Although this is the blog for July 4th, most of you, including Jan, will read it on July 5th. And July 5th is our Anniversary.

Not the big one. That’s September 29th. But this is the one Jan always forgets, so I get extra brownie points for always remembering it,. Of course I’ve never forgotten the real one either.

No, July 5th is the day we first met, July 5th, 1967 in Titusville, FL. Jan lived there, and was working as a barmaid at the Miss Kitty’s soft-drink saloon in the western town area of Florida Wonderland, a slightly seedy amusement park.

I had come down from Alabama and was bumming around Florida for the summer. I had been visiting my aunt and uncle over in Sanford and saw an ad in the paper wanting someone to run the Florida Sealand area of the park, and do the acts with the porpoises and other animals.

My area was across the street from the western town, and I had to go across US1 a couple of times a day to get ice from the saloon to keep the fish we fed the animals, cold. And that’s how we met, 48 yeas ago.

Happy Anniversary, Sweetie!

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Based on our visit to La Fonda the other day, their sign said they’d be open until 2pm today, July 4th. But when we got there a few minutes after 1pm for our last Mexican fix here at Verde Valley, they were already closed for the day.

They lied.

But a family in the parking lot with us recommended Concho’s up in Cottonwood near the DQ so off we went. And it was well worth the trip.

Like many of our favorite places, it’s another hole-in-the-wall place right off the main drag in Cottonwood. it was only after we got inside that I checked Yelp and found they had 4 1/2 stars

And when they brought our meal, it was easy to see why.

We both got #18, with a Chili Relleno, Ground Beef Enchilada, and a Ground Beef Tostado, and of course, with Rice and Beans. It was all great, the salsa, the chips, and everything on the plates, especially the Chili Relleno. It was stuffed full of cheese, and actually had some heat to it. And the portions were so big, we had some to take home.

The only downside, at least for Jan, was the ice tea. Unfortunately it wasn’t fresh brewed, but came out off a soft drink dispenser like Coke or Pepsi. It has a taste that Jan just doesn’t like. Me, I just add more lemon and sugar, well, Equal, anyway, and struggle through.

When we come back to this area, probably in a couple of years, it’s going to be hard to decide between La Fonda and Concho’s. But better too many choices than not enough, right.

Leaving Concho’s we drove on into Old Town Cottonwood to pick up some cupcakes from Wild Irish Rose. And we were almost too late. They bake cupcakes in the morning, and when they run out, they’re out.

So we got the last 3, a Chocolate Chip, and two Salted Caramels. Guess we’ll have to get there earlier next time. Or two years from now.

Coming back toward home, we made a stop at Hog Wild BBQ to pick up a pound of BBQ to go, a half pound of Pulled Pork and a half pound of Beef. We plan on vacuum-sealing, and freezing it to have later on the road. Lastly we made a quick Wal-Mart stop for a few things, and then home.

We had thought about taking in the fireworks show at the Verde Valley Fairgrounds in Cottonwood, but it rained on and off pretty much all day, and was supposed to be raining tonight, so we passed.

Tomorrow we’ll start wrapping up and packing up to get ready to leave Monday morning. We both agree we’re really looking forward to getting back on the road.

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Thought for the Day:

Proving you can get almost anything at Wal-Mart.
But isn’t that awfully expensive for a six pack.

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