Sunday, November 07, 2021
Foodie hell
This has not been a good trip for food. Pray we get to Tucson soon. The first night we had dinner in our hotel which was convenient and OK--although I couldn't believe they wanted to serve my beef bourginon on mashed potatoes with cheese and bacon? The second night we were in Wells, land of no restaurants--so we ate at the casino. Had to walk through smoke filled casino to get to the restaurant and wait... because there was only one waitress. We could not get beer in the restaurant but would have had to go into the smoky casino to get beer--so had water with my chef's salad (which was very good). Tonight takes the cake. I wish there were cake.
After a long long day of driving through the nothingness of Nevada. (FYi Love's no longer carries Books on CD.). And driving through Las Vegas with the sun in our eyes.
So we came to the motel in Henderson which served us so well last spring. Then they had free lasagna and wine. Alas not tonight. We headed across the parking lot to a tavern with food just across the parking lot. We have eaten in sports bars before but none with hundred of TVs all with hockey game on maximum volume. Another senior couple was waiting for their food to go because of the noise. There were like 5 guys in this bar and yet the volume had to be over the top. So.. We checked all our apps for something else in the area and came up empty. The desk clerk at our motel suggested a nice Mexican restaurant which she said was 9 minutes away but turned out to be 20 minutes away including freeway driving. We decided not to do that. We decided to skip the beer and go to Denny's which was nearby. They were short staffed, nothing on the menu appeals (they don't even have Kirsten's favorite cheese sandwich), and there were screaming kids. We left. There was a gas station across the street where we could get beer!! And a Burger King nearby as well. Surprise! They were closed except for drive through. So Kit got the car and got us food finally! What a disaster it's all been. Tomorrow is 411 miles to our place in Tucson so we won't have much time for food and shopping.
Carol Harma--from my iPad
After a long long day of driving through the nothingness of Nevada. (FYi Love's no longer carries Books on CD.). And driving through Las Vegas with the sun in our eyes.
So we came to the motel in Henderson which served us so well last spring. Then they had free lasagna and wine. Alas not tonight. We headed across the parking lot to a tavern with food just across the parking lot. We have eaten in sports bars before but none with hundred of TVs all with hockey game on maximum volume. Another senior couple was waiting for their food to go because of the noise. There were like 5 guys in this bar and yet the volume had to be over the top. So.. We checked all our apps for something else in the area and came up empty. The desk clerk at our motel suggested a nice Mexican restaurant which she said was 9 minutes away but turned out to be 20 minutes away including freeway driving. We decided not to do that. We decided to skip the beer and go to Denny's which was nearby. They were short staffed, nothing on the menu appeals (they don't even have Kirsten's favorite cheese sandwich), and there were screaming kids. We left. There was a gas station across the street where we could get beer!! And a Burger King nearby as well. Surprise! They were closed except for drive through. So Kit got the car and got us food finally! What a disaster it's all been. Tomorrow is 411 miles to our place in Tucson so we won't have much time for food and shopping.
Carol Harma--from my iPad
# posted by Carol Harma @ 7:13 PM 
