Thor’s Hammer

The hoodoo in the foreground is known as Thor’s Hammer A hoodoo is a rock formation shaped by years of 🌧 rain, ice🧊 and 💨 wind erosion. The postcard picture below ⬇️ was taken by me today in Bryce Canton National Park in Utah.

Heidi, Rae, Sophie and myself hiked the rim trail for three miles to get these wonderful views of Bryce. most of the time there was no rail and Heidi may have been a bit nervous.

A lot going on here on this one. I thought I could kick a field goal through the uprights in the foreground. Then a maze of hoodoos at the bottom and the vastness in the background. Jaw dropping.

We are debating dinner, but who knows what Kanab, Utah has to offer.

The Hobo 🧺 Basket: Poplar Street

Not on the menu, but folks, the Hobo Basket is a win!!! 🏅

Onion 🧅 strips, cheese balls, jalapeño popper, mozzarella stick, 🍄 mushrooms and I don’t know what all is in this 🧺 basket. It isn’t on the menu, however, if you know Kathy Spieker, you can get some inside information and know about it.

Excellent pizza at Poplar Street: Billie Mae gets the 🍕 pepperoni and mushroom.

Wednesday night out with Heidi, Mom, Rae and Sophie was a nice visit and great food at Poplar Street Tavern! This place will be hopping this Oktoberfest weekend.

The Smoke Infused Old Fashioned

The ingredients are bourbon of your choice, (tonight it is Knob Creek), JCT ice cubes, 🍒 cherries, candied orange slice 🍊, simple syrup, cherry smoke, and a maple 🍁 sugar bacon 🥓 slice.

After that, you get your host Jon Tilmon to make it for you.

Chris Schuck enjoying a smoke infused Old Fashioned.

Jon Charles Tilmon has JCT on his giant ice cubes.

Everyone needs a little Chicken Cock in their life!

Meet Jon Tilmon. The best friend and host that Walt, Bruce and Chris could ask for. He is putting 💨 smoke into the drink.

That is cherry 🍒 smoke lingering on top of the Old Fashioned.

A slice of candied 🥓 bacon, 🍒 cherries and a candied 🍊 orange slice are visible along with the JCT ice cube.

Chris gets all of his senses going as Bruce is waiting in line for his.

Did I mention that we are watching football 🏈?

Knob Hill Tavern: Fiddlers

Rated #1 in Evansville for the last 15 years is what Knob Hill is known for. A fiddler is a bone -in catfish. On the side are corn 🌽 bread sticks which is. Ken bread shaped like corn on the cob.

A fiddler with corn sticks. Not to mention the fish bowl of Bud Light. The catfish was super crispy and tasted great.

There are chunks of ice floating in this schooner of Bud Light. Simply delicious!!!

Knob Hill Tavern. Newburgh, Indiana. I love the flowers!

The No-Bake Cookie

When I walked in the door 🚪 and spied a tray of chocolate No-Bake 🍪 cookies, I knew the evening was taking an upswing. I had already played 18 holes 🕳 of golf ⛳️ and was having a wonderful day, but these cookies made it better.

Nina made a pot of chili soup to which I added shredded cheese and corn chips.

Everything that Nina touches in the kitchen is golden! It would be embarrassing for me to say just how many of these I ate tonight.

I have been adding corn chips instead of crackers for a while now. The chips and the shredded cheese 🧀 is my favorite way to eat chili.

On a side note 📝, I have played the last 27 holes of golf with the same ball. That may be a record.

New Ross Steak House With Lawson

I traveled to New Ross to see my grandson, Lawson. I left early without 🍳 breakfast so Lawson and walked over to the New Ross 🥩 Steak House for lunch.

I ordered a 🥓 bacon cheeseburger 🍔 with BBQ sauce on the side and onion rings and French fries for the boy. Our server also brought him crackers and applesauce which he insisted on feeding himself.

The waitress said the owner slices the steaks 🥩 (which are served in the evening) each day and that the burgers are made from the leftover steaks. Needless to say, my burger was very good. Especially with the crispy bacon.

Picture of the day!!! Check out that little hand trying to swipe an onion ring.

Sophie’s Birthday Dinner

It’s just your basic grand daughter birthday 🎂 dinner. (Tomorrow it is stir-fry on the Blackstone for the actual birthday.)

Richard and Michael Hackman nailed the ribeye and T-bone 🥩 steaks. Then there was the crock pot full of baked potatoes 🥔 that Nina had ready. As well, the Asian 🥗 salad was fantastic!!!

The cake and ice cream was incredible too. I told Nina to at the cake was wonderful, and did you make the icing yourself? She replied “Well, yeah.” Like she was insulted. Michael stated “What do you think this is? Amateur hour?”

Oh!!! Did I mention that it was Sophie’s birthday dinner? 23.

Angel Food 😇 Cake with strawberry 🍓 frosty and sprinkles.

Asian 🥗 salad, T-Bone, baked potato 🥔 with butter, sour cream and cheese.

😇 Angel Food 🎂 cake with Unicorn Twirls 🍨 Ice Cream.

Meek’s Bar & Grill

Conveniently located in beautiful downtown Dudleytown, Indiana, you will find Meek’s Bar & Grill. (Formerly the Country Inn)

Meek’s is offering a similar menu with tenderloins, 🍔 burgers, wings, cheese balls and onion rings and fries. And thank goodness they kept the Quaff On! Strawberry 🍓 👱‍♀️ Blonde.

They also kept Sean, who does a great job taking care of customers and everything that goes with that.

The place has been closed for about a year since Luke’s Country Inn closed and sold to Meek’s. The crowds have been great this first week of reopening and hopefully that can have a good run.

The breaded tenderloin with two slices of cheese!!! I
couldn’t finish it.

Sunoco Gas Station: Crawfordsville

The place to get a tenderloin in Crawfordsville is the Sunoco ⛽️ Gas Station!

This place is on Highway 231 in Crawfordsville. It has several tables if you want to enjoy the atmosphere of the convenience store while dining.

Notice the picture was taken on the dash board because there was no waiting to get home before eating this Bad Boy.

Lawson was wanting a gallon of windshield wiper fluid.

This lonely 🥔 potato is all by itself because the rest of them were consumed on the way home. They are dipped into some kind of delicious batter before being fried up.

The sandwich is good on all levels!

If you would like a little history lesson while in Crawfordsville, you can visit the Lew Wallace Study. Major General Lew Wallace was a Civil War general and is the author of Ben Hur.

Indianapolis Zoo and Shapiro’s Deli

The ever clever Heidi gave Lawyer and Kiley passes to the Indianapolis Zoo for Christmas. So, Kiley and 4 guests get in for a year and we made our first visit son Sunday. (Heidi for sure wants to go on Halloween and Christmas)

We enjoyed the light crowd and saw all we wanted in two hours. The 🦜 macaw demonstration was the most impressive as they all flew in over the audience to a perch and they also flew away together as well.

Shapiro’s is only a mile and a half from the zoo.