After spending the night at the Red Feather Lodge in Tusayan, Arizona, we were up and at’em to see the South Rim. We bussed Up to Hermit’s Rest and Rae and I hiked 5 miles down the Rim Trail to the Mojave 🛑 Stop. It was breathtaking!

We met Heidi and Sophie and drove up to the Desert View Tower where a park worker stated that “It was built as a tourist attraction 90 years ago and it is a success because you are here.”

Since I had a cookie for lunch, we went BIG for dinner. Big E it is!!! 🥩

I started with the Grand Canyon Brewery’s 🌅 Sunset Amber 🍺 Ale and it was a darn good beer.

I had the Big E rib-eye, 🧅 onion rings and 🍄.

In conclusion, The Big E was okay. However, if I have Richard Hackman and Bruce Stahl on my team, we can cook anything as good as we can buy it at a restaurant. Put some 🧄 garlic salt on a steak 🥩 and we are golden. Richard and Bruce can fry anything and it is wonderful. Heck, I can even bake a potato 🥔 and it will be dandy.

Upon leaving the North Rim and a hike to Angel’s Point, we stopped at Jacob Lake Inn for some lunch. It is a restaurant, store, gift shop and motel all in one.

The food turned out to be really good!

The Cloud 🍪 Cookie has got it going on!

1. Bake the chocolate cookie

2. Take cookies out and place a marshmallow on top

3. Place cookies back in oven for the marshmallow to belt a bit

4. After cooling off, spread chocolate frosting over the top

This cookie was a masterpiece!!!

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.