A Busy Day Today

We had a busy day today. After showering this morning, we decided to go out for breakfast. I had looked on Urban Spoon and found another hole-in-the-wall place that had great ratings. We were going to Costco today, so planned on being out and about even though the Heavenly Biscuit was a long ways away in Fort Myer Beach.

As we headed out of Sun Seeker RV Park, we saw this critter resting on a rock near the drainage ditch outside the park fence --

We've not ever seen a turtle so stretched out. I think he was trying to get every bit of warmth he could underneath that muddy coat of algae he was sporting. I wonder what kind of turtle it is?

The little bit of sun we had this morning rapidly disappeared as we headed north. It didn't just rain, it poured! Large fat raindrops that pinged off of Toad's windshield.

When we finally go to Heavenly Biscuit, it was closed! When I went to the door, the lady said that their power had gone out with the thunderstorm, shutting down the grills, so she had sent the staff home...

I think she really felt bad about it. She gave us two of the cinnamon rolls the internet said they were famous for and refused to take any payment for them. (We warmed them in the microwave tonight after dinner and they were delicious!)

Then try to find some place else to eat, hopefully with some atmosphere. But, no such luck. We ended up eating at a Red Robin near Costco (probably should have just gone over to Costco for a hot dog...). Forry had a guacamole bacon burger while I settle for some pretty mediocre mac and cheese.

We made our Costco run, then stopped at a Publix grocery for OJ and milk. We got home to a rather wet RV park just in time for another pretty hard rain shower. The Weather channel is forecasting showers and thunderstorms over the next several days, so I guess we'd better get used to it.

Football and Ribs

Good grief, there's ANOTHER football game on TV! I'm not sure how many that makes today!  Even though I turned the clocks back last night, Forry woke up early (by the new time) and was already watching a game when I got out of bed.

I made chocolate and almond croissants for breakfast (frozen -- put them out to raise last night), waited until almost eleven, then took a couple over to Juni and Tom's to share with them.  Other then that, I mostly spent the day with my Kindle.  There have been so many free books on Facebook for the Kindle that I am well-stocked with many different genres.

Later in the afternoon Tom called and suggested that we go out for barbecue this evening. A quick check on UrbanSpoon revealed at least fifteen different BBQ places in the area without going downtown.  Tom had picked out a place called Calhoun's, a chain that they had eaten at before.

We had a bit of a debate about what everyone wanted and all decided on racks of baby back ribs.  Then the waitress told us they were all out! And out of pulled pork, our second choice, as well! ;-(

After a bit of whining on our parts, we finally decided on some chicken, catfish and shrimp.  Then the waitress came back and said that if we were willing to wait another fifteen minutes, they would have two racks out of the smoker. It was well worth the wait!  The ribs were great (and there was enough for ribs tomorrow for lunch). They also had corn pudding as a side that was delicious.

We just got back to Auntie Violet and sure enough, there's another football game on TV...