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Happy Memorial Day '06
It's looking like it'll be a sunny Summertime.
Things are looking up,
Blue skys, nothing but blue skys, blue skys from now on . . .

Two serene photos in honor of all Airmen, Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, Merchant Seamen and all the ships at sea.
Semper Paratus!
Semper Fi!

(photo is on the Atlantic facing north, not the Pacific facing south)

Memorial Day always reminds us of the Lost Coast in Northern Cal.
Hiking southward, wind always at your back (from the north), Pacific on your right, ocean cliffs on your left. It's a committment to get through the "lost" section of the trail since it's a 2 or 3 day trek with a point of no return.
This is the best time of year to go since you can still catch some Sierra Mountain snow melt for fresh water. Filter! Filter! It's a long way from High Sierra to sea level.
And here & now? The water is warmer on this side of the continent. Much more accessible.

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This place has a lot going against it.
On the list of everything you would want from a BBQ joint, it only has 2 things: great Q and people that love good food.

Getting there is no adventure. It's too easy, right beside I-95.
The atmosphere is not at all BBQ-centric. It's open everyday and shares the space with a bowling alley - which means they also sell pizza and snacks like chicken nuggets for bowlers.

Sure didn't have much going for it and as a BBQ snob I admit I could have skipped it altogether. But we were on I-95 and wanted to stretch our legs, so in the name of scientific research (anthro-Q-logical) we went for it.
Parked in the large well lit paved lot - ugh said the snob in me, is this any way to run a BBQ joint?

Continue reading "The Pit, Brunswick, GA" »

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This BBQ place never really got going.
and then the Interstate came through, then people started eating salads instead of BBQ and then they quit going to the beach what with the price of gas these days . . .

Earlier we've stated some (made-up) rule about how a tin roof and smoking pit guarantees good eating.
This is an exception to that rule, even the tin roof couldn't save this BBQ joint. Maybe the food wasn't good or the cooks were surly & glum?

Today the parking lot has a tree growing up through the pavement. Couldn't photograph from that part of the lot because some rapscallion ne'er-do-wells were conducting some sort of business on that very spot by the tree - whoops! - we didn't see anything, don't know nothing 'bout nothing.

All I know is I don't know.

We documented the failed BBQ stand and departed before they could come over.
As we shifted into 2nd gear we heard the crime boss yell
"you best Ge-et out this lot!".
Right, some bravado crowing from the rural poor, but here's another made-up rule:
"don't get in a fight with someone that has nothing to loose".

3rd gear, 4th gear, and we're laughing and I'm checking the rear view mirror - as if!

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