Detroit Lakes, MN
Wednesday, 7/26 9am
Location: Detroit Lakes
Yesterday’s mileage: about 60
Today’s destination: Hackensack, MN ?
Unfortunately, I didn’t have a chance to write an entry covering yesterday. Here’s the two minute version:
I was forced to make a 12 mile detour because my intended route was undergoing road work. Riding 12 miles out of the way on a bike is not fun! Argh.
Several hours later, I was caught by a severe thunderstorm on the road a few miles outside of Detroit Lakes. I ducked into the closest building, which ended up being a lakeside lodge/resort. Under the circumstances, I was very lucky. Instead of getting slammed by gale-force winds and fried by lightning, I spent an hour or two gabbing with the resort owners and lapping up free slushies.
That night, I ate dinner at a Country Kitchen. This was actually quite exciting for me, because I have not been to a Country Kitchen in 9 years (since the last time I was in Wisconsin). Ten years ago (ouch!), during the summer of 1996, my best buddy Bryan Stewart and I worked as counselors at Red Arrow Camp in Wisconsin. On more than a few occasions, we would spend too much time at the “library”, and we’d found ourselves at Country Kitchen at 2am, wolfing down pancakes and omelettes. My personal favorite, then as now, is the Farmer’s Scrambler Plate. Yum! Nothing counteracts the intoxicating power of the “library” like Country Kitchen does. The restaraunt chain hasn’t changed much in ten years, and I was happy to discover that, because so many happy memories awaited me there. Good times!
Tags: Travel
daviddmcmillan
August 15th, 2006 at 9:12 pm
Country Kitchen! Country Kitchen! No night at the library was ever complete without stopping there. Great to hear the Farmer’s Scrambler is still as delicious as ever.