On the way to Key West … - part 2

We turned around at the next traffic lights, parked at the front desk, checked in and soon had keys in hand for our room. 

The room was a typical chain hotel room, 

but it was clean and had everything we needed, so we hauled up our luggage, rested for a short while and then googled if there was a store nearby where we could buy a card reader as we had forgotten ours and we needed to download our photos onto a hard drive. 

There was a Walmart nearby, so we went there, looked around, asked an employee, but they did not have any. 

They did however point us towards an electronics store that was close by. So back in the car we got and off we went. And soon we entered the new store and found a friendly employee, who not only was able to find a card reader for us, but also got Tom a cable he had forgotten at home. 

We paid for our purchases and went back to the car when the sun started to set. 

So we drove back to our hotel and since we were in the car already we decided to drive to the Denny’s across the road from our hotel, as it was easier to turn around at a traffic light than to cross that multi lane road on foot. 

And when we drove up to the restaurant it looked a bit odd. Only dim lights from the inside and no cars in the car park. Well, on second look they were closed and someone was working inside, so we went on and drove to the second option we had found when planning the trip, Cracker Barrel. Well, our friends Mary Ellen and Joe from Buffalo, love Cracker Barrel and have often told us to try it, and since there was one close by, why not giving it a try visit it today. 

Soon we had made it there and there were way more cars in the parking lot, so we were sure they were open. We walked inside and the restaurant was huge and mostly empty. 

But we were quickly taken to a table and handed menus and a server was quickly on hand to ask for our drinks. Tom ordered some 

Diet Coke, while I had seen they had Strawberry Lemonade, a refreshing blend of their classic lemonade and a sweet strawberry puree, which I needed to try. And within a minute or two those drinks arrived at our table and this strawberry lemonade was all I had hoped for and it came with refills. It took us some time to go through the menu and make up our mind, as there were an aweful lot of choices. But in the end Tom had decided on the 

Cracker Barrel Sampler, a hearty sampling of their Chicken n’ Dumplins, Meatloaf and Country Ham. It came with three country sides and made-from-scratch 

Buttermilk Biscuits or Corn Muffins. Tom chose Mashed Potatoes, Country Green Beans and 

Breaded Fried Okra as his sides. I had had my heart set on the 

Roasted Turkey n’ Dressing plus the choice of one Country Side which was Whole Kernal Corn and it was served with choice of Buttermilk Biscuits or Corn Muffins and real butter. 

Since we didn’t know what to order the server suggested that we would just order both to be able to sample them. 

They were both truly huge portions and neither of us was able to finish the portion. 

Before we had seen our dinner plates we had thought about ordering dessert as well, but we were both way too full to order some, not even for take away. 

Once we had paid our bill we had a look around the store and then got into the car and back to our hotel. But before we returned we had one more little side trip to make, to Krispy Kreme. 

We picked up a dozen doughnuts 

so we could have one lateron and we would have some for breakfast as well and then we finally made our way back to the Best Western. We made ourselves comfortable on the beds 

and watched some TV, but all too soon the full bellies and the late night the day before let us fall asleep.