Canyon, Texas

Months in advance of our trip we reserved a room at Knight's Inn. We found it in an online list of hotels and motels in that area. It had a two-star rating. I did not realize what that would actually mean.  It is less than a two hour drive to get to Canyon. You just take I-27 North and it's a divided highway. But I quickly discovered that that stretch of road is very poorly maintained. Repair work was in progress, especially around Plainview, which led to a plague of orange warning cones and concrete barricades and single file traffic in opposite directions. I'd hate to drive that road at night. But Canyon is a pretty town. We got there on schedule, with plenty of time to take a slow tour of the Panhandle Plains Museum. We dumped our stuff in room 106 at Knight's Inn and toured the museum.  First it was necessary to get something to eat, however. We wanted to find a LOCAL place, not a big corporate chain. And we did! That's where I kind of had food thrown at me, but it's just a matter of local customs. The place we found, FAT BOB'S BBQ just had an unfamiliar protocol. You give your order at the counter, the cook notes it, and instantly prepares the first item, wraps it, and tosses it on the counter in front of you. I was just kind of startled because it happened so fast. I wasn't expecting it. So then you come up with your side and it is instantly scooped out and placed before you. Item number two is ordered and SPLAT it lands in front of you and your side quickly follows. Pretty darned efficient. You don't get a tray to put this on. You just sort of make multiple trips to the table. I don't know what happens when they are busy. But the food was good. My wife had a chopped beef sandwich with potato salad and I had BBQ sausage with potato salad. Lots of meat on these sandwiches! Hearty! Good potato salad!

To be continued...