Diners and Dives got it right.  This is a fun place.

Order Here!

“Stuff” everywhere and they provide the sharpies to encourage customers to autograph it all.  The main dining room…it’s a shack built like a lean-to onto a school bus

Dining Room

.  Hillbilly signs and sayings are so thick they nearly cover each other.  Great junk and antiques…

We dined on the upper deck (the Hillbilly Highrise) with a nice view of the river as well as the cast cats, dogs and goats on the roof.  The garlic ranch fries were fantastic.  The spicy mustard made my metswurst with kraut.  Chili and slaw turned Kent’s weenie into a West Virginia Dog.  Yum.  Dessert?  Black Berry Cobbler Alacamode.   It is a fun stop.

For a taste of Hillbilly at home, try this dinner party menu: Creamed Possum in Coon Fat Gravy.

Four days at Taylorsville Lake SP and the boat never left the trailer. We did hit the trails a bit today.  We checked out an historic cabin and saw a bit of wildlife – deer, cottontails, squirrels and a summer tanager.

We got a chance to spend a bit of time with the Sayre side of the family.

Bethany and Ken graciously hosted us for pizza dinner.  They have a lovely home and are making great progress remodeling to exactly like they want it.  Amanda brought their little one, Steven Reese.  He is 6 months old and adorable.  We both got a bit of knee bouncing time.  Tammy rounded out the group.  It is great to catch up.

Peggy and Becky shared a bit of an afternoon.  Last we spent time with them was Amanda’s wedding-2 years ago.  Time flies.

I very rarely do McDonalds but they ran an ad that got me in.  “Try the Kentucky Spirit Burger”.  Limited time.  Local market only.  Ok, got me.  A golden brown roll, typical McD burger, cheese, bacon and a touch of bourbon flavored BBQ sauce.  I’d say it’s better than the average fare there and worth a try if it comes your way.

The original furnace produced its last pig iron 1894.  This site is another great example of a reconstructed iron furnace.  Thee wooden structures are all huge beams, knotched and pegged construction.  They don’t have docents to explain it all but the signage was pretty good.  I learn a bit more each time we visit one of these places.

Those are our neighbors at the campground this week.  The reconstructed Fort Randolph is here in Krodel Park and they are having an American revolution reenactment this weekend.  There is cannon and musket fire.  They are making long guns with a replica of a hand powered rifling machine.  The most unique was the surveyors/cartographers tent.  General Washington commissioned a surveyors corps to create maps for the troops.  These re-enactors showed the tools of the trade and samples of wonderfully detailed maps as created in that period.  They did a great job describing it.

It was a lot of fun for me and they sure seemed to be enjoying themselves.