Last Minute Road Trip

I took a road trip with my son last week.  It was only for a couple days, and it turned out to be a pleasant one.....except for the driving.  I got off the highway and onto the freeway for a little while, and as I was driving it started to rain.  Then it started to pour!  My least favorite thing to do, and it starts to pour, what?  Well, that was a bit scary for me, but we needed the rain, so I was thankful and uneasy at the same time, and just did the best I could in a bad situation.  I got us there, thank God, and it's always good to get off the mountain once in awhile, and I got to visit my favorite places on our stops along the way.

Smallcakes.  You really can't go wrong with chocolate and mint, one of my favorite combinations.

Oh, I have to say that there will be a lot of food on this post.  It makes the road trips much more pleasurable when we enjoy good food on the journey.  We ate at Mimi's Cafe for a late lunch, and I had French onion soup, and half of a turkey salad sandwich, and we shared a pumpkin muffin with our coffee.

The next morning, it was very early when we left, and I looked up and saw a dreary sky with clouds.  I wasn't sure how the driving would go, as I thought there would be more rain.

After driving for awhile, we made a quick stop at Black Bear Diner for some pie.  This place always reminds us of my son-in-law, Brian, as he enjoys eating here also.  I got a piece of blackberry pie, and my son went with the chocolate cream pie.

On our last stop and before driving up the mountain, we went to my favorite cafe with the orange lanterns.   I needed some greens, so I got a big Cobb Salad with blue cheese dressing.  My dad used to love blue cheese dressing, and he introduced me to it.  I've liked it ever since.  Every time I come here, I want to take a picture of this sign, but never can, cause people are always sitting next to it, but I finally got a chance to take one.

It has been very cold here lately, and November has given me a chill, so these pot pies hit the spot one dreary day.

Uncle b bought some goodies from Francesca's school fundraiser.  The SRIRACHA peanuts were spicy and so good.

Francesca had a Pirate party, and Nel made the cake.  She has such a talent decorating cakes and adding fun touches to make them special.

And you need some pirates to go with a Pirate party.  ; )

 Every now and then, my son makes specialty coffee drinks.  This one he made with white hot chocolate, pumpkin spice creamer, whole milk, and coffee.  Oh my, it was good.

 There is one more dish to share, just cause this is my favorite meal.  I made a big pot of spaghetti, and along with it, some roasted veggies with butter and garlic salt.

Well, I did mention that this was a food-filled post.  But November seems to be the month to eat good foods.  We are supposed to get our first snow this week.  And do you know there was a deer right on my front porch?  I looked out the window, and there she was.  She walked through and stood in my yard for awhile.  Didn't take a picture.  I just gazed and smiled.  : )    

~Sheri