a Plane, a Prison, and lots of good food

I started the at the Metro Diner in Jacksonville. This is yet another DDD spot. Because I've been going with a seafood theme so far I decided to order the Crab Benedict. Two English muffin halves each topped with a crab cake a pouched egg and smothered with hollandaise sauce along with a healthy portion of hash browns to fill up the plate. Not the best breakfast I ever ate (no.1 is still the Loco Moco in Hawaii) But it was definitely better than my usual Ham and Eggs.

Sheriff Joe Perry

After leaving Jacksonville I stopped at the Old Jail in
St Augustine. This 72 prisoner jail was built in 1891 by the same company that would later build Alcatraz. The guided tour was a bit corny including the animatronic sheriff that conducted the last part of the tour.

Steel Replica of Wright Brothers Plane

On my way to Orlando I stopped in
Daytona Beach to see a full size steel replica of the Wright Brothers plane that was built by students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Bar-B-Que Dinner

I had no real plans for dinner tonight, The people at the Motel weren’t of much help either. So I consulted my GPS and found Bubbalou's Bodacious Bar-B-Que. I figured with a name like that they better have some awesome Bar-B-Que. It was good, But I don't know about Awesome. I had the 4 meat combo platter with ribs, Sausage, Brisket, and Sliced Pork with sides of Cole Slaw, Potato Salad, & Texas Caviar. The Ribs were pork ribs, the first one was great, tender and juicy. The meat just fell off the bone. The second one... not so much, kind of on the dry side. Then I moved on to the Sausage, Much better. Great flavor, not Texas great, but still good. The Brisket, again, a bit on the dry side but some Bar-B-Que sauce helped it. The Sliced Pork was good, a little fatty but at least it wasn't over cooked. The Sides; The Slaw and Potato Salad were average. The Texas Caviar was a cold black eyed pea salad with onion and celery. I'm not a big Black Eyed pea fan but the salad was ok, the music is better though...

Tomorrow is the shuttle launch. I'm a little worried if I will be able to get within 10 miles of it. There are roumors of 700,000 + people in town for it.

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Kugs on the road on April 28, 2011 from Orlando, United States

from the travel blog: Florida 2011

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