Ride Report:
Got to Sweetie Pie's about 12:45 and found Hollyday and ThagAndy there already. Pretty decent line at Sweetie Pie's but we went over, got our name on the list and were inside within 10 minutes. Discussed what we would eat to start the Burger War's validation tests. Hollyday picked the medium-well cheeseburger with no veggies and I picked the green onion cheeseburger, medium-rare, with all the veggies and mayonnaise versus mustard - a real burger! Just after our orders went in, Bozman came thru the door and sat in the 4th chair. He ordered a cheeseburger as well, but with the fixin's. ThagAndy ordered a chicken fried steak to complete the evaluation process for a decent Valkyrie food station.
ThagAndy enjoyed the chicken fried steak immensely. The burgers - well, they were a different story. Bozman's burger fell apart. The buns are like big biscuits - large versions of the bread they put on the table before your order arrives. It's soft, but not that tasty and very, very easy to break apart. Bozman ate his burger with a knife and fork. Hollyday has already given her report on her burger. Mine was tasty but it wasn't in my top 10 of burgers. The bun had to be handled gingerly and the green chiles/sauteed mushrooms became a creamy sauce that dripped out. I thought it would be a bit spicy, but it wasn't, which was disappointing. The meat was cooked to perfection, though - nice bright red center with a seared outside. The meat by itself was very good, but the overall burger did not meet expectations.
When polled, the general census was that the burgers were "OK" but not "anything to write home about". Sorry, Tom. The chicken fried steak, though - it seemed to be a big hit. Service was very good. Atmosphere was good, too.
At least we have a standard to use for the future stops.
We finished and got our tickets. We discussed that Disco was coming for dessert but then realized we were not asked about dessert so we asked our waitress over and ordered. Then Disco came in. He ordered as well. We had pecan pie, apricot pie and red velvet cake. None was left on the plates so dessert was judged very good. Got bigger tickets.
We sat and told lies for a while and then about 2:15 Houdini and his child bride Mary came in the door. Bozman said he had to go so we bid him adeau and then moved to a larger table and the Capps ordered a meal and we told more lies.
Around 3PM, we headed outside for a few pictures. It appeared to me that the direct way home from Decatur to Arlington was to go north on 51 to 455 East to 377 South. So Disco lead the way with his swinging Disco Ball on his antenna (see below) and we headed back. At 35 and 455, Hollyday and ThagAndy honked their goodbyes and headed south, but Houdini, Disco and I continued east. Houdini and Mary split off soon thereafter and I went with Disco to pick up some super-charged carb cleaner to try on my Tourer with the gummed up carbs. I then went over the Lewisville Lake bridge, hit Stemmons south and set my GPS for home in Arlington, getting home around 5:45.
The photo gallery:
An impressive lineup of fine motorcycles in front of the courthouse in Decatur
What the heck is that?
Hmmm.... where have I seen this type of thing before....
Oh yeah!! It's the disco ball on Disco's antenna!!! (Unfortunately, it did not turn out to be very aerodynamic)
The Wild Hogs and biker chicks
Another beautiful day to ride, "OK" food (
) and good friends make a good day and a good ride.
RainMaker
