Saturday, May 28, 2011

memorial day weekend

This morning I headed out to the cemeteries with my mom, grandma and Allison. A four generation adventure. We saw the graves of my grandpa, great-grandparents and great, great-grandparents, along with a few other relatives.

When you tour the Flint Hills, visiting old country cemeteries, you work up an appetite. So grandma treated us to lunch at Jim & Lila’s cafe. It was ummmmm, an experience!

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This cafe is out in the middle of nowhere. Piedmont is basically a ghost town. But the cafe was actually packed!

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Check out the jukebox!

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Not seeing too many familiar songs…

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The great thing about Jim & Lila’s: you can pick up your groceries after you eat dinner! Or lounge in the recliner!?

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They even have refrigerated items!

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But no fountain drinks. Or menus. They just tell you what they have for the day.

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There’s Lila…busy at work.

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If you need to use the facilities, you’ll feel like a queen as you step up on the platform.

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Ummmmm….no. I don’t think I’d like to dig out the paper. Thanks for asking though.

The misspellings of “toliet” and “too” add to the message, don’t ya think?

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And if you wish to wash up after taking care of business, there’s a sink at the end of the hall. With a bar of soap. Yuck!!

So that was our eating adventure for the day. The food was good. And the atmosphere was good (for a laugh)! Next time you’re travelling through the Flint Hills in South Central Kansas, stop by Jim & Lila’s in Piedmont.

2 comments:

  1. This post was so funny! I love reading about other people's adventures! Good ole hole in the wall place... gotta love it! Usually have the best food though. :-)

    I've visited a lot of little places on trips with Grandma and Grandpa... but this trumps all mine. :-)

    Have a great rest of your weekend!

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  2. I love it! Usually the craziest hole-in-the-wall places are the best though.

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