January's Small Towns

Well, I didn't take any pictures on this trip, and I'm not sure why. A combination of managing Genna and forgetting the thing in the car, I imagine.

Attica was a booming town. Population approx. 75. Featured on a website about Ghost Towns. Kin Folks was good, but not as good as I was expecting after reading several reviews about its awesomeness. I did like how the ordering counter was set up - just basically a smorgasboard of meat for you to pick from. The sides were a bit disappointing, though, and the meats were good, but not outstanding.

Columbia's McCorkle Hardware was an interesting place. Lots of dust. Lots of stuff. Just kind of crammed all in on vaguely organized shelves. They seemed to carry a lot of varied stuff, some at really good prices, and some not so much. I got the coveralls that I had been looking for - a kids size XL, and only about $35. Yay!

The meat locker in Melcher-Dallas (pop 1237) was a total bust, but the grocery store gave me the opportunity to pick up the dish soap I'd forgotten to get the day before, so it wasn't all a loss.

We hung out at Smokey Row in Pleasantville for a while. They had two root beers that Randy and I hadn't tried before -



Also, Wally had a cookie as big as his head:



And Genna drank my coffee (decaf).

The day took significantly less time than we had anticipated! We headed back to the Glann's house for some hanging out and pizza for dinner! (Actually, the pizza was really quite good!)