We returned to Branson and spent Thursday evening and Friday there. Nothing eventful to report except that we set up TiVo. Let me just say that TiVo is about the best creation in the world, with the exception of the Internet/WWW. It beats the iPod by a country mile and then some. I LOVE TiVo. Since I'm writing this late, let me provide an example.
I thought that Commander in Chief - a poor, but tolerable substitution for West Wing - had been cancelled. Then, thanks to Newsweek I saw, on Friday the 14th, that it had been broadcast the night before. In LBT (life before TiVo) that would have been a crisis. But TiVo, programmed to record Commander in Chief - by program, not day/time - "knew" that it had been broadcast. A quick check of our "Now Playing" list and there it was! Hooray for TiVo.
Yeah, that may not seem like a real travel tidbit, but I can't tell you how great it is to use the Season Pass and then not have to worry about checking the times, making sure the tape is at the right place, etc. TiVo rocks!
Well, back to travel. On Saturday, we did the 12 hour haul back to Saint Paul. For lunch we stopped at Gates BarBQ in Kansas City. It was good, but I definitely prefer Memphis-style BBQ. And, yes, there is a theme here. One, this trip was about authentic BBQ. And, two, I'd like to try to travel and not each every meal at some national chain that you can see from the highway.
We were pretty tired when we got to the Twin Cities so we did - for better or worse - cave and stop at one of our favorite chains, Panera. In a word - or two - asiago focaccia. Yum. Of course, this was actually a fitting end to the trip, perhaps, since Panera actually began its existence as the St. Louis Bread Company.
That's it for now!
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