One of the best things about RVing is finding great places to eat and sharing them with others. Today we headed to Savannah to one of our favorite places; this picture of the waiting line should give an indication of where we were:
Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House! We were here July 19th in 2011 and loved it, so today we invited a couple of friends from the HHI Resort to go with us. They had not been here before but they gamely got up early so we could drive to Savannah and be in line by 9:30. This time we were at the head of the line, which soon stretched out behind us. Once again we had the good fortune to be in line with some great folks. The 2 young ladies ahead of us had missed the chance to come here for two years in a row and were excited about making it this year. The couple behind us were repeat customers who brought their sister and brother-in-law along this time. That made exactly 10, so we all got to sit together with people we were already comfortable with. A few minutes before 11:00 the doors opened and we went inside to sit at a large oval table covered with a white tablecloth and a lot of dishes. As usual, after we were seated they brought out even more dishes. Today we had fried chicken, BBQ pork, beef stew, meatloaf with gravy, dirty rice and sausage, chicken and dumplings, squash, white rice, mashed potatoes with cheese and onions, candied yams with raisins, creamed corn, okra and tomatoes, snap beans, cucumbers, lima beans, collard greens, macaroni and cheese, cole slaw, black-eyed peas, butter beans, cornbread and biscuits, plus all the sweet tea we could drink and the best banana pudding on the planet.
At first everyone tried to have a little of everything, but after awhile we gave up and just had whatever we knew we liked, plus a few more things to try. Every dish we had tasted good. This restaurant is a testimony to good cooking; there is no unique, amazing dish (although they might have the best fried chicken that can be made), just a lot of very good food made with good, fresh ingredients and cooked correctly. A Norman Rockwell dinner table, quadrupled.
After that meal we didn't really want to walk around much, so we went to Camping World to look at beautiful RVs, then back to the Resort to look at a couple of not-so-beautiful RVs. One hasn't moved in so long that the mice have made nests in the battery bay.
But I'm glad it's being removed from the Park. This really is a beautiful RV Park and they take excellent care of it. I like the gator in the lake, too. Today Randy saw him sunning on the other side of the lake, in front of an RV.
A moment later the family who owns the RV drove up and let their dog out. I'm sure they don't know why he was so fasinated by the scent at the lake!
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