Went to the local Speedway Gas Station today and was greeted by this:
I wasn't all thrilled about a free donut as much as I was thrilled that after five weeks of being shut down and having to drive several miles to find a crisp clean fountain pop they were finally back open. I am a pop alcoholic, this Speedway has the best calibration on their fountain machines in the whole city not to mention how clean they keep it. We have another Speedway that is a bit closer but only someone wanting to risk illness would eat or drink anything out of there. The shut down was so they could put in a cafe.
I don't pick up something to eat to often from a Speedway. I like a polish dog every once in awhile but I don't eat them enough to want to buy a whole pack to keep in the freezer, besides I like mine slightly overcooked where it has a nice appealing brown color, rolling around on their grill for awhile gives it that certain quality I like about a polish dog. Their Tornado's on the other hand have to be for people who are desperately hungry, they are often hard and have little redeeming value of food content inside in my opinion. Their pizza is't to bad depending on how long it's been swirling around in that case, sometimes after having the grand kids and I drop them off at home I will stop and grab a couple pieces and sit at the park for awhile. I learned early on that cheaper isn't always better when it comes to their breakfast sandwiches either. Some things are just better left alone no matter what the bargain. Today though I was just a happy to get out with a fresh crisp clean fountain pop so I can't give any food reviews, though a couple friends on FB commented it wasn't bad for gas station food. They put in two different seating area's:
I hope they put these one's in all the Speedways. A couple years ago my car wouldn't start at a Speedway during a major snowstorm, they were kind enough to let me sit on top of some Pepsi crates in the front window waiting for the towing company which had upwards of a two hour wait that day. If they all had these I could just get my puzzle book out of my car that I always carry with me for when family or friends ask me to give them a ride somewhere and it's only going to take a "few minutes" that turns into a half hour or more. It's helps me forget how upset I am that they misled me. Actually I've found they have come in handy when I go places and have to wait, it makes the time go by so much quicker, they have had such a soothing effect I often find myself sitting at the park and working on them. Outside the seating area is even more inviting, complete with it's own Speedy Cafe designed chair:
I'd be surprised if I ever found myself actually sitting down eating there minus being stranded but you never know. Across the street is a local grocery store in the area, at the edge of their parking lot there is a green area with a lot of pine trees with a picnic table that sits under them. Among the hustle and bustle of the main street and a busy parking lot is a little nestle of woods where I sat last Wednesday night eating some fresh deep fried perch I bought in the store along with olives I had bought and a small bag of fresh popped popcorn that is complimentary to the customers of the store. Sort of a strange mixture I know but so was the strange location upon which I decided to eat it. If the construction had been done at the Speedway there's no doubt I'd had a clean, crisp fountain pop sitting there too.