Today we returned to Mikeska’s BBQ outside Columbus. We dined here in 2015 on our way to the east coast. We arrived on a Sunday again because that’s the day they have $11 brunch. The first table has the usual salad stuff, some veggies, boiled taters, turnip greens (not our favorite) and scrambled eggs. The second table, however, has all the stuff that is bad for you and very tasty; barbecued ham, brisket, ribs, turkey and chicken along with giblet gravy and stuffing. There’s white and whole wheat bread that’s very good, rolls and unremarkable chocolate cake to finish it off. It is one of the best $11 brunches available in the places we have gone in the last 32 months.
After Mikeska’s we took a spin up CR-109 and made a loop back to our place by passing through Frelsburg and alongside a giant private refuge where rich assholes go for canned hunts of exotic animals. We continued to Fayetteville and turned toward Ellinger and our park. Along the way we spotted turtles, cara-caras and lots of songbirds along with some future former African-type deer or oryx or something.
The back road drives here are wonderful. There is almost no traffic, the scenery is continuously changing and sometimes surprising, the Americana along the road is unique and creative and it is easy not to get lost. The amount of wildlife is amazing. There are animals everywhere and only a few of them are cows.