It has been raining, sometimes quite\nalarmingly, since yesterday afternoon and we would typically hunker\ndown in the Barbarian Invader until the wetness passes. Today we\nbroke with routine and got up early, had a large container of\nfortified coffee and then hopped in the truck to make the half hour\ndrive over to Centralia to eat at a place called Berry Fields. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tWe had spotted this place on the\ninternet but once we arrived, we realized it was in the same building\nas some antiques stores Peggy has visited before. The antiques stores\nare a half flight of stairs down in sort of a basement while the\nrestaurant is a half flight up in the first-and-a-half floor. The\nflights are outside and today’s rain ensured we were damp before we\ngot inside. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThe breakfast menu was extensive and\nmany possibly yummy meals were available to us but, for some reason,\nwe were unable to put in our order for quite some time. One server\ngave us two glasses of water and Peggy’s coffee but then the service\nwent south. There seemed to be ample staff and the joint had some\nopen tables; I started to think we might be funny-looking because\nwaitresses just kept passing us by. Just about time I was going to\nleave, a skinny gal showed up and finally took our order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tIt is fortunate that we waited because\nmy chicken fried steak and eggs were great and Peggy’s eggs, bacon\nand French toast were all very good. Peg generously let me have a bit\nof the French toast and it was luscious. Getting some syrup to put on\nit was problematic but we finally prevailed and got to eat it before\nit went cold. The prices were pretty good \u2013 we got out for less\nthan $30. Berry Fields seems like a great place to eat if you can get\nby the atrocious service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tAfter a delay getting the staff to\ntake my money, I wandered back out into the hard rain to play\nSolitaire in the truck while Peg went downstairs to do some antique\nshopping, a practice I find intolerable and without possible purpose.\nShe emerged not much later with only some stuff, none of it usable or\nnecessary for us but Peg defeated me by explaining the stuff was for\nthe kids and I was welcome to dummy up. I complied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tPeggy had me take her to the local\nScabMart where she picked up enough grub to last until we get to\nSeaside (next week) and enough self-destructing RV toilet paper to\nlast until we get back to California. Leaving ScabMart, I turned the\nwrong way but, after only about 10 minutes of confusion, we were able\nto find the freeway and our way back to our cozy trailer. Well,\nactually, it was only cozy after we ran the heater for a while. It’s\ngetting colder. Time to continue south.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It has been raining, sometimes quite alarmingly, since yesterday afternoon and we would typically hunker down in the Barbarian Invader until the wetness passes. Today we broke with routine and got up early, had a large container of fortified coffee … Continue reading