by Pa Rock
Road Warrior
Today I made a hundred-mile trek to Springfield, Missouri, for a quarterly meeting with one of my doctors, and after that ordeal was over I went to visit my old college roommate, Ranger Bob, and his charming wife, Sandy. They live in a fine home on the outskirts of Springfield in beautiful subdivision. After a tour of the place and a brief visit, we gathered up and drove south to the city of Ozark for a great lunch at a place called "Billy Gail's."
When Bob and I were in college in Springfield, well back into the previous century, the "city" of Ozark was just a struggling farm town, but today it is a bedroom community for Springfield that undoubtedly has more homes and businesses than the entire county where I live. Ozark is where Missouri's vagabond junior senator, Josh Hawley, calls home. Josh and the Missus don't actually own a home in the state that he represents in the Senate, so he claims his sister's home as his Missouri address - sort of like that senator from Kansas a few years ago who claimed a recliner in a friend's home in Dodge City as his Kansas residence!
But back to the city of Ozark: it is a bustling community that feels as though it has been eaten by Springfield. And if you are ever down that way, check out "Billy Gail's"- the food is really good!
Thanks Bob and Sandy for the lunch and fellowship. It was great seeing you!
(It's been awhile since we have had a blog-posting from Ranger Bob, but one will appear in this space within the next few days - and it will be most interesting!)
2 comments:
Understand Ozark's Riverside Inn was closed. They had some great chicken livers on the menu. I recall seeing turtles sunning themselves on a tree branch that fell along the bank of the Finley River.
Back in Springfield, Leong's Tea House is also closed. They formulated the now famous Springfield style cashew chicken. They were southern fried nuggets served with an oyster sauce. Nearly every Chinese restaurant worth their salt has adopted the recipe.
The SMS ROTC Military Ball was held at the Riverside Inn one year. It was a beautiful setting. I'm sorry to hear that it has closed.
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