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Tomorrowland Trekkers
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Tomorrowland Trekkers The Search for tomorrow's adventure starts today
When Megan is at her advocacy conference at the Holiday Inn in Columbia, MO, one of the things I like to do there is have the in-house shoe shine person, Sharon (who calls her business "Shines by Sharon") shine at least one pair of my boots or shoes. She does a fantastic job, is a great conversationalist and an interesting person. She is an African-American woman who grew up on a farm in Booneville, has a thicker twang than most of the other locals do out there, and has been shining shoes for some crazy amt of years, I had to wait because a man with ostrich cowboy boots snuck in while I was getting cash to pay her. She remembered me and Megan who waited with me, like she always does. This time, I had her work on a pair of boots that are still dusty from Burning Man, and she was telling me about the Midland Truck stop at exit 121 on Highway 70. She said that the man with the cowboy boots has been coming to her since 1987 when she first started shining shoes at the truck stop station. She said that, back then, it was quite a place. It had a bar and grill with live music, her shining shoes and an antique mall out back. She said it was recently featured on a travel program even though it is not as snazzy as it used to be. I decided to go a little out of our way to get gas there.
There were two stations that could have qualified as what she described. The second was a three pump deal with a tiny station and hole in the wall truck stop restaurant called the Perche Creek Café aka Perche Creek Yacht Club. The parking lot was filled with probably 30 pick up trucks, that we determined were all patronizing the restaurant. I talked Megan into eating there, and she only grumbled a little about the adventures I take her on. It was everything someone like me likes about a truck stop restaurant: lots of fried stuff, tasty fresh pies, people coming in straight from doing things like laying pipe and hunting deer, and great service. I had handmade and breaded chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes, the best green beans I've had in years, and lemon merengue pie. Megan had a three cheese grilled cheese with cottage cheese. They had a heated case of cinnamon rolls behind the register and Megan got one for her desert on the way out. She said it was great. Will definitely go back. Now my favorite restaurant in Columbia... www.TomorrowlandTrekkers.com
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July 2020
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