This is the mural on the interior room at Clark's Outpost, the barbecue place I wrote about previously. I went back there this weekend, on Saturday, with more friends who had not yet visited. We had a great time: great food, great service, and a surprisingly silent dinner table (because we were all shoving onion rings, smoked turkey, beef brisket, pork ribs, collard greens, jalapeno black-eyed peas, apple pie a la mode, chocolate meringue pie, and bread pudding doused with nutmeg-brandy sauce.... sigh!... into our mouths at a terrific rate).

Take the trip! (And do make reservations for any weekend night!). The drive up Route 377 is gorgeous this time of year: horses, cows, and cornfields galore!

Pearl