KBMT (Beaumont Municipal)

Darren and I went to Beaumont to get some BBQ from Patillo's. If you have never had Patillo's BBQ, you don't know what you are missing. You can't put it in any class of BBQ that you have ever had. It isn't Texas, Kansas City or Carolina style BBQ. It's just Patillo's. I've been eating this stuff since I was old enough to remember. My dad used to bring us BBQ from when they were located in a shack next to the railroad yards. They are located on 11th street across from St Elizabeth Hospital Washington Blvd at Fannett Road, the old location is now a Jack In The Box. It is well worth the trip for some good BBQ. Don't forget to get one of their links!

(I sent this picture to my brother, who also loves Patillo's right after we finished. His response was "You Suck!")

To the matter at hand. I called BMT a couple of days before we left and asked if they had a crew car. They did, but you had to leave a credit card because they have had a few people forgot to give the keys back. According to the guy at Beaumont Wings (the FBO), it costs $100 to get a new key because of the chip in the key. After giving my credit card and getting the keys, it looks like the keys are worth more than the car. This cream puff has a couple of interesting features.

First thing you notice when you get in is the cassette player. It had a cassette in it and Darren tried to eject it and see who it was but it made a sound like sheep sheerers being turned on. This continued for 3 tries. Next was the lack of A/C. It's Texas and it gets hot here. You need A/C. Oh well, we'll roll down the windows and work on our Bubba tans. NOT! The driver window would roll down but not the passenger window. The rear passenger window would roll down but not the driver side.

So we took off to get us some BBQ. This thing drove like a boat. It sloshed around like a boat trying to ride the wake from another boat. We finally made it to Patillo's, docked this beast, got our food and brought 4 lbs back to the plane for the girls. But not before we took this picture below. I don't know what it means, but it is Beaumont after all, where lot's of things don't make any sense.



When we got back to BMT, we took some pictures of a bunch of Chinook and Apache helicopters that were staged there. I don't know if they were going or coming, but there were a lot of them.

Look in the background for the Apaches.

We finally said our goodbyes and headed off to Leesville (L39) but that is another story.

KXBP Bridgeport 3/29/2009

With nothing but crappy weather for the last several days, what a shock when I got up and saw a METAR that read: KTKI 291253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR M01/M02 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP171 T10061022. My friend Darren wanted to go flying on such a beautiful day, so we headed out to Bridgeport for some cheap fuel ($2.69/gal) and a trip to Yesterday's for a $100 hamburger. Once we got to Bridgeport, we called the police department to get the code to get the crew car. It was a beauty (not). You have to call the police department and give them your name, DL number, cell phone number and tail number. When you do that, you get to take this beauty out for a spin.



I got a surprise when we got in the car.


When we took off, we used our iPhones to try and locate Yesterday's. Unfortunately, Google hasn't updated their database to reflect the new one in Bridgeport so we went to the one in Decatur.



It's a 50s & 60s style diner that has a decent burger but they are big. The normal is a half pounder, and the next 2 are 1 lb and 2 lbs. Way too much for a guy on a diet (actually the regular one is too much for someone on a diet).