Back to KOSA Mount Pleasant

It's been a while since I've been to KOSA. The last time here we went into town and had lunch at Chili's. I finally got a chance to go to Outlaws BBQ and for a change, I was not too disappointed. Of course the crew car hasn't changed. Still a city owned Crown Victoria but it had great A/C.

Did I mention it had great A/C?

I'm not sure what the button does but with all of the problems with Takata air bags, I wasn't taking a chance. For all I know, it is an igniter for an ejection seat.

 I was very excited top finally get to go to Outlaw's BBQ. I've heard from many people that the BBQ was good but I've never made it here on a Saturday. Thanks to Scott for asking me to fly right seat for this trip.

Being a BBQ snob has its disadvantages. You can never just go and enjoy the BBQ. I usually judge BBQ by 2 things initially. These are the things you have to get right. First is brisket. It can't be dry or over-smoked. Second is the sausage. One of my favorite BBQ places changed their rub up and made it too peppery and the sausage is very cardboard like in its taste.

These guys got it right. The brisket was moist (even though I ate it on a sandwich) and the sausage was very good and tasty. Don't worry, I sampled the brisket without the sauce you see sliding off the sandwich. I don't usually use sauce but they had a nice variety. There was one labelled "HAF" that I was not going to try. I was told it would hurt you and that's not how I like my BBQ.

All in all a good day of flying, crew cars, museums and BBQ. I love their drive thru at Outlaw's BBQ.

We originally went to go to the Mid America Flight Museum at KOSA. It was a great museum. Some of the pictures below are from the trip.

So all in all, we had a great day. Just wish the Texas heat would take a break. This would have been even better at 80º instead of 94º.

Kickapoo Downtown Wichita Falls KCWC

The Texas heat is finally starting to show. We hopped into Scott's Cirrus and headed for Kickapoo Downtown for some lunch on a hot Sunday afternoon. It has been a long time since I've been here. The last time was when I was on my long solo cross country as a student.

Nothing has changed except that today we got one of the crew cars and headed off for lunch. It reminded me of one of the old posts about Bridgeport. You start seeing a lot of Crown Victorias when you go to a lot of the out of the way places. This was no exception.

This beauty came with all of the fine interior additions you would expect from your local used car lot. Someone was kind enough to leave us a hot, partially consumed Diet Coke to quench our thirst for our 2.6 mile drive to The Parkway Grill.

While the car was nothing to write home about, the food at the restaurant was great. Scott had the grilled cheese with brisket (nothing short of awesome) and I had the dry cheeseburger with onion rings.

Despite the red tape Scott had to go through to get the crew car, it served its purpose quite well getting us to a great restaurant. Until next time!

Texarkana KTXK

I haven't posted here in a long time. I finally got back in the air after a 2 year layoff and we headed to Texarkana for some cross country work. The fine folks at TAC Air let us borrow their nice crew car as we went for lunch at Applebees (no judgement because all of the good BBQ places were closed on Sunday).

Our crew car for the day was a grey Ford Focus. It was nice to finally get a crew car that didn't used to be a government owned vehicle. It was clean, didn't have any licenses plates n the inside and smelled good.

We took it to town for lunch and if you haven't bee to an Applebees in a while, you might be surprised with their new menu. We opted for the 2 for $25 meal with has 2 main courses, a side and either a pair of salads or an appetizer.

All in all, it was a nice trip for a good lunch and some very pricey 100LL. At least they were nice.