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10/20/2003 Archived Entry: "HAYS CITY AMERICA"

HAYS CITY AMERICA

If you have never had the warm bread pudding with rum sauce at the Corner Garden Restaurant in Hays, and you like bread pudding, you'll love theirs. It isn't often I get to Hays, particularly at lunch time, but today was a winner.

I tagged along with Ally who had an appointment with her periodontist, a breed as scarce as hen's teeth in central Kansas. There is one in Hays, one in Manhattan and the others are farther away than that. It seems it's a good field for those who like making lots of money and having captive patients. I doubt they are ever “on call” so why aren’t there more of them? Salina could use one…and a dermatologist.

Since she hadn't eaten at the Corner Garden Restaurant, and it meets all my qualifications for home-owned, slow food restaurants, we went there. It only seats 40, but the menu is nice and the people who work there welcome you as if you were entering their home. It seems like that and they appreciate your business. Today they had sausage and sauerkraut soup (a winner with both of us) ...and they had their famous bread pudding. Everything they make is from scratch, a tad different from regular fare and very good. It's all reasonably priced. If you haven't tried it, you might want to stop by sometime.

We also stopped by C.S. Post to poke around. I really like that shop and always find a little something to bring home. Usually that isn't the case when I go shopping, but that store is unusual. Jack got a new collar and Brit has a new bottle of some nice hand washing suds. Both of my guys like their gifts. Going there is like going to the city and strolling into a unique shop.

Ally hadn't seen all the development around Wilson Lake so we meandered down all the roads and checked out all the houses. Some are quite nice. We went further north to Becky Thaemert's Stone Cottage Farm. She constantly works on restoration.

We dropped into Kansas Originals to look around and visit with a friend who volunteers there.

It was a nice leisurely drive to see the countryside filled with golden-leafed Cottonwood trees. I took several pictures on the Scenic By-way to add to my website.

But...the best thing of all was spending the day with my daughter. We travel well together and I always enjoy my trips with her. We just don't have enough of them.