Wednesday, December 24, 2008
08 Storm Dispatch
Tuesday was a day for chaining up the Honda and discovering the Winter Wonderland. Here I am wearing my knock off of an old Hawaiian Islanders hat in an attempt to be optimistic.
I ended up driving and doing errands for a good part of the day. And it really wasn't bad at all. As the day transpired I saw more and more idiocy. Kids in cars without traction devices, Four Wheel drive trucks with bald tires who didn't have a clue and that kind of thing.
What does winter reveal? For me it reveals that Highway 99 in greater Hazel Dell, Washington really hasn't changed that much since Harvey "Pop" Johnson built his Steakburger/Golf A Rama complex back in 1962. Steakburger hamburgers are grilled to order, feature barbecue sauce unless you ask for it to be held and come in a brown paper lunch bag without any adornment. They also can be quite messy, especially the Double and (no I haven't ever had one)Triple burgers.
The Johnson family is trying to hang on to their traditional amusement for family fun in much the same way the family who owns the Enchanted Forest does. I'd like to support them more, but a steady diet of Steakburgers, onion rings, shakes and fries is the last thing I need. Maybe instead I should revisit their little golf course, but minature golf will never be the same since I saw the Simpsons episode where Homer and Marge got it on in one of the features, the windmill, I think.
The score card boxes remind me of one more Steakburger Golf A Rama story. When I was eight or nine, I was a part of a birthday party of a classmate. I knew nothing of golf and figured I found a sport I could do because I had the highest score. I was very deflated to find out that the results were just the opposite.
Merry Christmas Eve To All!
posted by well-executed buffet at 2:05 PM
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Serious students of Highway 99 should stop in to the Starbucks at 78th Street. They have a map published in the early 60s by the Highway 99 Businessmens' Association detailing all the reasons travelers should detour off the at-that-time newly completed freeway in favor of all the attractions Highway 99 offered. Harvey Johnson's Steakburger and the miniature golf course were not the least of those attractions.
Hazel Dellonians of a certain age will recognize every one of those businessmens' names and would probably have a story or two about each of them. I could tell you my story about food poisoning and the old Totem Pole restaurant but let's just let that salmonella rest in peace.
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Hazel Dellonians of a certain age will recognize every one of those businessmens' names and would probably have a story or two about each of them. I could tell you my story about food poisoning and the old Totem Pole restaurant but let's just let that salmonella rest in peace.
