What another Carey day. What's a Carey day?

 What another Carey day. What's a Carey day?

A day that never goes as planned gets beyond frustrating and then turns out OK.

Yesterday was that type of day.

While visiting Niles, Ohio, a month or so ago,  the ladies from the Niles historical society said I needed to return on December 10th. It was their Christmas celebration, historical houses would be open, festivities, etc...

So I planned on going Saturday at the last minute, still with enough time to make the events. But unfortunately, one friend ran late, then he had to pick up a few people, which made things unravel quickly.

We arrived in Niles late; all the houses and museums were closed, but worse than that, we found out from a local that the Christmas event was held on December 2nd. 

So now what? Well, you make the best of it. We drove around Niles and Warren. We found some interesting places with almost all closed, but we made notes of things to see for our next visit. 

We found a butcher that was still open, Badurik's Butcher Block. I purchased smoked black pepper bacon, Cajun kielbasa, hot-dried Italian sausage, and beef sticks. And the owner, Steve, in return, bought my book "Travel Life & Carey On...".

I Hope Steve enjoyed the book as much as I enjoyed his food.

OK, now things were turning around - we got bacon!

This is a break in the story

My Sunday breakfast 

Now back to the story

Next, we stopped at the McKinley Memorial, walked the grounds, snapped some photos, and took off to find supper.

  

Steve recommended Vernons but instead chose Stone Yard Grill and Tavern. We ordered the ribeye, but I am still unsure what we ate. It was so beyond tender that I think they served us the prime rib by mistake. Whatever it was, it was incredibly delicious.

After that, we drove in large circles looking for a coffee shop, diner, or truck stop for coffee and dessert. Not even a Denny's. At one time, Denny's were all over the place, and no one ever really planned on going to Denny's you just ended up there but not today.

No coffee to be found but we did drive by the Packard museum, that had lights on with a parking lot filled with cars.

We ventured in, walked around a bit, and probably could have stayed longer if I didn't ask someone what was going on. Unfortunately, it was a private event, so we were told we had to leave.

So that was my Saturday, December 10th; how was yours?

OH lets not forgot Sunday's supper, thanks Steve Badurik, my Sunday meals would not have been this tasty.

Carey On...