Yesterday we drove an uneventful 365 miles from Santa Rosa to Bakersfield on a lousy cloudy and misty day through the San Joaquin Valley which is miles and miles of agriculture, consisting mostly of citrus groves and almond groves (or orchards, or nuttery's, or whatever you call large groups of almond trees). Anyhow, really heavy duty food producers. We settled down in Bakersfield and found a French Basque restaurant just up the street called Benji's. We got there at 5:30 to make sure we could get in, and it's good we did, because when we left just before seven, they were lined up waiting to get in. It was a strange menu, you only really ordered the meat, fish or entree and "The Fixings" came with it. First came a cabbage soup, beans, and hot sauce that you mixed together yourself. It was great, especially the beans. Second, came a green salad, tomato and onions, and marinated beef tongue. The beef tongue was very tender and tasty. Then, finally came the entree with french fries and some excellent green beans. Sylvia's entree was Sole and mine was sweetbreads. Both were outstanding.
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| Sole and Sweetbreads |
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| Salads and Beef Tongue |
Today we drove to Kingman, Arizona exactly 365 miles, the same as yesterday. Although it was a much better drive today than yesterday. The desert was so different than I ever imagined and I was totally mesmerized. We stopped in Kingman because it's a major stop on old Route 66. We drove around downtown a bit before stopping at Canyon 66 Restaurant and Lounge where we watched a NFL playoff game and ended up having diner there. It was a pretty cool place with mostly edible food.
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| Canyon 66 Restaurant and Lounge |
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