First contest of the season started off as an adventure. Friday morning starts off as usual, stopping at one of favorite breakfast places.....Mountain View. Got there at 6:15 to discover they didn't open until 6:30. So, we wait, now 15 minutes behind schedule. Doors open, and find out the cook hasn't showed. Stopped at a Waffle House on down the road.
Just as we are getting into Greenville at 8AM, hit rush hour traffic. Stop and go in the center lane and the battery light comes on. Alternator only putting out about 7.5 amps. Finally get off at the next exit, and just over the bridge, we find a Goodyear store. As it turned out, it was a broken alternator wire. So only a 45 minute delay and a 3rd of the cost of replacing the alternator, we're on the road again.
Arriving 2 hours behind schedule, we get all setup.
it was rather windy all day Friday, and chilly through the night. Weather on Sat was great!
Ate a great little dive Friday night, the Oyster Bay. Conch fritters and fish tacos.
Managed to pull off a 6th place ribs, 1st in pork and 18th overall, out of a good crowd.
It was good to pull up one the big meats after struggling in htat area last year. However the chicken was not were it normally is.
The trip home was an adventure too. Saw a billboard on the way down for a restaurant we wanted to try on the way back. Pull in and it was closed. Back in the truck and pulled off in Anderson. Went to Cracker Barrel, 30 minute wait, so back in the truck. Found a Hardees in Anderson and we were the only ones there.
Just as we are getting into Greenville at 8AM, hit rush hour traffic. Stop and go in the center lane and the battery light comes on. Alternator only putting out about 7.5 amps. Finally get off at the next exit, and just over the bridge, we find a Goodyear store. As it turned out, it was a broken alternator wire. So only a 45 minute delay and a 3rd of the cost of replacing the alternator, we're on the road again.
Arriving 2 hours behind schedule, we get all setup.
it was rather windy all day Friday, and chilly through the night. Weather on Sat was great!
Ate a great little dive Friday night, the Oyster Bay. Conch fritters and fish tacos.
Managed to pull off a 6th place ribs, 1st in pork and 18th overall, out of a good crowd.
It was good to pull up one the big meats after struggling in htat area last year. However the chicken was not were it normally is.
The trip home was an adventure too. Saw a billboard on the way down for a restaurant we wanted to try on the way back. Pull in and it was closed. Back in the truck and pulled off in Anderson. Went to Cracker Barrel, 30 minute wait, so back in the truck. Found a Hardees in Anderson and we were the only ones there.
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