Adventures of The Four Compadres: The PLAN

The Meeting took place pretty much as scripted and we now have a PLAN.

Kirt actually got there before me, Greg rolled in right behind me and is fairly comfortable that there will in fact be beer at our various stops. Tim did show up after being called and I'm pretty sure I saw clubs in the back of his car. Still not sure if he has actually read any of the emails or the even the blog by now.

It was decided we would venture forth in Greg's Brand Spanking New Ford F150 King Ranch truck (aka "Baby"). Greg decided this not because he cares deeply about the rest of us and wants us to ride in style; spoiled by seats that not only heat your butt, but will blow cold air up it as well. But rather as a matter of pride after Kirt and I railed on him about how he was afraid that we would scar the inside of his purty new truck by (as Kirt put it) "burying one in the seats". Who said a 45 year old man isn't susceptible to peer pressure?

Commanding our merry band of characters will be Capt Kirt, 'cause he is the man with the plan!
Piloting (at least while sober) and acting as our Chief Medical Officer is Knuckles (cause Bones is just too obvious), aka Greg "Dammit Kirt, I'm a PA - not a doctor".
Navigator, resident techno geek, and general wise a** - yes, that would be me.
Token Red Shirt (and you know what happens to the Red Shirt) - Tim, simply because he is a good sport and won't read the blog in order to defend himself.

At 8a on Friday, November 5th; the 4 Compadres will set out on our 3 day mission to explore some of the tastiest BBQ joints in Texas.

To get a proper start to things, we will have breakfast at one of our favorite places to eat breakfast (or least the only one we can consistently agree on) - Caroline's Country Cafe in Midlothian. From there, we will set a land speed record to Shiner in order to make it in time for the brewery tour. If Greg has it his way, we will make both the 11a and the 1:30p tours. Lunch will be whatever we happen to find on our way or in Shiner. After our tour, we will head out to the New Braunfels Smokehouse for dinner.

Saturday morning will find us up early and headed to Snow's in Lexington to get our breakfast and catch them before they sell out. For lunch we couldn't settle on one place, so as my father is fond of saying - we didn't "give into the tyranny of or" and decided to eat at both Black's and Smitty's in Lockhart. For dinner we will find ourselves back in the Austin city limits at either County Line or Subbs (this part is still under discussion and it is entirely possible we may figure out a way to go to both).

Sunday starts off with us getting to Marble Falls for breakfast at the Blue Bonnet Cafe. Yes, I know it's not BBQ, but it is a great breakfast joint and frankly we will probably need something a little different by then. Lunch will find us in Llano at Coopers. To finish our quest, we will land at the Hard Eight in Stephenville.

Well this is the plan, let's see how well it get executed. :-)

For a Google map of our journeys:

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Here is the list of where we will be going:

Caroline’s Country Café

1000 E Main St

Midlothian, TX 76065

Spoetzl Brewery

603 E. Brewery St.

Shiner, TX 77984

http://www.shiner.com/

New Braunfels Smokehouse

1090 N. Business 35

New Braunfels, TX 78130

http://www.nbsmokehouse.com/

Snows Barbeque