OK.....so for the FIRST time in years Jim and I took a vacation!!!!! He commited us to attend a wedding in New Orleans (N'arlins) so we decided to take a circle tour including visits to his Dad and my Mom's. So we left on Friday, September 17th, stopping in Biloxi/Gulfport for a bit of gambling. On the way was Tuscaloosa, Alabama, land of ....gulp...national champions University ofAlabama (being sons/daughters of Texas/Oklahoma a tough pill to swallow). Anywhoooo....Jim remembered a telecast when college football broadcasting legend Keith Jackson went on and on about a BBQ place outside the stadium of Tuscaloosa that was just too good to be true. It's called "Dreamland BBQ" and the only thing on the menu (at the original location) is ribs and chips. Now, after over an hour of touring the Alabama campus (mind you, with our OKLAHOMA SOONERS license plate smack-dab in the middle of the front of the car, and on a Friday afternoon) we finally found a Dreamland BBQ, although not the original. This one actually had other stuff on the menu. Well, I had to have the original, so I ordered the ribs. Gotta tell ya.....I've had better. They were a bit tough and the BBQ sauce, well........give me Bones in Chattanooga any day. Maybe the original joint is better or Keith Jackson might have had a few beers while enjoying his ribs. Whatever. It was a great beginning to a wonderful trip.
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