THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE

Back at the test kitchen on the north shore of Lake Erie.

Question: Where is home?

Answer: Wherever we park it.

Question: What is your favorite place?

Answer: Wherever we are.

For awhile that spot is watching the lake change it's mind and it's mood.

Ahhhh........you can't beat that!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN HEADING NORTH

Suspense!

More photos and adventures are coming soon.

If you haven't visited our website or watched us on YouTube,

Here are the links!!

http://www.thecookingladies.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enOaJWsdHr0

THE LONGFORD WATER COMPANY

Wava & Kim Kramer hold a jug of Kiowata.

The water from the Longford Water Company in Longford, Kansas, is pure naturally, thanks to the Kiowa Aquifer deep below the surface.People in the area say it is the best water they have ever tasted.

We have to agree. We left with two cases of it in the motorhome.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS SPRING!

What a difference a day makes.... Or did it have something to do with April Fool's Day?

April 1, 2009 at the Nichols' Ranch in Kansas

April 2, 2009 at the Nichols' Ranch in Kansas

Is this another April Fool's Joke? Has the motorhome grown legs? It's Loran Nichols, Darren Nichols, and Lamont Mackay checking out the new shocks. Good thing they did this on April 1 and not a day later in the snow.

LONGFORD, KANSAS

DINNER WITH FAMILY AT THE COACHLIGHT RESTAURANT IN LONGFORD, KANSAS

Lloyd Nichols

Edna Nichols

Loran, Lonny, and Leo Nichols

Coachlight Restaurant

Longford, Kansas

A poem by Lloyd Nichols

Written in 1989

There's a little ole' restaurant

Here on Main Street.

They have food that can't be beat.

Roast Beef, chicken, and mulligan stew,

And they'll cook up anything

That will satisfy you.

The waitresses are humble - yet so sweet.

And they'll stand all day on their two feet.

First thing in the morning,

When they open the doors,

In come the ranchers

With great big roars.

Boots from the west,

Tennis shoes from the east,

Nobody cares, not in the least.

Cattle and hogs are really the talk,

Some gals come in just after a walk.

Here's to the Coachlight,

To both young and old,

There are a lot of stories yet,

That haven't been told.

Chicken fried steak

Thank you Edna & Lloyd Nichols, Leo & Donna Nichols, Lonny & Carol Nichols, Loran & Sharon Nichols, and Don & Carol Sutter for your Kansas hospitality.

WHERE'S THE BEEF?

THE BEEF IS IN LONGFORD, KANSAS!!

It's feeding time with cousin Loran Nichols in Longford, Kansas.

Look at the size of this bale of hay!

Loran and The Cooking Ladies feed the orphan calves.

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

At the Whole Hog Cafe, there are so many choices of BBQ sauce that you need to eat there a few times to try them all. This is not a problem because the food is so good.


The number of trophies and ribbons all over the walls must make this the best-loved BBQ in the United States.

We joined our friends, Jane and Carl Pierce, for a tour of the William J Clinton Presidential Library.

An exact replica of the oval office is in the building.

A beautiful glass Christmas tree created by glass artist Dale Chihuly is on exhibit in the Clinton library. The entire ceiling of the foyer of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas consists of glass flowers by Chihuly. His work is spectacular.