As I came out of the Deschutes River Valley, I saw Mount Hood in the distance. Unfortunately, it was quite a ways in the distance, and I knew I would have to drive for a while before I could even begin to capture a decent picture.
With some dismay, I watched as clouds began to surround the mountain. By the time I was almost close enough to take a picture, there was nothing but a gray sky.
As I was in a bit of a hurry, I decided that Mount Hood National Forest would have to wait until another day, so I simply drove down into Sandy, Oregon.
When I came into the cell phone range, I received a concerning text message. My business debit card had been used in some suspicious transactions, and the bank had canceled the card. Needing some cash. I spent the next hour in the local Walgreens trying to get the card to work, but the customer service folks at my bank couldn’t get the job done.
By this time, I was pretty dang hungry, and when I saw Brady’s Brats, I knew this was going to be a place that I needed to check out. I was so not disappointed. The burger was absolutely smashing delicious, and I decided to have a Deschutes Brewery beer to go with it.
Needing to get a little bit of work done, I headed over to the library. I found myself amazingly frustrated with a couple of the patrons who were playing video games in the librarians didn’t seem to be too concerned.
As I headed back to my jeep, I was a little bit bummed about the issue with the bank and the noise in a library. I mean, seriously, a library. It’s where people are supposed to be hushed by the librarians.
Then, my mood totally changed in the distance. I saw a sign that I thought said Joe’s Donuts.
As I got closer, I couldn’t help but let a smile spread across my face. Joe’s Donuts in Lawrence, Kansas, was an iconic bakery that drew students by the thousands in the middle of the night during finals week in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. When Joe’s in Lawrence, Kansas, closed, the university acquired the sign and a few other items and put them in the student union for alumni when they visited.
Now, I was looking at another Joe’s Donuts, and there was no way I wasn’t going to go in and see what this place was like.
This Joe’s Donuts makes some outstanding donuts, and I thoroughly enjoyed my trip down memory Lane and had a nice little sugar rush. Going to get back on the road.
