We were the first people there for their 11am opening, and thankfully not a repeat of the Franklin's BBQ experience in Austin for any type of wait. I hadn't checked out their menu beforehand but decided I was going to go Frito pie. It was with their Texas Red Chili and options of either chopped beef or pulled pork for BBQ topping. I went pulled pork. And added cheese and sour cream.
It was bomb -- best Frito Pie I have had. Friend had brisket sandwich, having read up on Texas BBQ and seeing that TX is all about their brisket. He said was def good but that Rudy's won for better BBQ brisket out of the two.
After meal drove out to Houston airport to drop Friend #1 off, which was across the city on northern side. After dropoff stopped off at gas station to do gasoline top-off and to check tire inflations.
6 hour drive ended up being 8 hours to Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Lost over 40 minutes in the area of Lake Charles, LA where a bridge crossing the waters was narrowed to one lane (for no good reason as far as I could tell). Overall the time passed decently -- I pulled up an audiobook I had downloaded so 5 1/2 hours of time I had Notorious RBG to accompany my journey.
Didn't arrive at friends' place until almost 9pm. Had an amusing exchange with a pizza delivery guy when I had pulled over to the side of the road w/ my hazard lights on (so that cars would pass me and not wait behind me) when entering my friend's neighborhood. Their house is in a new development that isn't yet on Google maps so I had pulled over to pull up texts to read the rest of the texted directions to their place. Pizza delivery guy pulls up to the side of me -- I roll down window and he asks if I need help. I tell him I am good -- just stopped to pull up directions to my friends' place since it's not yet on Google maps. He says he can help me with that and asks me what street I am looking for. I tell him the street name and he tells me immediately how to get there. I say thanks and after he pulls away and after I quickly verify the same on text msgs and start driving forward, I see delivery guy using his turn signal for the street I am to turn on as he slowly continues forward, then turns signal off as he continues on straight ahead.
I didn't stop to eat at all on the drive (only had a breakfast bar while driving partway through the trek), so was glad to find that friends' had likewise not yet had dinner.
We headed out to late dinner at local spot that was surprisingly lit w/ ppl eating, drinking and playing the restaurant's version of Bingo (Rock n Roll Bingo) where the bingo cards were full of hit songs that were being played in the restaurant (in lieu of letters & numbers being called). I had a buffalo chicken sandwich, fries and my first Yuengling draft beer of the trip. Along with some Cheese Bombs. Which were breaded square blocks of cheese that were deep fried and served w/ side of marinara. And very tasty.
After late dinner then back to friends' place for the night. Plans made to day trip over to New Orleans for lunch and exploring French Quarter & Bourbon Street.
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