Another Stupendous Day

@porwest (113617)
United States
July 4, 2026 8:17am CST
Yesterday turned out to be another great day. Later on, we decided to take a ride to Sikeston, MO, about 40 minutes south of Cape Girardeau where we are staying. To give you an idea of where that is, it's home to the famous Lambert's, home of the throwed rolls. We didn't go there, although we've been there in the past. We walked around Ollie's Bargain Outlet and picked up a few things. Then we tooled around Goodwill a bit and made a couple of other tiny stops. When we got back to the campsite, it poured down raining for a spell. It actually broke the humidity a bit and cooled things down, which I thought for sure would have had the opposite effect. Later on, I cooked marinated barbecue chicken breasts on the grill and served them cut on the bias with potato salad and a macaroni salad on the side. Good eats! After dinner we played a game called Shut Box and had some fun conversation. All in all, like the title says, it was another stupendous day at the camp. Side-note: Image is from a previous camping adventure, but incidentally cooking the chicken meal I was talking about in the current post...it's become a "party-favorite," as some might say.
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@DaddyEvil (175988)
• United States
4 Jul
Pretty and I ate at Lambert's several years ago. It was good food there! I'm glad you had a good day.
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@DaddyEvil (175988)
• United States
5 Jul
@porwest I didn't like having rolls thrown at me but it was still fun. It's a little far for us to drive just to eat out but one time wasn't bad. We did drive around quite a bit just to see what else was there.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
@DaddyEvil That's the whole schtick of the place. lol. At least you're warned when rolls will be in the air even when you didn't ask for one. Amazing their accuracy though.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
It really is good food and a neat and fun little stop. The last time we ate there was several years ago. One of these days we might get back there.
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@snowy22315 (210957)
• United States
4 Jul
Sounds like fun despite the less than ideal weather
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
It has kept us inside more than we'd prefer. But it's better than being roasted alive. lol
@RasmaSandra (99228)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Jul
Glad you had another great day. The chicken looks great. My maind means of cooking is a toaster oven what is the best way to bake chicken wings in it,
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
I don't even own a toaster oven. But I imagine they come out very nice.
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@Traceyjayne (12363)
• United Kingdom
4 Jul
Pleased to hear you are having a great time ….and that you have had a bbq …..enjoy
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@Traceyjayne (12363)
• United Kingdom
5 Jul
@porwest that’s very true ….
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
Camping would be incomplete without a barbecue, wouldn't it?
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@thelme55 (79770)
• Germany
4 Jul
Yummy! I like marinated chicken barbecue. It’s delicious.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
It never fails to satisfy, that's for sure.
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@thelme55 (79770)
• Germany
7 Jul
@porwest You’re right. Thinking about it makes me hungry.
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@Wrexxo (3430)
4 Jul
This is nice..keep having fun while camping..never heard of the game shut box before. I'm sure it's fun though
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
It's a fun game. You play for quarters a round and have 9 wooden tabs you try to close numbered 1 through 9. You roll two dice and try to close your total of the roll until you either "shut the box" by knocking down all 9 tabs or bust and the game continues until someone actually shuts the box and wins the kitty.
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@allen0187 (59989)
• Philippines
5 Jul
Sounds like a good time!
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@allen0187 (59989)
• Philippines
6 Jul
@porwest I'm sure the next adventure will just be as exciting if not more so.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
8 Jul
@allen0187 One always hopes so.
@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
It's been fantastic. We will be departing on Monday morning.
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@sol_cee (39030)
• Philippines
4 Jul
I have to admit, I used to think "stupendous" had something to do with "stupid" because they sound so similar! I'm glad I was wrong. It sounds like you really did have a stupendous day - good food, cooler weather, and a fun evening at the campsite
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@JudyEv (385141)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jul
That's great that you're having a fun time. Make the most of it. You'll be home again soon enough but having different fun times.
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@porwest (113617)
• United States
5 Jul
As I write this now, this is our last night, and I am actually getting close to "that" point where it will be nice to be back home.
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