The Devil made me do it.....

 7:31 am - Friday - May 12th - LPG&RVR - 45° F, humidity 57%, wind 1 mph out of the northeast......crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 75° F.  On this date in 2018 TLE and I had just arrived at Smuggler's Den Campground in Southwest Harbor, ME until October....we had to shoehorn ourselves into the spot....regrettably, we had to quit our jobs, and were gone by August 6th.....I wrote about that here.....↴

We head into Alturas once a week to do our grocery shopping, and almost always make a stop at ACE Hardware to buy something hardware/garden related, and Thursday was that day this week.  We wanted to have lunch at a burger place in town called Lazy B Grill, which we had heard had great burgers (Yelp gives them 5 stars on 16 reviews...they've only been open since 2021), so we left home around 11 am to make our customary ACE Hardware stop, then have lunch, then do our grocery shopping at Grocery Outlet, and Holiday Market.

Our ACE Hardware stop this week involved buying some more spray paint for the Adirondack Chairs, and two tables.  The tables need touching up after two years of use, and while I just touched up the Adirondacks, they'll need touching up by the end of the summer.

We arrived at the Lazy B Grill just before 12 pm, and the restaurant was already packed.  It was still a little chilly outside, so we chose indoor dining.  One thing to note is this place is a tad understaffed, the service is a little slow, but the burgers are amazing!  Certainly well worth the wait. After perusing their menu TLE and I both chose their El Diablo Burger.....a 1/3 lb patty smothered with BBQ sauce, topped with bacon, pepper jack cheese, and grilled jalapeños, all on a Brioche Bun......

The 'El Diablo Burger' is #7 on the menu

The 'El Diablo Burger' in person

....it is rare that TLE and I order the same thing, but after reading the description we could not help ourselves.....

.....they are open 6 days per week (closed Sundays), and have ample alfresco dining.....

......the burgers were cooked to a medium, and the meat was delicious.  This is a spicey burger, and I personally went through two glasses of ice water....lol.  We will definitely return!

By the time we finished our lunch, and did our grocery shopping it was after 1:30 pm, and time to head home.  While TLE put away the groceries I puttered around in the trailer, and decided to do something with the red Xmas lights that have been sitting on my tool table since we arrived.  These lights adorned the COA office at Glamis North, and still have a lot of life left in them....

....they are a nice edition to our environment.  So, after a few weeks TLE and I have created three specific decks outside....the 'lido deck', of course, the 'lower deck' (pictured above), and the 'viewing deck' (pictured below)....

.....we were still full from lunch when dinner time came around, so TLE brought some 'pico de gallo' salsa out, and some Santitas taco chips for us to snack on while we played 'Yahtzee'....TLE won four of the first five games, so easily won the night, but I rallied to win the sixth, and final game, and somewhat restore my dignity....lol.  It was our first game night in some time, and even when we retreated to the Newell interior around 7:30 pm it was still balmy outside.  Looking forward to more game nights on the lower deck as the weather continues to warm!

Thanks for stopping by!