The Road Trip Home - Hello Snow...
December 21, 2013
Reminds me how much I loathe snow...and cold for that matter.
That said, it was the perfect road trip. Me 'n Lis loaded up the Disco, made a mega cozy bed for Minka, and hit the road straight up outta LA.
Yep - we got caught in every snowstorm all cause I was on the hunt for tiny towns and better than average food. Plus, when you have to take dog friendly hotels into consideration...and I'm not super keen on staying at chain hotels...well, let's just say a 3 day road trip turned into 8 days! But, full of such amazing food and charming towns.
Probably one of the best dog friendly hotels EVER is La Posada in Winslow, AZ (you know the name from the Eagles song). First of all - this historic monster has an amazing restaurant, The Turquoise Room, and literally the best honey butter doused cornbread ever to be made (like, each piece was so soaked in it, it had to be picked up with a tong).
2nd of all, the whole joint (save for the restaurant) is dog friendly...and has tons of game tables, a big ole fireplace, a massive yard and best of all a full blown HAY STACK MAZE. Omg, Minka played forever in this enormous gift from the doggie heavens, especially after being trapped in the truck on horrific roads - though she adored the snow and played HAWD in an Arizona dog park with a puppy doberman.
Anyhow - La Posada also had this soup rockin' that was insane. 1/2 black bean and 1/2 creamed sweet corn. Sounds a bit off, but was once again, something out of the history books for taste sensations. Lamb posole was also on the make (and we all know from my Isla Mujeres days that I'm a posole nut)...also with juicy red wines on tap.
I will def be stoppin' there on the way back through. In fact, I'm pretty much basing the whole trip back to LA around that maze.