11/22/19: Sonoran Hot Dog Day
We were up about 9 and went over to grab the free breakfast at our hotel. They had a waffle machine which is always a good thing. Outside of that breakfast was the standard fare but they did have scrambled eggs and potatoes which were actually pretty good.
After breakfast we drove the short distance to Tucson to go to the Thunder Canyon Brewery and get a Sonoran Hot Dog at El Guero Canelo down on 12th. Both of these were based on Craig Montgomery’s post on the BOB list. We got lucky and the brewery was open. It turns out that on most days they open at 4 but Fridays they open at noon. We got there about 12:20. The bartender was from Oceanside and was in Tucson to study Computer Science. The brewery didn’t have the bourbon stout Craig said was good so I got the Warhead Stout instead which was great. Joyce got a flight and the hazy IPA she picked as one of the selections was tasty so I got a 10 oz glass of that too. The brewery was cool & they had an old Nintendo with games to play, shuffleboard, board games and pinball machines. Both Joyce & I gave the South Park pinball machine a go but neither of us did too well.
Joyce is excited to hit our first brewery!
Trust me, no we can’t.
Respect my authority!
After we were done with the Thunder Canyon Brewery we set the GPS to route us to El Guero Canelo. The original location of the place that supposedly has the original (and best) Sonoran hot dogs. This is according to Craig who is local so I am confident this is the case. He said this is the place to go and not the one catering to the “gringos” in the better part of town. The place was located in a crummy area and had a “unique” clientele so I immediately liked it. We ordered a Sonoran hot dog without mayo and a caramelo which was similar to a quesadilla but more meat than cheese. Both were great and they had a large condiment bar full of salsas & veggies that we added to the mix. I ate most of the dog we got but I wanted another so back I went for a 2nd. You only live once right?
Not the home of the Whopper.
Round one.
After that it was a long, long drive to Carlsbad. We stopped in Las Cruces to eat at an Indian restaurant that turned out to be pretty good. I got some Vindaloo and Joyce got a lamb & spinach dish. After that it was on to Carlsbad. We took highway 62/180 near El Paso and it was a long road with absolutely no gas stations to fill up at. We were lucky we had a decent amount of gas since we would have been screwed if we didn’t. It was well over 100 miles without a place to fuel up. Once we got near the hotel we found a spot to fill up and myJeep took 16 gallons so we had 6 to spare. The gas pump decided to not shut off when the tank was full so gas spilled all over the side of the car which was nice. We then moved on to the hotel where we got to check in through a window like at a drive through at the bank. We got our room which was all kinds of shades of brown and called it a day and went to sleep.
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