County customs: June 2009 Archives

You know how I said I was spending Saturday in the Hanover area?

I used my weekend plans as an excuse to try a Hanover-area specialty that I hadn't had before - the downtown Famous Hot Weiner!

Despite being pretty familiar with the Hanover area, I'd never eaten at the original location at York Street and Broadway, just the newer one over at Dart Drive and Eichelberger Street.

So when Hubby suggested that we stop in with Sarah for our Saturday night dinner, I was totally up for it.

I went with a twist on my favorite - hot dog with ketchup and mustard - the twist being the last-minute addition of bacon after I heard another diner order it.

Sarah went with plain dog. Nothing on it.

We all shared some really, really good fries..

And Chris went for it, ordering two "famous" weiners with their "everything" - onions, mustard and the special Famous Hot Weiner chili sauce.

I have never seen so many onions in one place before!!

All in all, it was a good meal. I like my dogs basically burnt, so mine was a little light for my taste, but still yummy. Chris polished almost all of his two off, and Sarah did a great job on hers. And the fries... wow! I really liked those. (Yes, I'm a big kid at heart.)

The whole weekend was great, and I have some more pictures to share of letterbox hiking, the Summer Blast and more, but those will have to wait. Back to work for now!

While Joan recuperates from a nasty stomach bug (And doesn't everyone know at least one friend or family member who has "the bug" right now?), I took car-lover Sarah out to partake in a York County tradition and see the street rods this morning.

She had herself a checklist of cars she wanted to find and have me photograph -- red, purple, black, multicolored, etc. Finding a white car actually turned out to be one of the toughest tasks. Not too many all-white rods, I guess. Tough to keep 'em clean?

We eventually did find everything on the list, so the mission was a success.

Now, Sarah, who is still in "school mode" despite that fact that her last day was this past Friday and she's now a rising fourth-grader, wants to put together a poster about the street rods, using today's photos and information she plans to research about street rods on the Internet. She's a smart cookie!

P.S. -- I just noticed that sign outside the York Fairgrounds (top photo) reads "STEET ROD NAT'SEAST" ... Only in York County, indeed.