Just a Lyric Looking for a Tune, A Trip To Kelowna, and a Recipe for Sesame Chicken (yum yum)

We need a new road trip song. Let me see if I can whip one up ... let's see ....

oh my goodness are you sure that you've got room?
seems that spot is awful small for you to back in
this floor is messy, where'd you keep your broom?
i'm really hungry but your pantry's lackin'

so we'll stop at the truck stop in Chilliwack
get chocolate and cheesies in a great big pack
coke and cakes and coffee, and yogurt if i'm lucky
but never again their cheesecake cups cos they are pretty yucky ....

and it's drive along the highway, passing everything in sight
watching the stars pop up as day turns into night
trying to prop my lids up as night turns into dawn
and longing for a bathroom where there's none

and we listen to ray johnson
allan jackson
and george jones
willie nelson
randy travis
(but not the rolling stones)
 waylon jennings 
marty robbins
and mr johnny cash
(but never kris kristofferson, 
cos neil thinks he's just trash - 
and that's unfortunate

There. I think that will do it. Feel free to put it to music, just remember who gets part of the royalties.

 Our trip was to Kelowna. It was pretty uneventful, and I guess that was a good thing. I wouldn't think the driver of the car we saw squashed like a walnut had an uneventful trip though. Don't people realize that SPEED ACTUALLY KILLS?

As we were driving through Surrey, we passed a sign advertising FLAMINGOS AND BUZZARDS FOR RENT. Just in case anyone's interested. Meanwhile, I sort of wish they would have Burma Shave-like signs along the road.

Another sign I always take note of is HIGHWAY OF HEROES, and tonight I finally remembered to google it to see the significance. Well deserved, I would say.

We traveled under a huge yellow moon, which was actually a Seasonal Blue Moon, but the skies were turning blue again when we reached Kelowna. The container got emptied at the Superstore, then it was a 4 hour wait before Neil could pick up his return load - so we slept.

This picture is at the last brake check stop on the Coquihalla Highway - a much nicer drive this time of the year, but not so much during the winter. They have lots of Sudden Weather Change signs, and Avalanche Warning signs, and there is even a Snow Shed ... which is where you want to be if there is sudden weather change that results in an avalanche, I guess.

As you can see, in some ways, Neil is his father's son .... just walking away. In the left you can see what you may think is a huge snowy mountain, but you would be wrong.

 

This is a bare rock mountain, and it is very striking when seen in person.

Today was pretty boring compared to yesterday, but that's okay. I need some boring days. I did make dinner though - a recipe for Sesame Chicken that was floating around on Facebook. Steve liked it so much he went and bought Happy Meals for the kids so he could eat their share. Not that they would have eaten their share anyway. However .... since it got such good reviews, I'll share it with you.

Sesame Chicken for slow cooker

1 1/2 pound boneless/skinless chicken breasts
1/2 cup honey
1/4 cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons dried onion
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon oil
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
2 teaspoons cornstarch dissolved in 3 Tablespoons water
Sesame seeds

Put chicken into crock pot. Combine honey, soy sauce, onion, ketchup, oil, and garlic. Pour over chicken. Cook on low for 3-4 hours or on high 1 1/2 – 2 1/2 hours, or just until chicken is cooked through. Remove chicken from crock pot, leave sauce. Dissolve 2 teaspoons of cornstarch in 3 tablespoons of water and pour into crock pot. Stir to combine with sauce. Replace lid and cook sauce on high for ten more minutes or until slightly thickened. Cut chicken into bite size pieces and return to crock pot - can leave chicken in and simmer on low or serve. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and serve over rice.