Pete and Henry's

Henry did a great job in school this week, and for his reward, I took them out to Pete and Henry's in Royalston. When I was a kid, this place was known for having the best chicken nuggets around. I haven't been for years, but both of my kids are kind of Chicken Nugget conosuers.

It took a little over half an hour to get there. From here it takes about half an hour to get anywhere, but it is seldom that I go deeper into the woods, and Royalston is nothing if it isn't deeper into the woods. I actually drove down roads I hadn't driven down since I was really young... like in my teens. I went past one specific graveyard, bordered by a white picket fence, that my sister and I used to try to hold our breath for the entire length while my parents drove by it. The roads get old going that way, bordered by those old white pillar things that had the wires strung through them. The way follows Millers River for a while. Actually, Pete and Henry's itself sits right next to the river. Right outside of the restaurant there is an old closed down bridge, and it must have been closed for a good while, because I can't remember it ever being open. The memory of the restaurant itself is one in my mind with this bridge. I have special love for the Millers River. I caught my first trout in its deep tan water.

Pete and Henry's is one of the old style restaurants, the restaurants of my childhood: the kind with drop ceilings and wood paneling, filled with people with too much facial hair and t-shirts without brand logos on them. The food was great. I think that this restaurant might have had the first chicken nuggets in the area, way before McDonalds ever thought of them. Still, they are a whole different thing. They are soft and juicy, just as I remember them, except, I think they used to have some sort of apple dipping sauce. They didn't serve that, unfortunately. Still, I think that Henry and Nora were completely impressed. The waitress offered Henry frog legs. I think he would have taken her up on them if I hadn't talked up the chicken nuggets so much on the way there.

I am posting a few pictures tonight, just trying to capture everything a bit more completely.

Also, did you see the moon tonight?! I can't help but post a picture of it.