Pancake Junction

This morning Mommy made everything just right - you could hear the whistle of the train, and you just knew it:  we were going to Pancake Junction!  Whenever Nana and Ba-Ba come, there's going to be at least one day where visit the Junction - and everyone was glad to head there this morning.

Whenever we're in for a visit to Tennessee, it seems that they are obsessed with pancakes there.  Restaurants specializing in flapjacks and pancakes dot the horizon, and each one does remarkably well.  It's as if the words "Tennessee" and "pancake" go together hand in hand.  Sort of like when you go to Maine, you have to have a lobster.

Just to say we did it, we usually eat pancakes when in Tennessee, although Madison has not been the biggest fan of them yet.  Go figure!  Here it is, this luxurious little cake thing just smothered with liquid sugar, and yet she's not quite figured it out yet that this is actually a dessert item that you're allowed to eat for breakfast.  Or, in Tennessee, any time at all apparently.

In case you miss the reference to Pancake Junction, that's Kronk up there.  He's the innovator of the concept, which I swear would be a ginormous success if they built one in Tennessee.  We're big fans of Kronk here - in fact, we'll probably watch both the movies with him in it soon as a refresher course.  Mommy and Daddy love those movies, and Madison has enjoyed them too - the last time she saw 'em.  Of course, that'll have to be later.


"Would you mind flipping for me just one flapjack?"
- Alexander Yardley

If you've seen the 1945 movie "Christmas in Connecticut," you know the joke about flipping flapjacks in a pan.  And just to show off, Mommy gave us a show this morning!  She was flipping flapjacks for everyone, getting a big reaction from the crowd in the kitchen.  What a show!  But you know something?  The train whistle is blowing, and that means only one thing...

"All aboard for Pancake Junction!"
- Kronk