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8 hours ago, Chocolot said:

I'm guessing you want to eat at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Ut. Fantastic food and great scenery. hell's backbone grill 

Not really near Moab, but in the middle of nowhere southern Utah. Worth the visit!! 

Yep, I think that's the place I've heard about.  Supposedly an eccentric mercurial chef.  Remote location.  Irregular hours.  Totally worth it. 

Not sure I have time for the detour on my way out to the coast, but maybe on the return.

Thanks for taking the time to post that.  You've solved the mystery for me.

And, Darienne....pretty sure you mean Cuba, New Mex.  What a time warp for me.  Many of my relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. - were all up in the Four Corners/Aztec/Farmington/Shiprock area, and I spent most of my summers up there.  My favorite cousin was the town tramp in high school, and boy was she fun.  My other aunt (the snooty aunt that nobody liked) said that cousin was "incorrigible" which was meant as a warning but which I took as a very strong recommendation.  We'd sneak away from staid boring family activities and go gorge ourselves on fry bread and chocolate dip cones.  I could never even begin to guess how many times I drove NM Hwy 550, with Cuba as the halfway point.  Those were the days when you often saw bumper stickers reading "Pray for me. I drive NM 550" because of all the alcohol-related vehicular fatalities. But that didn't slow down my granny who every year got a brand new car with the biggest engine Ford made so that she could outrun the Navajo cops. My nephew is currently a Sandoval County deputy sheriff working out of Cuba and he says El Bruno's is their "unofficial break room."  So I'd love to go back through there for old time's sake, but I need to get on up to Portland, so I'm not going through Albuquerque and Cuba. Nope, after Silver City, I'm taking "The Devil's Highway" from Gallup up to Shiprock.  Not so bad now since they widened it.  I'll be eating as much green chile as I can all along my New Mexico route.  That's something so wonderful and something you can't really find anywhere else.

I'm going to try to blog the whole thing, but I'm pretty 'last millennium' and haven't yet figured out how to post pictures. 

Maybe I'll find some kid eating green chile at Earl's "Tuk Sop" in Gallup to lend me a hand.

8 hours ago, Chocolot said:

I'm guessing you want to eat at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Ut. Fantastic food and great scenery. hell's backbone grill 

Not really near Moab, but in the middle of nowhere southern Utah. Worth the visit!! 

Yep, I think that's the place I've heard about.  Supposedly an eccentric mercurial chef.  Remote location.  Irregular hours.  Totally worth it. 

Not sure I have time for the detour on my way out to the coast, but maybe on the return.

Thanks for taking the time to post that.  You've solved the mystery.

And, Darienne....pretty sure you mean Cuba, New Mex.  What a time warp for me.  Many of my relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. - were all up in the Four Corners/Aztec/Farmington/Shiprock area, and I spent most of my summers up there.  My favorite cousin was the town tramp in high school, and boy was she fun.  My other aunt (the snooty aunt that nobody liked) said that cousin was "incorrigible" which was meant as a warning but which I took as a very strong recommendation.  We'd sneak away from staid boring family activities and go gorge ourselves on fry bread and chocolate dip cones.  I could never even begin to guess how many times I drove NM Hwy 550, with Cuba as the halfway point.  Those were the days when you often saw bumper stickers reading "Pray for me. I drive NM 550" because of all the alcohol-related vehicular fatalities. But that didn't slow down my granny who every year got a brand new car with the biggest engine Ford made so that she could outrun the Navajo cops. My nephew is currently a Sandoval County deputy sheriff working out of Cuba and he says El Bruno's is their "unofficial break room."  So I'd love to go back through there for old time's sake, but I need to get on up to Portland, so I'm not going through Albuquerque and Cuba. Nope, after Silver City, I'm taking "The Devil's Highway" from Gallup up to Shiprock.  Not so bad now since they widened it.  I'll be eating as much green chile as I can all along my New Mexico route.  That's something so wonderful and something you can't really find anywhere else.

I'm going to try to blog the whole thing, but I'm pretty 'last millennium' and haven't yet figured out how to post pictures. 

Maybe I'll find some kid eating green chile at Earl's "Tuk Sop" in Gallup to lend me a hand.

8 hours ago, Chocolot said:

I'm guessing you want to eat at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Ut. Fantastic food and great scenery. hell's backbone grill 

Not really near Moab, but in the middle of nowhere southern Utah. Worth the visit!! 

Yep, I think that's the place I've heard about.  Supposedly an eccentric mercurial chef.  Remote location.  Irregular hours.  Totally worth it. 

Not sure I have time for the detour on my way out to the coast, but maybe on the return.

And, Darienne....pretty sure you mean Cuba, New Mex.  What a time warp for me.  Many of my relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. - were all up in the Four Corners/Aztec/Farmington/Shiprock area, and I spent most of my summers up there.  My favorite cousin was the town tramp in high school, and boy was she fun.  My other aunt (the snooty aunt that nobody liked) said that cousin was "incorrigible" which was meant as a warning but which I took as a very strong recommendation.  We'd sneak away from staid boring family activities and go gorge ourselves on fry bread and chocolate dip cones.  I could never even begin to guess how many times I drove NM Hwy 550, with Cuba as the halfway point.  Those were the days when you often saw bumper stickers reading "Pray for me. I drive NM 550" because of all the alcohol-related vehicular fatalities. But that didn't slow down my granny who every year got a brand new car with the biggest engine Ford made so that she could outrun the Navajo cops. My nephew is currently a Sandoval County deputy sheriff working out of Cuba and he says El Bruno's is their "unofficial break room."  So I'd love to go back through there for old time's sake, but I need to get on up to Portland, so I'm not going through Albuquerque and Cuba. Nope, after Silver City, I'm taking "The Devil's Highway" from Gallup up to Shiprock.  Not so bad now since they widened it.  I'll be eating as much green chile as I can all along my New Mexico route.  That's something so wonderful and something you can't really find anywhere else.

I'm going to try to blog the whole thing, but I'm pretty 'last millennium' and haven't yet figured out how to post pictures. 

Maybe I'll find some kid eating green chile at Earl's "Tuk Sop" in Gallup to lend me a hand.

8 hours ago, Chocolot said:

I'm guessing you want to eat at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Ut. Fantastic food and great scenery. hell's backbone grill 

Not really near Moab, but in the middle of nowhere southern Utah. Worth the visit!! 

Yep, I think that's the place I've heard about.  Supposedly an eccentric mercurial chef.  Remote location.  Irregular hours.  Totally worth it. 

Not sure I have time for the detour on my way out to the coast, but maybe on the return.

And, Darienne....pretty sure you mean Cuba, New Mex.  What a time warp for me.  Many of my relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. - were all up in the Four Corners/Aztec/Farmington/Shiprock area, and I spent most of my summers up there.  My favorite cousin was the town tramp in high school, and boy was she fun.  My other aunt (the snooty one that nobody liked) said she was "incorrigible" which was meant as a warning but which I took as a very strong recommendation.  We'd sneak away from staid boring family activities and go gorge ourselves on fry bread and chocolate dip cones.  I could never even begin to guess how many times I drove NM Hwy 550, with Cuba as the halfway point.  Those were the days when you often saw bumper stickers reading "Pray for me. I drive NM 550" because of all the alcohol-related vehicular fatalities. But that didn't slow down my granny who every year got a brand new car with the biggest engine Ford made so that she could outrun the Navajo cops. My nephew is currently a Sandoval County deputy sheriff working out of Cuba and he says El Bruno's is their "unofficial break room."  So I'd love to go back through there for old time's sake, but I need to get on up to Portland, so I'm not going through Albuquerque and Cuba. Nope, after Silver City, I'm taking "The Devil's Highway" from Gallup up to Shiprock.  Not so bad now since they widened it.  I'll be eating as much green chile as I can all along my New Mexico route.  That's something so wonderful and something you can't really find anywhere else.

I'm going to try to blog the whole thing, but I'm pretty 'last millennium' and haven't yet figured out how to post pictures. 

Maybe I'll find some kid eating green chile at Earl's "Tuk Sop" in Gallup to lend me a hand.

8 hours ago, Chocolot said:

I'm guessing you want to eat at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Ut. Fantastic food and great scenery. hell's backbone grill 

Not really near Moab, but in the middle of nowhere southern Utah. Worth the visit!! 

Yep, I think that's the place I've heard about.  Supposedly an eccentric mercurial chef.  Remote location.  Irregular hours.  Totally worth it. 

Not sure I have time for the detour on my way out to the coast, but maybe on the return.

And, Darienne....pretty sure you mean Cuba, New Mex.  What a time warp for me.  Many of my relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. - were all up in the Four Corners/Aztec/Farmington/Shiprock area, and I spent most of my summers up there.  My favorite cousin was the town tramp in high school, and boy was she fun.  My aunt said she was "incorrigible" which was meant as a warning but which I took as a very strong recommendation.  We'd sneak away from staid boring family activities and go gorge ourselves on fry bread and chocolate dip cones.  I could never even begin to guess how many times I drove NM Hwy 550, with Cuba as the halfway point.  Those were the days when you often saw bumper stickers reading "Pray for me. I drive NM 550" because of all the alcohol-related vehicular fatalities. But that didn't slow down my granny who every year got a brand new car with the biggest engine Ford made so that she could outrun the Navajo cops. My nephew is currently a Sandoval County deputy sheriff working out of Cuba and he says El Bruno's is their "unofficial break room."  So I'd love to go back through there for old time's sake, but I need to get on up to Portland, so I'm not going through Albuquerque and Cuba. Nope, after Silver City, I'm taking "The Devil's Highway" from Gallup up to Shiprock.  Not so bad now since they widened it.  I'll be eating as much green chile as I can all along my New Mexico route.  That's something so wonderful and something you can't really find anywhere else.

I'm going to try to blog the whole thing, but I'm pretty 'last millennium' and haven't yet figured out how to post pictures. 

Maybe I'll find some kid eating green chile at Earl's "Tuk Sop" in Gallup to lend me a hand.

8 hours ago, Chocolot said:

I'm guessing you want to eat at Hell's Backbone Grill in Boulder, Ut. Fantastic food and great scenery. hell's backbone grill 

Not really near Moab, but in the middle of nowhere southern Utah. Worth the visit!! 

Yep, I think that's the place I've heard about.  Supposedly an eccentric mercurial chef.  Remote location.  Irregular hours.  Totally worth it. 

Not sure I have time for the detour on my way out to the coast, but maybe on the return.

And, Darienne....pretty sure you mean Cuba, New Mex.  What a time warp for me.  Many of my relatives - grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc. - were all up in the Four Corners/Aztec/Farmington/Shiprock area, and I spent most of my summers up there.  My favorite cousin was the town tramp in high school, and boy was she fun.  My aunt said she was "incorrigible" which was meant as a warning but which I took as a very strong recommendation.  We'd sneak away from staid boring family activities and go gorge ourselves on fry bread and chocolate dip cones.  I could never even begin to guess how many times I drove NM Hwy 550, with Cuba as the halfway point.  Those were the days when you often saw bumper stickers reading "Pray for me. I drive NM 550" because of all the alcohol-related vehicular fatalities. But that didn't slow down my granny who every year got a brand new car with the biggest engine Ford made so that she could outrun the Navajo cops. My nephew is currently a Sandoval County deputy sheriff working out of Cuba and he says El Bruno's is their "unofficial break room."  So I'd love to go back through there for old time's sake, but I need to get on up to Portland, so I'm not going through Albuquerque and Cuba. Nope, after Silver City, I'm taking "The Devil's Highway" from Gallup up to Shiprock.  Not so bad now since they widened it.  I'll be eating as much green chile as I can all along my New Mexico route.  That's something so wonderful and something you can't really find anywhere else.

I'm going to try to blog the whole thing, but I'm pretty 'last millennium' and haven't yet figured out how to post pictures. 

Maybe I'll find some kid at Earl's Truck Stop in Gallup to lend me a hand.