When we take road trips, Earl and I have difficulty going from Point A (for instance, our home) to Point B (our destination) without wandering off the highway. I don’t mean we’re a traffic accident waiting to happen; I mean if we see something that piques our interest, we leave the Interstate and go off to see it. Today was no exception.
Cruising through Wisconsin, we spied a billboard near Edgerton that advertised “The World’s Largest Culver’s.” We looked at each other, and suddenly Earl got a craving for the frozen custard the fast food chain is famous for.
Since Culver’s — like most fast food restaurants –has a similar floor plan regardless of whether you’re ordering in Biloxi, Mississippi, or Brisbane, Australia, we wondered how big this one was. The Culver’s back home isn’t that overwhelming.
We knew what we had to do. When the correct exit came up, we signaled our intentions and left the highway. Less than half a mile down the road was the Culver’s in question. It looked large, but not humongous. What did look humongous was the parking lot; and almost every space was taken! That WAS impressive.
We got into the drive-through lane and debated what to order. An invisible voice said, “Welcome to the World’s largest Culver’s.” We looked at each other. There’s something to be said for local pride.
In the end, we got the world’s smallest cup of frozen custard to share.
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