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Show Amdl lit (Be . Park Record Thursday, January 22, 1987 Page A13 by Tom Clyde On the road again. , . I think it was Napolean who said that an army moves on its stomach. The same is true of the traveler crossing Utah by car. Gas for the car is always easy to find, but food for the driver, that does not also gas up the car, is a different proposition. Over the weekend, I joined some of the world's best people at what maybe Utah's only destination crosscountry cross-country ski resort in Duck Creek. It's a trip worth taking, tak-ing, but the only way to get there is by car. I like to take car trips because I hate to have a real schedule or itinerary. With a plane, you pretty much have to go where the airline wants to take you, unless there are Libyans on board. With a car, you can take back roads, or go see the historic sights or points of interest. in-terest. Try getting to the Chief Kanosh Pageant in Paragonah by com mon carrier. The auto tourist has to eat, though, and through most of Utah's best scenery, a good meal is a tricky proposition. proposi-tion. A friend I frequently travel with likes his meals predictable. When he is driving, we end up at McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken, or one of the other franchise places. When I drive, we take our chances. I eat a lot of the fast food fare but for some reason, when I'm on the road, I won't eat at the franchise fran-chise places. I like to sample the local fare, and live on the wild side. Over the years of trips to southern Utah and back, we have hit on some real surprises. There is "World Famous" Mom's Cafe in Salina, where Mom herself is in the kitchen directing the action, and for less than five bucks, you can get Sunday dinner any day of the week. Mom's is the kind of food that the yuppies have discovered in California. It's American food, or just plain home cooking. In Los Angeles, you would pay dearly dear-ly for a meal like Mom's serves as the blue plate special for about four and a quarter. And, if you try to order a meal that is nutritionally deficient, Mom's will correct the error of your ways by throwing in a green salad. Those moms are all alike. Going the other direction, to Moab and Canyonlands, there is Cooks' Velvet Freeze in Price. It's right on the main drag, and since they completed the bypass road, you have to get off the highway and venture into town to get there. Cook's is a piece of the set from American Graffiti. On a hot summer night, making the mad dash back from Arches, there is nothing as fun as sitting at the picnic tables, with every kid in Price's name carved into it, and watching the action of Main Street. It's hot stuff. I recommend their chicken sandwich. In Moab, there are a couple of great dinner spots the Grand Old Ranch House and the Sundowner but both are a little pretentious. For real, down home cooking, try Milt's Stop and Eat for breakfast. Be prepared to wait, since there are only six stools at the counter. Shy people should steer clear of Milt's too, since sitting at that counter means you are ready to discuss politics, romance, environmental issues, and great trails in the Canyon Country. French Toast with bacon is under $2. The situation is not as good working southwest along Interstate 15. This time, on the way to Cedar City, we tried two new places, without much success. Part of the risk of eating at the local greasy spoons is that sometimes they are too greasy for words. On the way down, we tried the Korner Drive Inn in Fillmore. The woman running it was there alone, except for at least four crying children under six. She was being stretched to the limit to fix a couple of burgers and at the same time, keep the little ones from climbing into the french fry cooker. It didn't make the grade. I have an architect friend who would have loved it, but then he is fascinated by what he calls creative rehabilitation of former filling stations. This used to be a Sinclair station, and I was never really comfortable eating there for fear the hoist would lift the dining room at any second. On the way home, we tried another local favorite. There are not many choices at ten o'clock Sunday night, so we hit Vard's Drive In in Nephi. This one is a few miles off the freeway, but it seemed to have a few local cars around it, so it was worth a try. The Vard Burger is OK, but nothing to write home about. Good food on 1-15 is just hard to find, but I'll keep looking. For taking care of the other needs, the choice is clear. Whenever possible, we make the restroom breaks at some Mormon historical site". They always have restrooms clean enough for the angels, and compared to the typical gas station, having to go through the tour of Brother Whatshisname's mission is a small price to pay for that kind of comfort in a comfort station. If only they served dinner, too. Snmnmmmitt t Sunmmmmlit Forest plan deemed flawed MsoaMeGmte Jackson Hole-After Hole-After studying the 1, 800-page draft plan for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, an alliance of groups concerned with the plan have characterized it as "severely flawed." In particular, the Jackson Hole Alliance for Responsible Responsi-ble Planning criticized timber harvesting and oil and gas leasing policies in the plant a-publie meeting dan. 12 in Jackson. Alliance member Russell Bickler concluded conclud-ed that, although allowable timber harvests seemed to be an improvement over past logging levels, 200 million board feet would be cut in the first 10 years. In addition, 10 percent of the timber harvest would be "unscheduled," "unschedul-ed," which means it could be cut in areas the alliance members consider "unsuitable." The reviewers also found timber sales in the next decade would mean 162 miles of new access roads would be built. This would open up 30,000 acres of existing roadless areas. The group's criticisms followed on the heels of comments com-ments made by Bridger-Teton Forest Supervisor Brian Stout the week before, that the Washington office of the U.S. Forest Service wants timber harvests raised nationwide. na-tionwide. Environmentalists in Jackson speculated the Washington office was reacting to plans like that for Bridger-Teton, which were responsive to local wishes. "That may be shocking the chief and the people in his office in Washington, but they're getting a message from the grass roots, and it sounds like they're trying to buck that message," said Len Carlman, public lands planner for the alliance. Comments on the 12th also centered on oil and gas leasing provisions in the plan. Alliance member Phil Hocker of the Jackson Sierra Club, said the plan did not analyze "the consequences of full-field development" of 011 and gas resources. Again, the comments followed those made previously by Stout, this time regarding the rights of developers to drill if a lease was granted. Stout had indicated earlier that oil and gas activity on national forest lands could be controlled even after the land was leased if it appeared environmental damage would be too great. However, that position changed in a letter written by Stout to Len Carlman, where the conditions of denial were laid out. "With- holding approval... must be consistent consis-tent with the rights granted under the lease," Stout wrote. Calling the letter "slippery and evasive," Hocker said, "they're obviously not planning to regulate this industry with any vigor at all." '; Both Hocker and Carlman stressed that Stout's comments com-ments reaffirmed the importance of commenting on the plan, rather than individual lease, stage. The alliance did find one note of hope in the plan, however. One of the alternatives, No. 9, would protect large roadless areas and preclude large-scale development develop-ment of timber or oil and gas around Jackson Hole. The alliance board asked its members to support the alternative. Last month, 11 businesses competed for a single retail liquor license available in Jackson. Both legislators indicated the bill had slim chances for survival. But, said Turner, "it's worth stirring the pot and raising the issue." Turner said he expects strong opposition op-position from Wyoming's liquor lobby. The restaurant owners are optimistic, though, and are working to get letters and petitions signed and to the legislature. "We're hopeful a beer and wine allowance will be made," said restaurant owner Jaquie Doty. "Jackson really needs it." JVOUIWfl CXPBC55 Magic Secession BlaineCamas Counties Residents on the west side of Magic Reservoir want to secede. Right now, their area is sliced up between Blaine and Camas counties. Although they pay taxes to both, neither provides consistent services in return, said Don Fames, spokesman for the secession effort. "We're down here, but nobody wants us," he said. "They want our taxes, but nobody wants us." Fames hopes that if the more than 100 residents in the area choose a single county, they will get more attention and can help themselves. The group has set its sites on Camas County, because of its lower tax rate. In particular, the group is hoping road maintenance, and police and fire protection will improve. The plan is to move the boundary over so it divides the reservoir in half. Both Blaine and Camas counties must agree to the secession, and final approval has to come from the state legislature. THE X&L TRAIL Jackson Hole News Liquor bill on tap Jackson Hole- Teton County legislators pre-filed a bill in the Wyoming Wyom-ing House Jan. 7 which would shift control of beer and wine liquor licenses from the state into the hands of local governments. Currently, the state issues retail and restaurant licenses based on population. This recently raised the ire of several Jackson Hole businesses which claim the policy hurts resort areas where non-residents create additional ad-ditional demand. State Sen. John Turner and Rep. H.L Jensen are sympathetic. sym-pathetic. "We're stuck with population formulas and yet we service ser-vice the same number of people as Casper and Cheyenne during the summer months, said Turner. "We're designing design-ing this bill because a number of restaurant owners made a point of coming and asking us." Will lodges buy golf? Vail- The city of Vail is asking Vail lodging interests to help in purchasing the Singletree Golf Club. Town manager Ron Phillips said he and other town officials of-ficials had met "off and on" with lodging businessmen, but that nothing had yet been settled. The town would like "to get some commitments from the lodges," he said. The proposal to buy Singletree for over $3 million has met with criticism from Vail residents. The purchase would have been financed solely from a real estate transfer tax created to buy open space. Public opposition opposi-tion to the plan has centered on worries that the buy would drain the fund, and that it was never created to buy golf courses. Said Bruce Gillie, a member of the Vail lodging committee com-mittee and general manager of the Tivoli Lodge, "the only way to diffuse criticism coming from a small portion por-tion of the citizenry of Vail about depletion of the real estate transfer tax and use of the town's open space money is basically for the lodges to make a contribution." contribu-tion." The plan being discussed now is for half the available rounds of golf at Singletree to be made available as group safes through the lodges. The other half will be given to Vail golf pass holders and the general public. Vail decided late last year to spend $5,000 on exel isive buying rights for Singletree. The town council must decide whether to close on that option by Feb. 15. QWE IT A WHWLi Spin your way into the new year at the Skate Center! Bring your own skates or rent ours, then spin, glide and twirl to your heart's content. Admission is just $3.50 for adults and $2 for kids for a two-hour two-hour session! Add one dollar for skate rental. (We'll sharpen your skates for $5.) The outdoor rink is open from 10 a.m.-10 p.m., with sessions beginning at 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., and 8 p.m. (The hours are staggered so we can clean the ice for you!) Lessons are available Tuesday and Wednesday from 2-8 p.m., and Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Group lessons are $6 per half hour. Private lessons are $10 per half hour. Call for an appointment today at 649-0800! :rxc 1 mm At the base of the Park City Ski Area. For more information, call 649-0800. Thanks Park Record ' . ' . ' i ' , ' t . The response I've received from the public since putting my ads in the Park Record have been great. Everyone must read the Record - most of my customers have mentioned it when they've come in my store. Thanks Again, SELL PARK CITY WITH ill Park ffltecmrcfl The Park Record reaches more than 10,000 readers - both residents and visitors to Park City every week. Column inch rates from $3.64 to $5.39. For specific rate and demographic information, call Pamela Hainsworth at (801) 649-9014. |
