Another Cracker Barrel?
June 17, 2007 – 5:29 pmDuring a recent 3 day all out high speed burn from Michigan to California we passed the time counting Cracker Barrel restaurants along the highways. We ended up with 16 between Ann Arbor, MI and St. George, UT. Our less than scientific analysis concluded that Cracker Barrels are very evenly distributed about every 50 to 100 miles in the Midwest, except in the state of Wyoming where there is very little of anything.
Our list:
Jackson, MI
Battle Creek, MI
Kalamazoo, MI
St. Joseph, MI
Gary, IN
Calumet City, IL
Joliet, IL
Ottawa, IL
Davenport, IA
Des Moines, IA
Council Bluffs, IA
Omaha, NE
Lincoln, NE
(Dry spell)
Provo, UT
Cedar City, UT
St. George, UT
After browsing around the official Cracker Barrel site I found this trip planner. Forget about AAA, Google Maps, etc.
Related news article from The Onion that got me started on all this today:
It’s only funny because it is true.
On the next trip in August I think we are going to count Starbucks, fireworks stands, and also investigate the puzzling close proximity of adult video stores to churches. Or is it the other way around? Only in the Midwest…
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