Johnny Appleseed

We were met by an old friend, Debbie Mohler, and her fiancee, Ken, at the Harrisonburg KOA. Debbie was a postdoctoral fellow when I was a graduate student at Stanford and sat at the desk next to me in our research lab during the few years that we overlapped. Debbie is now a member of the chemistry faculty at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Like Williams, JMU is a primarily undergraduate institution with a liberal arts focus, but it is part of the Virginia public education system and has about nine times as many students as Williams. Debbie took us to dinner at a cheesy (but totally fun) restaurant called Johnny Appleseed where we got some good ole fashioned southern cooking. It's kind of like a Cracker Barrel, but thrown back to the 1950s or something. It suited us perfectly—just a little goofy. The bite-sized apple fritters were a treat, but be careful: wherever they go, they leave a trail of powdered sugar "fritter dust."  We had a fun time recounting some old stories. Plus, Debbie made me tell Ken the tale of Mr. Meanie...

Heeeeeere's Johnny

Ken, Debbie, and Tom—with A & K doing "the sprinkler"

Addendum:
I forgot to mention the best part of dinner. I asked the waitress what beers they had available.
She replied, "We have all of the beers" and proceeded to list them:

Bud

Bud Light

Miller

Miller Light

Coors

and Coors Light

So there you go.