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Woodlon Diner
24335 N. Highway 99
Acampo, CA
I’ve probably travelled the
stretch of Highway 99 between Sacramento and Stockton a jillion times. Each time, the Woodlon Diner seemed to beckon
“Stop and eat here. Wait! Where are you going…?” as I sped by. But when I was tasked to choose a casual
breakfast spot for a gathering of my screwball friends, I knew this was the
perfect place.
Woodlon diner is a cool little truck stop in Acampo. Minutes away is a skydiving facility where
mere mortals voluntarily throw themselves out of airplanes; the only risk I was
willing to take on this particular morning was to eat an enormous breakfast,
knowing full well I had lunch plans with family a few hours later.
A no-frills atmosphere can be found here, and the only drawback for the
other patrons was the lack of upholstery to help absorb my group's boisterous
laughter this morning. They seemed not
to care, reading newspapers while sipping on coffee and stabbing piles of
scrambled eggs with their forks. Our
cheery waitress took our orders (and apologies for our behavior) before
scurrying off to the kitchen.
Chewing shuts us up quickly, and I have the feeling the kitchen was
highly motivated to serve us as fast as possible. Huge platters arrived, and my go-to breakfast
of Chicken Fried Steak came on TWO platters, earning me ridicule from each
knucklehead in my booth.
Then, silence. Forks scraped
plates as I sawed into my crispy steak smothered in country gravy and half a
shaker of pepper. Protein is good for
you, right? I wasted not a morsel as I
methodically moved from steak to perfectly runny sunny side up eggs to toast
(the dessert portion of breakfast).
At least two out of four of us soon sat back with our eyes rolled to the
back of our head. Stomachs? Extended to
capacity. Lunch? Definitely not an option. Dinner? Well, a girl has to keep up her strength…
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