Who likes malts?

We continue with our travels of this past June. To recap: we had sent e-mails of these travels and now that we have started this blog, we are posting them again here so they will be archived. Following is the original e-mail and photos plus one or two more.


Dear Family and Friends,

When we were in downtown Kenmare, we noticed a sign on the drugstore that said, "Soda Fountain". Right away in our minds we envisioned the sight of an "old fashioned" soda fountain. But it's only 10 o'clock in the morning. Why would we want to go to a soda fountain at that time of the day? We looked at each other and said, "this just might turn into another one of those adventures for us". So in we went to investigate. Sure enough, it was a turn-of-the-century soda fountain in all its original glory. And I'm not talking about the turn of THIS LAST century either. It was in use up until the late 50s or early 60s when it was dismantled and stored in the basement of the drugstore. Then in the late 80s or early 90s it was brought back up during a remodel and is back in full use again. We just love to see something this spectacular being brought back to life again. And being used again. Especially for malts.

Now who likes malted milks? Who likes malted milks at 10am? Who likes REAL malted milks? I have been known to be a real malted milk connoisseur for most of my life. I know very few people who like malts like I do. There is one person I remember giving a taste of my malt to when he was two or three years old. This little boy grabbed onto my malt and I couldn't get the straw out of his mouth. This little boy turned into a malt aficionado too.......... But I digress. Since I could see that they use the REAL malt powder, not the liquid or an imitation, we ordered one to share. Yep, we'll be back ! ! !

Stay tuned, there's more,

Love, Keith and Karen