Blessed Are The Intrepid, Day 16:
On the Road

On my first official day heading north, I had a fantastic breakfast in the Hourglass District of Orlando, Florida. You know places like this: bright murals, great fonts, food halls with social spaces… vegan options. Apparently Hourglass is an “it” place. So in one spot I can get my coconut milk latte from Foxtail Coffee Co., a vegan treat from Valhalla Bakery, and a scrumptious breakfast from Leguminati.

Clever name

My Breakfast Nachos were a wonderful energizer on my trip home: Blue corn chips topped with tofu scramble, house made nacho cheese sauce, veggies, sour cream and rice paper bacon.

Now you can eat your tofu scramble with your hands! Some amazing food things happening here at Leguminati.

The running joke was that, oddly, we couldn’t find FLA citrus anywhere. So now that I am on my way north on the 95 there are tourist citrus available for big bucks.

Here are concrete oranges. So juicy.

I know this isn’t shelling, but shells are too cheap to pass up in some tourist shops in Florida. And I need some larger central pieces. If you see me put a shell on my chest in a store, please know it’s for sizing for craft purposes… and not some deviant act.

Hours later, my home for the evening–Savannah, Georgia. Since I was passing through this gorgeous city I thought I’d check off an old cemetery that is on my list in advance of the official cemetery season, the Spanish moss draped Bonaventure Cemetery.

These trees and and old graves are a eerie combination. That is why there were so many of us in there taking pictures right up to the time they closed the cemetery gate.

Angels I have missed

I didn’t get to see everything given time restrictions… so I may just return in the early morning tomorrow. Maybe.

Worth it for the trees alone

The haunting face of Corrine Elliot Lawton. A fairly commonplace story unfortunately. Wealthy girl falls in love with someone “beneath” her in the eyes of her parents and is forced to marry someone her parents approve of tragically kills herself.

And a proper dinner before resting up for another long haul north. Fox & Fig is an all-vegan cafe with lots of drool-worthy options in the prettiest part of Savannah, the historic Troup Square.

First, Not Your Father’s Root Beer, an adult beverage.

The Fried Southern Seitan and Sweet Potato Waffle: a sweet potato and corn meal waffle, fried Nashville hot seitan, sorghum-sriracha syrup, and scallion. A hearty well done dish that was worth hours of driving. I cherish vegan eateries like this–creative and thoughtful options with high standards.

I really enjoyed the soft, delicate waffle but needed a bit more sweet to balance the savory heat from both the seitan, which was thick and dense like a Field Roast sausage, and the sorghum-sriracha syrup. Like just a bit higher ratio of syrup to sriracha.

I got a croissant to go for breakfast tomorrow, but looking at their menu, maybe I’d return to Fox & Fig in the morning too! They have so many yummy sounding options.

That’s a wrap on day 1 on the way back. Now, what should I do tomorrow??