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We loaded up with an assortment


of delectable tarts and continued on to Mountain on County Road 1, but the Mountain Station Pizza Shop was closed, so we ambled toward South Mountain. The truck followed the South


Nation River on Cty. Rd. 3 to Inkerman, then on to Berwick, located on the mighty Payne River. We followed Cty Rd. 9 into the Warwick Forest and onto Cty. Road 15. Motoring over a rise among those


rolling hills, we saw a church spire like a giant exclamation mark indicating the community of Moose Creek. Now with a handle like Moose


Creek, ya know you’re gonna find something special. So we checked out the town and found nothing open. We did see a hospitable looking hotel (Red Door Lounge) for those hot summer road tours, and a church converted into a restaurant. Since couldn’t locate a breakfast venue and the roads were excellent, we rambled on again. We found Cty. Rd.22 to Maxville, the home of the highland games, then


onto Cty. Rd. 20 to St Elmo, with a church on a hill, and finally the 417. And still we had not discovered that elusive treasure, a good breakfast stop. Crossing the 417, we bumped


into St. Isidore, which encompasses the Grille De Ville Restaurant and Pizzeria, a home for wayward backroaders. In we went for some great service and a good breakfast. The Sports Car Factory was mind


blowing; the roads were awesome; the tunes were fantastic (see Billy Macpherson’s Music Review column this issue for the tunes we played) and the countryside stretched out to the horizon. But we knew we had missed


something. So back down the road we went,


throwing caution to the wind along with that age-old maxim of touring protocol known as “Ya never go down the same road twice”. We meandered back to the main


drag of Moose Creek, only this time we stopped at the church-turned-restaurant, (a.k.a. Knox Fine Dining). We found


it open (Sunday brunch starts at noon) and met our host, Paul Mayer. Now it seems Paul needed a place


to live back in the day, and decided to buy a church in Moose Creek. He left his day job as a forester, started up a freshly-made pasta stand, and met a minister’s daughter. He just kept this churchy thing


going until now he is serving heavenly food in a small village that the rest of us have to search for. Wait until you see what Paul did to the place, although all I could focus on was the smell of great food cooking. “It’s all about the love,” he said. I guess that was what they had in


mind when they originally built the place back in 1928. Now we were happy. We had


discovered something special (The Sports Car Factory and Knox Fine Dining), rediscovered a tart oasis, found a trail of smooth roads (for our biker set), and uncovered a great tour for our back roaders. And I can now go to a church with


my wife. Bonus!


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