Imagine my surprise when I saw the billboard going east on Route 176 just before Route 31.
It reminded me of the real thing.
No “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” however.
I’d recommend eating at the restaurant that’s part of The Cowboy General Store.
And if you would like to see the Cook County County Fair ribbons I have periodically run in connection to Cook County atrocities, you can see them at the photo place across the road from the restaurant.
A sign on the wall of the trailer indicated no photos were allowed inside.
When I asked permission to take photos of the blue ribbons that the photographer had won at the Crook County Fair, I received it.
When I was asked why, I told them I wrote about Chicago and Cook County.
“I thought Chicago was in Crook County,” she replied.