Bucketheads, Honker Hill & Buckwater

The weather was too crappy to golf yesterday so we took a little road trip to Stonefort to try out Bucketheads.  Never heard of Stonefort?  Neither has Siri.  When I somehow missed a turn in Crab Orchard, the town not the lake, we ended back on Route 13.  When the Glue asked Siri for directions to Stonefort she got various options including a place in Tanzania.  We finally got directions and took a variety of backroads before coming out a few miles away from Stonefort.  There's not much in Stonefort so it was easy to find.
They don't serve alcohol at Bucketheads which had been the main reason we hadn't been there a couple years ago.  We did find out that they will allow you to bring your own in as long as you "don't act like an asshole".
They have several interesting things on their menu from cajun, bbq and catfish.  I was going to order the catfish but decided to split an order of fried alligator tails, a pulled pork sandwich and gumbo since they weren't serving etouffee yesterday.  Since we were sharing they were kind enough to put the gumbo in separate bowls and cut the sandwich in half.  When the gumbo came out I had serious reservations about it because it didn't look like any gumbo I'd ever had.  When I dug in it wasn't the best gumbo I've ever had but it was good.  We both had a few alligator tails that were chewy but overall they were good too.  The surprising thing was how good the BBQ was and also the house made BBQ sauce.  l think they'd smoked the pork and then put it on a flat top to crisp it up.
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Once again I missed a turn coming back in Goreville but this time Google Maps got us back on track.  Who would have known that it was Main St. in Goreville but Goreville Rd. just outside of town.
We stopped in Honker Hill for the first time, mainly because both of us had to pee.  I was surprised there were quite a few people there and by the time we left it was crowded.  We both ordered a wine slushy that was real tasty but got pretty sweet by the time we'd finished.  They had music starting at three and a bagel guy set up outside. 
I missed a final turn on the way home and ended up on Spillway Rd. instead of Grassy Rd.  I really didn't want to go through carbondale but we turned it to our advantage by stopping in Buckwater Brew Works.  They really didn't have much we liked on tap but we got a Kona ale which wasn't real great but when we sat down we saw there were more taps that we couldn't see.  We both ordered a Fat Tire and the bartender offered not to charge us but it was our fault and settled up for half price.  Buckwater is a really nice place on the inside and I'm really looking forward to when they brew their own beer.