Lacy's Kountry Store

We all have them: those favorite places we can't pass without stopping. As I've mentioned before, Chick-Fil-A's Icedream cones can pull Jimmy in like a magnet, and, as do many other people, we schedule trips to and from Highlands around lunches at Henry's restaurant in Clayton, Georgia. Henry's has the crispiest fried chicken around, and if you hit them just right on a summer Sunday, ice cream made with fresh peaches, served straight out of the churn.

We've stopped at Lacy's in Moniac, Georgia, three times in the last week: on our way to Amelia last Saturday, on our way home Monday, and again this afternoon as we headed back to the beach. (We figure we can enjoy a rainy weekend over here just as well as we can at home.)

It's in the middle of nowhere and you pass it if you blink, but there's usually a fleet of old pickup trucks out front, which bodes well.

The pretty little clerk greets everyone who walks in with a cheerful, "He-ey!" and leaves her post at the cash register to go to the back of the store to make your order. We always get the same thing: turkey sandwiches made with white bread so fresh it sticks to the roof of your mouth, and sour cream potato chips, and we split a Turtle chocolate-pecan bar. Heavenly.