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Ding, ding and ding! The donation bell has rung, not once, but twice today!

My friend Tricia, sent in a generous donation of twenty dollars! Tricia’s an author, who’s pen name is P.A. Nimmo. You can check out her three books she’s written by clicking on these links: Running Blind In Traffic, Diary of a Mad White Woman and Tails of the Cat and the Bookstore.

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Okay, on with today’s post!

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It’s time for our weekly road trip with my friend, Jim A.K.A. Vern Damico. However, he requested that we change his nickname to Karl.

He said that once we got in his vehicle, all would be explained. So I guess the next shot will be from Jim’s vehicle. Keep on scrolling to find out what’s going on here!

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Bar Number 132: The Brown Jug, Thursday, May 28, 2026

Jim told that back in his working days, he was once eating some French fries at lunch and some of his co-workers remarked he reminded them of Karl, from the movie Sling Blade! He put this photo on his dashboard and I have to admit, there is a striking and somewhat scary familiarity there!

Let’s check it out in real life…

Wow, that is a little scary!

Let’s just keep moving down the road and I’ll try and get this image out of my mind!

Okay, There’s a Budweiser signpost ahead as we enter Trivoli, Illinois. At first we weren’t sure if this was our destination, which is The Brown Jug, but we looked closely at that fence and discovered it was.

It’s tough to see in this photo, but trust me, this is The Brown Jug!

There’s Jim…I mean Vern…whoops, now he’s Karl, leading us inside!

There’s the bar in here and as you can see, Jim/Karl has already found a seat. Let’s go join him and let our evening at The Brown Jug begin!

Taylor was the friendly and pretty bartender on duty and here she is serving me up an ice-cold can of Budweiser! We’re off to a great start in here tonight!

There’s a couple more shots of the bar and the canned beers available in here. I like the Budweiser man on the top shelf and he does a little trick, but you have to stop in and let Taylor show you!

There’s communal tables lined up opposite the bar.

They have gaming machines over in this corner, there’s also a dart board with another game next to it and a pool table is over in this corner of the bar. Lots of activities in here!

There’s a nice beer garden outside behind the bar.

Meanwhile, back at the bar…

I noticed there was a wooden gun hanging on the wall…

Well, that prompted Brown Jug Brad, to grab the gun and march down to the end of the bar in quite a ceremonious fashion!

Taylor loaded the gun up with shots and…

Baboom, the shots were fired!

From left: Yours Fooly, Nick, Brown Jug Brad and Andy! Cheers!

There’s some of the specials offered at The Brown Jug and Jim/Karl got a cheeseburger and staying true to his new Karl nickname, he got some French Fried Potaters with them as well!