Hi Keith, Glad to see you. I'm so glad to see that Rose of Sharon grow and look so good. It looks like the Pink Chiffon double blooming variety.
Mine did great in early summer but the drought stopped almost all blooming, we were without rain most of May and none in June, July or August. I've been concerned about forest fires but we have been sparred. Things are beginning to bloom again. We started getting a shower here and there since September began and actually had a 5 minute downpour about 2 hours ago. I'll take it.
According to the In&Out website and especially those hoping to see one near them, the In-N-Out Burger limits restaurant locations to be within 300 miles of a meat processing facility to maintain quality standards, as they do not freeze their meat. The company is expanding into Tennessee and will eventually build a distribution center there, but in the interim, new locations will be served from their Lancaster, Texas facility. This 300-mile radius from a processing center is the primary constraint on their expansion and they are firm on that. The new processing plant in Tennessee is about 30 miles SW of Nashville and that wont reach the Chicagoland area. Hope for a processing center in Kentucky or Missouri and its possible one day.
Jack-in-the-Box and Whataburger closed down in Tennessee years ago but now they both are back and doing great I hear. Id like to try the Whataburger fish. The nearest one to me is 90 miles down where AJ lives. They had one 20 miles away decades ago so they might return here.
Now that I've made you hungry, find you some Kotlet Schabowy & Gołąbki, I crave that stuff Thanks friend