He’s big, he’s bad, he’s … oh wait, he’s a myth. It says so inside the restaurant. There’s no such thing as a mad Greek, according to signs, which also bust other “Greek myths” and list dozens of influential Greeks. There’s some serious Greek pride here, and I don’t mean the fraternity type.

Right along I-15 in the desert town of Baker CA, you’ll find The Mad Greek, home of the “best gyros”. This place combines the indoor atmosphere of the Madonna Inn with the food of a Tarpon Springs (FL) restaurant. Kind of fun, and they make a “fresh strawberry” milkshake that is justifiably boasted about on billboards up and down I-15. We made it our lunch stop on the way to the Las Vegas area.

After a beautiful drive through the wide open country, we are now parked in the driveway of our friends Brian and Leigh, who were famous in the Airstream community for their full-time blog called 63flyingcloud.com. (The blog has since been continued by the new owners of that Airstream.) Being former Airstream travelers, our hosts know exactly what we like, and so we have water, electricity, wi-fi, access to the house, and an offer of dinner tomorrow night. We’ll spend two nights and figure out what we should be doing next.