The Dam Store

Five miles northwest of Hickson is a town called Running River (pop. 679). Running River has a small hydroelectric dam you can walk along the top of and ponder what it’d feel like to jump into all that rushing water below. Right beside the dam is the Dam Store, which is a combination bait shop and burger joint. The restaurant section consists of five vinyl booths and five cracked vinyl stools running along a greasy soda shop counter. For some reason, the Dam Store makes the best fucking cheeseburgers and apple pie on the planet.

It’s worth the drive, if you don’t mind the smell of night crawlers and leeches that drifts in from the back room.