On our recent trip to Zion National Park, we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere on the other side of the park at the Junction, in a place called Mt. Carmel, Utah.  Windy and I found this little eatery we will not soon forget. We found The Thunderbird.  Right up front, the food was GREAT and the service was amazing.  And this place has a wonderful story to tell.

It's been there since 1931. Back then it was all alone out there, and today it still kind of is. It was started by Fern Morrison and her husand Jack.  The star of this place though is the amazing neon retro-sign.  You'll notice it says home to the "Ho-Made Pies."  Now for about 80 years, no one thought much of it, but today, well....OK.  But The Thunderbird has a story to tell and they are proud of it.  When the sign was made 70 some years ago, the makers of it told Fern there were too many letters to fit on the custom sign.  So SHE said abbreviate "home" to "ho."  So they did, and the rest is history.  And by the way, the pie is incredible!!!

Fern and Jack died many years ago but The Thunderbird lives on, and I'm glad. Today is it run by her family and is thriving. Fern kept it running all those years, and I hope it runs forever.

Great people, great fun, great food.  The Thunderbird.  A real slice of Americana.  There's propbably a "Thunderbird" you know of, always fun places to eat.