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The Saucy Chronicles
Here are accounts of our travels, barbecue restaurant reviews, tall tales, humor, helpful advice, and pearls of wisdom––you get the idea––a grab bag of assorted crap. Return often for fresh nibbles that’ll entertain and enlighten you. But we recommend you do the smart thing and subscribe to our free delivery service below. We’ll deliver new content piping hot to your email box.
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Trailheads Head Down To High Falls, Learn A Nod Is As Good As A Wink To A Blind Pig.
It's July in April here in Atlanta. The temperatures hovered in the mid-eighties, so Trail Master Guy led the team to the water. A river....
Roy Trimble. Sauced by Patrick Scullin
Apr 7, 2023
Trailheads Find Elephants And Giraffes, Go To Bullpen On MLB Opening Day.
This week, Trail Master Guy threw a change-up on the opening day for Major League Baseball by selecting a "sneaker hike" for the four...
Trailheads Trek Into The Past, Dine at DAS BBQ With Sauce Udder (wait for it–you'll see).
Gather 'round history nerds; we're about to blast into the past. Lace up your hiking boots and walk into a pre-Atlanta world where Native...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Mar 25, 2023
Trailheads Survive Trail Master's Absence, Pig Out At Moe's Original BBQ.
Trail Master Guy took a powder this week. He skedaddled to San Francisco for what he said was his dear old uncle's birthday party....
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Mar 18, 2023
Half The Trailheads Do A Full Hike And Join James Beard For Lunch At Heirloom.
Trailheads clear our schedules (such as they are) for Thursdays, our time for trudging on dirt and pretending we're rugged outdoorsmen....
Patrick Scullin & Roy Trimble
Mar 10, 2023
Trailheads Riverwalk without Riverdancing, Then Pig-out At Mr. Pig's Smokehouse
Five Trailheads rallied (Guy, Steve, Roy, George, and Patrick) and yelled, "Take me to the river" in this week's thrilling adventure....
Patrick Scullin
Feb 25, 2023
Elvis And Fio Make A Friend, And Trailheads Stop Putting On La-Di-Da Airs
Trailheads made like Thin Lizzy and announced to the hiking world, "The boys are back in town." Well, not exactly "in town," but close to...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Feb 18, 2023
Trailheads Have Been Working On The Railroad, And Make Tracks To Jim N’ Nicks Bar-B-Q
Mother Nature spent the previous evening dumping water. The greedy ground absorbed it like a thirsty sponge, and the trees used the...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Dec 17, 2022
Trailheads Frighten Bambi, Ponder Big Questions, And Break Laws
It was a freakish weather day in Atlanta, where our temps were warmer than in Los Angeles, and four determined Trailheads (Steve, Roy,...
A Hike With False Starts, Curious Forest Children, And An Amazing Barbecue Discovery.
On the first day of December 2022, on a cold morning with air as crisp as a fresh Lay's Potato Chip, all six Trailheads and two-tailed...
Patrick Replaces Ye For Adidas, Trailheads Hike Hills, Then Hit Slopes
The author of this review had some cognitive issues Thursday morning. Some would say that's true every morning--cruel, but fair. The...
Trailheads Blaze New Trails, Meet A German Olympian, And Go To A Pig Museum
Elvis may be looking for a divorce attorney. Once again, the poor pup could not hike with the Trailheads because his pal Brad was...
Trailheads Become Rock Stars in Lithonia, Celebrate in Decatur.
Our ragtag group is sometimes impossible to assemble––what with people getting sick, traveling, or doing insane things like working or...
Trailheads Strike Gold Again, Then Spring to Sandy Springs For Barbecue.
Oh, the tattered tales Trailheads tell. We had two hikers down (George and Steve) due to weak "conflicts" –– housesitting while a...
Trailheads Trek Around Confederate Monument, Then Attack Tucker For Smoked Meats
Once again, we did not have a full team of Trailheads. This time Steve and Brad were on the DL, leaving George, Guy, Roy, and Patrick to...
Trailheads Trek Sherman's Path of Destruction, Then Retreat to Smyrna For Hugs.
On an oppressive, muggy August day, three Trailheads (George, Guy, and Patrick) and a special guest, George's son-in-law, Alex (visiting...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Aug 11, 2022
Trailheads Look For Nudists, Scale Endless Hills, Eat Korean Barbecue.
On a glorious and cool-by-Atlanta-standards morning in early August, Guy, Steve, Roy, and Patrick gathered in the West Palisades Trail...
Trailheads Brave Heat, And Celebrate Being Condiment Change Agents.
Two Trailheads were out this week. George is hosting his visiting daughter, son-in-law, and adorable granddaughter, Bella. Steve was...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Jul 28, 2022
Trailheads Break The Law, Smell Sewage, And Enjoy Banana Pudding.
On the 53rd anniversary of Neil Armstrong's alleged first steps on the Moon (a hoax filmed on a movie set in London by Stanley Kubrick),...
Patrick Scullin. Lightly Sauced by Roy Trimble.
Jul 21, 2022
TrailHeads Trek Through Asbestos Site, Dogs Consider Lawsuit, Brad Gets Five Ribs
All six of the famous Trailheads "as seen on the internet™" gathered inside the perimeter to hike Zonolite Park Trail, a 0.7-mile...
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