Where have all the Slush Puppies gone?

When I was a kid I lived right off Country Club Road. Up the street from my house was a gas station...I don't recommend going to anymore but back then it was so great because they had the BIG SLUSH PUPPIE MACHINE. My mom would take me up there and I could mix and match flavored syrups to pour onto my perfectly slushed ice. They had blue raspberry, cherry, grape, orange, lime, and maybe some others. Now since then I have tried other slushies. Sheetz has the Cheerwine and 7-up ones, Sams used to have Coke flavored ones, Putt-Putt always had some blue one that I'm not sure what it was, and Sonic has a great variety (I really like their Blue Coconut). I mean those are all okay but they seriously don't stand up to the slush puppie (and yes it's really spelled like that).

So, why am I writing this anyway? Well, the slush puppie machines are disappearing y'all. It's sad. Slowly but surely, each store I know that carries them is closing up shop. The gas station up the street here in Advance had one but then it got knocked over by the expanding road and bridge construction. There used to be one at the gas station on Farmington Road....they removed the machine and now apparently you can get your supply of various tobacco products instead. And yes, the one I first started going to is gone too. I'm pretty sure there is a smelly gas station on Hanes Mall Blvd. that still carries them though and I can also drive out to the 601 Exit but seriously...that's a little far even for a slush puppie.

So I told Brian that when we retire we're gonna buy one and put it in our house. I looked and the big one with 6 flavors is like $3,500. Maybe it'll go down in price by then. :) Brian said that if we get a slush puppie machine then he wants a rotating pretzel machine too (the kind you see at baseball games). Oh, and one of those hot dog rollers from gas stations. So, when we retire, if you feel like eating concession stand food then come on over! With any luck, our neighbors will have a dip'n dots cart.