A Grab Bag from America’s Back Roads – The E Things #AtoZChallenge

In 2018 I  will feature a random (yet alphabetical) selection of photos I have taken from my nearly 20 years of back roads travel in the United States and Canada.  I may even throw in a few random shots from other trips to Japan, Mexico and the Philippines. My theme is called America’s Back Roads: A Grab Bag of Places in Pictures.

 

Elk Bar and Good Food – Chinook, Montana

I love old neon signs!!

Elk Bar and Good Food – Chinook, Montana

End of Trail Motel – Broken Bow, OK

More good old neon

End of Trail Motel Neon sign in Broken Bow, OK

End of The Trail – Dawkins Rail Trail – Hager Hill, KY

End of Dawkins Line Rail Trail near Hager Hill, KY

Elvis Statue – Memphis, Tennessee

A shot with Elvis in Memphis

Earth, Texas

Welcome to Earth, Texas 
Yes, there is Earth Police

Eagles – The Living Kind – Lexington, Kentucky; Cave Run Lake, Kentucky; Lewistown, Montana

Eagle at Jacobson Park, Lexington, Kentucky
Eagle I saw when driving by Lewistown, Montana
Eagle taken at Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery near Cave Run Lake, Kentucky

Eclipesville USA – Hopkinsville, Kentucky & Cadiz, Kentucky

Three of my grandchildren at the Eclipseville Photo Board (courtesy of Marissa Noe)
Catching the Solar Eclipse in Cadiz, KY
The “diamond ring” effect begins as seen from Cadiz, KY

Ehlenbach Cheese Chalet – DeForest, Wisconsin

One of the two murals that decorate the outside of Ehlenbach’s Cheese Chalet

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Palace Hotel – Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Echo Lake – Mount Evans, Colorado

Sitting on top of the world at Echo Lake near the base of the summit of Mt. Evans near Denver, Colorado

Elephant Buttes – Tuba City, Arizona

Elephant Buttes east of Tuba City on US 180

Eskimo Pie – Onawa, Iowa

Onawa, Iowa, Home of the Eskimo Pie

Elbe, Washington

Small Elbe Church in Elbe, WA

El Kapp Motel – Raton, New Mexico

More great neon

El Kapp Motel in Raton, NM

Eiheiji Temple – Fukui, Japan

Main gate to Eiheiji. Note the monk walking across. He was barefoot. (ca 1976).

Easy Street – Port Orchard, Washington

Easy Street, Port Orchard

Eiffel Towers of Paris, Texas and Paris, Tennessee

These two compete for the tallest – Paris, Texas added a cowboy hat to make theirs tallest.

Eiffel Tower in Paris, Tennessee is 60 feet tall
The Paris, Texas Eiffel Tower with a Cowboy Hat on top

Erie Canal – Medina, New York

Culvert Road Tunnel under Erie Canal

Egg Harbor, Wisconsin

Welcome to Egg Harbor, WI

Lake Eufala, Oklahoma

Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma

Egrets – Lexington, Kentucky; Cave Run Lake, Kentucky; Uncertain, Texas

Egret flies off at Jacobson Park in Lexington, KY
A Great Egret relaxes in the swamp near Uncertain, Texas
Egret taking a walk along a pond at the Minor E. Clark Fish Hatchery near Cave Run Lake, KY

Empire State Building – New York City

Empire State Building – as seen from Hoboken, New Jersey

Enchanted Highway – Regent, North Dakota

Enchanted Highway in North Dakota
Sumoflam on the Enchanted Highway near Regent, ND

Everglades National Park – Florida

Sumoflam at the Everglades in Florida in July 1990

Enjoy the Ride

My Travel Theme!

Sumoflam – Enjoy the Ride

Eagle Art from All Over: Kingston, Washington; Cut Bank, Montana; Joseph, Oregon; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Oglesby, Illinois; 

Found this eagle in Kingston, Washington
Big mural in Cut Bank, Montana
Eagle statue in Joseph, Oregon
Large eagle sculpture in Idaho Falls, Idaho
Wooden carved eagle at Starved Rock State Park in Oglesby, Illinois
Eagle in Utica, Illinois
More eagles at Starved Rock State Park

Embro, Ontario

Embro, Ontario, home of the Highland Games

Eighty Four, Pennsylvania

Eighty Four, PA Post Office
Welcome to 84 Country – Eighty Four , PA

Elk Photos – Elkton, Oregon; Yellowstone National Park; Sugar City, Idaho

An Elk Bull near Elkton, Oregon
A solitary elk bull relaxes in the meadow at Yellowstone
Elk Bull in Sugar City, Idaho

Euclid, Ohio

Welcome to Euclid

Elliston Place Diner – Nashville, Tennessee

At Nashville’s oldest eatery – Elliston Place Diner – Featured in Antsy McClain’s video

If you like what you see, you may want to check out my book: Less Beaten Paths of America: Unique Town Names, available on Amazon.  My second book, Less Beaten Paths of America: Quirky and Offbeat Roadside Attractions, will be available in late April or early May 2018. Click on the photo below for more details or to get a copy of the book.

Books 1 & 2

 

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