A Grab Bag from America’s Back Roads – The X 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.

 

Since there are so few places or sites that begin with X, I am throwing a few eXtra items into the miX.

TeXas Signs

Visiting Texas in 2014
Welcome to Texas
Big Texan Steak House – home of the FREE 72 OZ Steak (if you can eat it all) – Amarillo, Texas
Texline, Texas

Xenia, Ohio

Welcome to Xenia, OH
Julianne and David at Xenia Station on the Little Miami Scenic Trail
McColly Covered Bridge built in 1876 near Xenia, OH

Little MeXico – Omaha, Nebraska

Giant Wall Mural in Little Mexico district of Omaha
Mexican Pottery shop in Little Mexico
Colorful Buildings in Little Mexico district of Omaha make you feel like you are in Mexico

TeXan Motel – Raton, New MeXico

I know. I know.  Used this one in an earlier post…but hey…it has an X in it!

Texan Motel – Raton, New Mexico

El FeniX Restaurant – Dallas, TeXas

El Fenix Mexican Food – Dallas, Texas

TeXas Wildflowers

Texas Wildflowers
Bluebonnets and Indian Paintbrush
Texas Bluebonnet

Gulf of MeXico – Galveston, TeXas

Seagull in flight in Gulf of Mexico
Brown pelicans fly in synchronized formation over the Gulf of Mexico near Galveston, TX
Sumoflam with the Disaster Memorial in Galveston and the Gulf of Mexico in the background
Surrey riding along the beach of the Gulf of Mexico

Hard Rock Cafe – Cozumel, MeXico

Apparently the world’s smallest Hard Rock Cafe in Cozumel, Mexico

TeXarkana, Arkansas and TeXarkana, TeXas

Texarkana Water Tower
In Texarkana, AR in 2009

TaXi Dogs – Pike Place Market – Seattle, Washington

A unique Hot Dog Eatery in Seattle’s Pike Place Market

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