Alberta – Less Beaten Paths of America Travel Blog

Well, the Blogging Challenge is winding down. It has been a wild and wacky challenge for me.

Through the month I have provided readers with a wide variety of wonderful signs which I wandered upon during the year. As I do with all of my posts, I try to be witty and wry in my presentation. I hope that I have brought out the wanderlust in my readers as well. This post will be all about Welcome Signs. Please now enjoy my special edition of W Signs from my travels over the years. Enjoy the Read. Enjoy the Ride.

Welcome Signs Everywhere!

Welcome to my happy place…traveling everywhere

I love feeling welcome in places! Perhaps one of my bigger “collections” of place signs along the highways of America are the Welcome signs to states, communities and places. Here are just a few of the dozens and dozens have wandered upon in my travels. This post features welcome signs taken from 2005 to present. Want everyone to feel Welcome.

Welcome to Carew Tower Sign in Carew Tower Elevators, Cincinnati

Welcome to Zelienople-Harmony, Pennsylvania

Welcome to Punkyville, Kentucky… near Falmouth, Kentucky

We all know who is really Nice! Nice, CA

Kabetogama Lake – Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota

Welcome to Cave City, Kentucky… gateway to Mammoth Cave National Park

Welcome to the Monongahela Incline in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Welcome to the Rockpile Museum in Gillette, Wyoming

Welcome to Winner, South Dakota – Pheasant Capital of the World

Welcome to Hope, Arkansas – birthplace of Bill Clinton

Welcome to Vulcan, Alberta sign in Klingon

Welcome to Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Connecticut

Welcome to Seymour, Wisconsin Home of the Hamburger

Welcome to Clallam Bay and Sekiu, Washington

Welcome to Sharkheads in Biloxi Beach, Mississippi

Welcome to Salem Sue in New Salem, North Dakota

Welcome to Paris, Tennessee Catfish – they claim to be the Catfish Capital

Welcome to Real Goods, a great store in Hopland, California

Welcome to Kountry Korner’s Krazy Kreatures in Kingston, Washington

Welcome to New Hampshire in Sept 2015 – State #49!

Welcome to Gourdough’s Donuts in Austin, Texas

Welcome to Vermont, near Brattleboro on Vermont Hwy 142 — the 50th state I visited

Welcome to Alvin, Texas, hometown of Nolan Ryan

Welcome to Kensington District of Toronto, Ontario

Welcome to Delaware…first time since 1986. Visited in 2016 during Christmas Holiday

Welcome to Heini’s Cheese Factory in Charming, Ohio

Welcome to Hopkinsville, KY for the Solar Eclipse 2017

Welcome to Wilsall, Montana (with the Welcome Bird on top of the sign!)

Welcome to Crookston mural in Crookston, Minnesota

Welcome to Pascagoula, Mississippi, Birthplace of Jimmy Buffet

Welcome to Ketchikan, Alaska … from my wife

Welcome to the Guitar Walk at Cavanaugh Park in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas

Welcome to Dienner’s Country Restaurant in Amish Country, Ronks, Pennsylvania

Welcome to Hugo, Oklahoma… home of the country’s only cemetery dedicated to Circus Performers

Welcome to Papa Joe’s Oasis, Crescent Junction, Utah

Welcome to Hipp Station of the Holmes County Rails to Trails in Millersburg, Ohio

Welcome to Pierre Part, LA, home of the TV Show Swamp People

Welcome to the Oyster Capital of the World, South Bend, Washington

Welcome to the Corn Palace…Mitchell, South Dakota

Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama with some of my grandchildren in early 2017

A giant troll sculpture greets you at the Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Welcome Center. Created by Wally Keller

Welcome to Saco, Montana, birthplace of 1960s newscaster Chet Huntley

Welcome to Jackson Center, Ohio. Home of Airstream

Nicholson, Pennsylvania’s welcome sign features the famous Viaduct

Welcome to Lost Springs, Wyoming Population 1 in 2007. Population 4 in 2017.

Welcome to Dallas, South Dakota where the main street goes under the water tower

Welcome to Steubenville, Ohio, a small town full of murals and history

Welcome to Montana on US Route 2 heading west

Welcome to Walnut Ridge, Arkansas…home of the Rock N Roll Highway

Welcome to Wall, South Dakota, home of Wall Drug. Now you know where the heck it is.

Welcome to Many, Louisiana Not just a few here!

Welcome to Gold Bar, Washington Gateway to the Cascades

Welcome to Vulcan, Alberta Sept 2007 (look for me…)

Welcome to Beachville, Ontario…birthplace of Baseball

Like what you see? Well, there is lots more! I currently have two books about offbeat and quirky places to take on your road trips. You can see both of my books at http://amzn.to/2ks6fQZ. Working on Book 3, coming in late Spring 2019!!

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As an After Halloween Treat, for a limited time you will be able to download both of my books – my newest — “Less Beaten Paths of America: Quirky and Offbeat Roadside Attractions” and also “Less Beaten Paths of America: Unique Town Names.” TOTALLY FREE!!

This is part of the Trick-Or-Treat Book Blog Hop hosted by Author Patricia Lynne.

Both of these volumes are collections of my many travels across the United States and Canada. As you know, I have photographed well-known and not so well-known attractions along the way. In this book I share my experiences and occasional challenges, but always provide some fun and personal anecdotal stories of the quirky and offbeat places that the large and small communities offer.

My first book is all about Unique Town Names and is all in black and white. My Second book features dozens of quirky and offbeat attractions from all over the U.S. and even in Canada. ALL of the photos are in FULL COLOR.

If you like what you see, please kindly leave a review for the book/books on Amazon. A certain author will deeply appreciate it!

Both books will be available for FREE and forever download from November 1 at 3 AM EST thru November 5 at midnight.

You can get the Quirky and Offbeat Attractions download here.

You can get the Unique Town Names download here.

I hope you’ll take advantage of the FREE download beginning Nov. 1. Then, ENJOY THE READ and go forth and ENJOY THE RIDE!!

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