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August 24, 2019

Less Beaten Paths of America – Book 3 NOW AVAILABLE Amazon

Imagine my excitement as I woke up this morning to see the PAPERBACK edition of my brand new Book 3, titled Beyond Description – More of the Strange and Unique, had cleared review and is now available for purchase on Amazon! Like Book 2, it is 120 pages full of color photos and interesting stories. This one looks at unique and fun destinations like Carhenge (NE), Paradise Point Marketplace (KY), Bowlin’s The Thing (AZ), Uranus ,Fudge Factory and General Store (MO), Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland Museum (KY), Wall Drug (SD), Lost River Trading Post (WV), Henrys Ra66it Ranch (IL) (and more) and then some themed towns like Vulcan, AB; Hell, MI; Mt. Horeb, WI; Santa Claus, IN, Winslow, AZ and Roswell, NM. Finally, there is a chapter on the Trail of the Whispering Giants and artist Peter Wolf Toth.

You can order the book beginning NOW and probably have it by Wednesday. I appreciate all of the past support and hope that you will continue to Enjoy the Read and Enjoy the Ride! Here’s where you can get it. (And please don’t forget to do a review!)

The paperback book is available on Amazon at

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1729428363

The Kindle Edition is available on Amazon on the link below:

https://www.amazon.com/Less-Beaten-Paths-America-Description-ebook/dp/B07WNXP71D/

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April 28, 2019

Everywhere a Sign – Some XTRA Signs From 2018 #AtoZChallenge

Throughout my travels in 2018, I did not come across a single X sign. In the past, I have been able to use Xenia, Ohio, but we didn’t go there last year.

So, I am Xcited to Xplain how I will post a number of fun XTRAs that I didn’t use in previous posts. There were some Xceptionally funny ones and a few Xtremely interesting ones. I hope you’ll enjoy my special edition of Xtra Signs from my travels over the years. Enjoy the Read. Enjoy the Ride.

XTRA Fun For ALL — We are open

Love the “Sorry, We’re Open” sign!! At Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden Calvert City, Kentucky

At the X-Roads – Corssroads signs from 2018

Business Crossroads sign, Wallace, Idaho

I always love coming across direction markers that also give a mileage – Raymond, Washington

Route 66 Crossroads Sign in Bushyhead, Oklahoma

Go This Way — I need one of these!! Paradise Point, Scottsville, Kentucky

A Few Xceptionally Interesting Xtra Signs From 2018

Eat Me neon sign from Gus’s World Famous Fried Chicken in Lexington, Kentucky

Howdy Sign from Doolittle, Missouri on Route 66

Wiener World, Home of the Cheese Dog – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

A Few Real Oinkers!

Taken in the Pigtown District of Baltimore, Maryland

When Pigs Fly sign at a shop called Uniques in Stratford, Oklahoma

Pig on car at Slap Ya Momma’s Barbeque in Biloxi, Mississippi

Now Back to More Xcellent Xtras

Signs at Hillbilly Garden in Calvert City, Kentucky

Welcome to Flatwoods, West Virginia. Home of the Green Monster

Is there such a thing as a Sanitary Sewer? Seen in Lexington, Kentucky

Social Vegan sign found in Austin, Texas

Walgreen’s Temperature sign in Cypress, Texas

Route 66 Gateway sign in Miami, Oklahoma

HipHop Fish and Chicken – a chain of at least 24 shops in Baltimore, Maryland

Peace Love & Little Donuts in the Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – feed your inner hippie. Like other doughnut shops (Voodoo and Hurt’s, among others), they make unusual combinations, except these are smaller.

Stayed at the Silver Saddle Motel in Manitou Springs, Colorado – best view of Pikes Peak! Really!

Roll On In Sushi Burritos sign in Cincinnati, Ohio. Sushi Burritos??

I Got VD in Austin – Voodoo Doughnut, Austin, Texas

Bucky’s in Stratford, Oklahoma. Fresh and tasty Fried Pies

Not to be confused with Bucky’s above, Buc-ee’s in Waller, Texas

Buc-ee’s is one of the largest convenience store gas stations anywhere. Over 100 gas pumps!! HUGE store

Be Nice or Leave sign at Paradise Point in Scottsville, Kentucky

One of Delta, Colorado’s many murals. They call themselves the City of Murals

The Skuller’s Clock with eyes in downtown Lexington, Kentucky

Comfort Station this way – West Side Market, Cleveland, Ohio

Cookin’ from Scratch chicken place in Doolittle, Missouri

Complaint Department sign at K’s Cafe in Clarkson, Kentucky

Olympia Film Society mural in Olympia, Washington

Wall Drug Sign on I-90 in South Dakota Do Lunch or Be Lunch

Wonder if they take Running Backs? Or Forwards? Or Goalies? Or do they require certain types of positions? How about just a plain old sitting position? Certainly don’t want to be a stander. Taken in Ferdinand, Indiana

Lots of cool stuff at the DFW Elite Toy Museum in Haltom City, Texas

Sign on the back of an old school bus at Paradise Point in Kentucky

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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April 26, 2019

Everywhere a Sign – Some WELCOME Signs From 2018 #AtoZChallenge

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

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