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April 30, 2019April 30, 2019

Everywhere a Sign – Some Y Signs From 2018 #AtoZChallenge

For the month of April I have yearned to get back on the road, be youthful and young-at-heart. I have desired some of the yummy things that can be discovered along the way.

Sadly, life goes on. But I’ll be on the road again soon like the days of yore driving yonder to bring all sorts of yeasty adventures! And here are the few Y signs I could garner during 2018. Enjoy the Read. Enjoy the Ride.

Y City, Arkansas

Y City, Arkansas sits at the junction of U.S. Routes 71 and 270 in the southern in Scott County, Arkansas. This is another of this places I just happened upon in my travels in 2018.

Yummy Palace, Irwin, Pennsylvania

World’s Largest Big Mac in N. Huntingdon, Pennsylvania

I didn’t eat at the Yummy Palace in Irwin, Pennsylvania. Supposedly really good Thai food. It just happened to be next door to the McDonald’s restaurant that houses the largest Big Mac statue and the history of the Big Mac. Created near North Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the Big Mac has become an icon of the burger industry. In 2018 it celebrated its 50th Anniversary and I was able to visit and also have the full collection of commemorative coins. Not a Y per se, but the Yummy Palace is next door….

Yinzer’s, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Yinzers in Strip District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Last stop on the Y Train is Yinzers in the Burgh. This is apparently one of the biggest Pittsburgh Sports gear stores. Yinzer is supposedly a slang reference to identify the blue collar workers who spoke a locally Pittsburghese dialect. The term stems from the word yinz (or yunz), a second-person plural pronoun, brought to the area by early Scots-Irish immigrants. Over time, yinzer has been used by many Pittsburgh residents to self-identify, even if they didn’t speak with a thick accent. (So, I learned something new from this one! Did you?)

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 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

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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.