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Less Beaten Paths of America – Book 3 NOW AVAILABLE Amazon

Book Cover for Book 3 – Cover Art and design by Antsy McClain

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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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.
Y? I don’t know….
Y City VFD

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

Yummy Palace, Irwin, Pennsylvania
Yummy Palace 2
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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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

If We Are Here — Decatur, Texas
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
Sign post in Broadus, Montana
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
Whatever Sign in West, Texas

A Few Real Oinkers!

Flying Pigs Cafe, Thomas, West Virginia
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??
Route 66 in Chelsea, Oklahoma
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
Missing Balls… Uranus, Missouri
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
Old Orange Crush sign – Helper, Utah
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
Welcome to Raymond, Washington
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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