You see a lot of arrows out on the open road...the traffic kind telling you which way to turn and the "Hey, get off the highway and look me over!" kind and I love them all. Not to appreciate and admire them would be, well, pointless.
Great pics & post. I am most partial to arrows with Muffler Man but love the Rustic Drive Inn and Pine Lake Motel a whole lot as well. Actually - who am i kidding. I like them all.
This blog is devoted to old fashioned American roadside attractions... the wonderfully big, bizarre, crazy, wacky, quirky, weird, funny, unique and mundane sites you see travelling cross-country by car in the USA, where getting there really is all the fun!
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12 comments:
Best post title ever :)
Very, Very COOL !!! And ditto on the title. After all how would you know where to go if you didn't have an arrow ---> ---> --->
Nice play on words!
Here's an arrow I chanced upon in Ontario California, (http://vincesspaghettirestaurant.com/index.html).
I was lucky I had my camera that day:
http://davosdavos.blogspot.com/2010/06/vinces-spaghetti.html
Very cool. I'm going to rip off this idea and do something similar, someday. ;)
Wendy: Thanks! Coming from you that's high praise!
Richard: Thanks! I agree!
Davos: LOVE that sign! And, man, those colors! Great shot.
Chris: Be my guest...I'm pretty sure I ripped it off from somebody else.
Great pics & post. I am most partial to arrows with Muffler Man but love the Rustic Drive Inn and Pine Lake Motel a whole lot as well. Actually - who am i kidding. I like them all.
Fuzzy: All arrows point to you having good taste in photos!
This is a good post. Arrows and signs are just a part of the great american roadside...
Love, love, love this post! What a great idea! I'm going to go share it on Twitter...
Fun stuff. Brings to mind the many arrows I've seen on my travels.
Sarah: Thanks! You've given me the royal tweetment with your kindness.
M: Thanks for the M-brace!
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