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and now we are in:
That may sound like a lot of driving, but we've actually only gone around 1,000 miles! Since it is so late in the month for us to be coming down to Arizona, we are not touring, but just driving, stopping for the night, and leaving the next morning.
That means I had to just wave at this sign:
and hope that maybe we can stop there another time. This is the exit for the Madison County Bridges, made famous in the movie with Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood.
I am enjoying our ride down as far as the scenery goes.......the fall colors have been spectacular. There's the advantage for driving down later in the month! See for yourself.
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| I like how this vibrant red tree is standing right near a totally barren one! |
We saw some interesting and/or funny things on the road:
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| Don't know what "Bob's" was, but it was awful inviting! |
Let's zoom in on the extra large cab, shall we?
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| Notice the words "Smith&Wesson" in large letters? |
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| I sure hope the employees don't wear bib overalls! |
This guy stands about three stories high, just look how he dwarfs the big trucks in the parking lot! I think "Terrible's Casino" is a Terrible name! I wonder if anybody ever wins any money?
I found these telephone poles to be a little mesmerizing....I don't know if they were in the process of replacing them with the straight poles or what.
Out of the five campgrounds we've stayed at so far, two were really nice, three were, meh. The next two photos were taken at one of the nicer campgrounds.
And finally, we KNEW we were getting into the southwest when we saw one of these roll across the road:
Have a great rest of the weekend.
20 comments:
I truly loved this post. I don't know if I could have passed up John Wayne's birthplace or the Bridges of Madison County that's too cool. Have a nice day.
The colors are gorgeous. The one with the bright red tree and the barren one is my fav.
Terrible's has a casino and hotel in Vegas, we stayed there one night....it lived up to it's name. :(
Bridges of Madison County is one of my favourite films. I have the DVD so I can watch it regularly. Loved all the pictures, Pat, including the header.
wow you are catching some pretty cool sights...intersting on the HD store in a barn...it looks cool...i like the cockeyed power poles too...that sculpture....so you have room for a hitchhiker from VA? smiles.
Those places would have been too tempting for me. John Wayne and Clint Eastwood...how could you let Jim just drive by???
Nice travel post! Fun to see the state welcome signs and all the great scenery!
thanks for sharing all the great photos!
Wow, that's SOME Sculpture!! Love All your shots!
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That's a lot of driving! The pictures are gorgeous.
Whoa.. you've been around, girl! Love the photos.. esp the beautiful fiery tree and that tumbleweed. Happy Halloween! :)
very cool! love the kansas pictures. even though i've lived here since 1984 i haven't really traveled much in kansas.
Wonderful and lovely views from the road!
That was a nice trip, and I didn't have to leave home. Thanks.
Jealous of all you have seen!
Not only are you a tired broad but you are a lucky broad to be doing all this travelling. Thanks for all of the great tour photos.
As always, whether you are stopping or not, your pics are always beautiful and very interesting! I love, love, love this post - - autumn pics and other fun stuff. The new header is gorgeous, too.
Are you in AZ now? Did you honk & wave as you drove thru NM? Safe travels Pat!
Pat, thanks for the tour! I love your photos. I see a glimpse of every State you pass through. I am sure that your blog header was taken recently. It is so golden and gorgeous!
OHMYGOSH! Do you know we have LIVED in each of those states?????? I mean, owned a house and actually lived in those states! Really! It's like a little bit of home--uh--homes...good times!
You know, we are in Missouri right now and I actually saw a bunch of tumbleweeds blowing across I-70 last week! I thought I was having a flashback to when we lived in NM! Crazy.
Great pix!
PS--I saw that Smith and Wesson truck too. It's hard to miss. Did you notice the Walther sign on it too? Wouldn't you just LOVE to see the inside of that tractor????? Well, the trailer would be cool too I bet! :)
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