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Once I park I like to look out at the trees, I prefer areas away from truck stops where I can hear birds.
Secretary of Transportation Sean T. Connaughton introduces Gov. Bob McDonnell at the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Interstate 85 (South) Dinwiddie Rest Area. (Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT)
As a kid I often played cowboys and Indians or good guys versus bad guys. I was properly equipped with a Daisy air rifle that emitted smoke when a certain kind of oil was placed in the barrel. Many times I resorted to vanquishing my opponents by shooting a cap pistol. Of course if one got "shot" one had to fall to the ground and play dead. But we had a rule that ensured we could continue playing after being shot. One merely counted to ten, stated "I'm a new man," got up, and resumed the fight.
I was reminded of that pleasant childhood memory at Lebec, California during a drive from Washington State to Arizona. My wife and I stopped at the I-5 rest area at Lebec to let the dogs take a break. She and I also sought relief. Upon exiting the men's room I had this view and thought about being "a new man." It's funny what one remembers after six decades.
This is basically the standard look of most Ohio Rest Areas. Rest Area on Interstate 71 Southbound just north of Columbus.
The photo shows the Green Weenie in the morning at the Horse Canyon Rest Area, on US 6 southeast of Wellington, Utah. I slept in my car here, but this was not where I had intended to sleep. My goal the previous evening was the Tie Fork Rest Area on US 6, east of Spanish Fork.
The previous day I drove from Wendover, Utah, to Salt Lake City, where I met Jack Arnott for lunch. Then he gave me a tour of his new house, which was under construction (see photo below). Then I ran some errands, one of which was to brose through the REI store. When I left SLC in early evening my goal was the Tie Fork Rest Area on US 6, east of Spanish Fork.
In Spanish Fork I got gas and headed east on US 6, looking forward to spending the night in my car at the rest area. By then it had gotten dark.
At the rest area I got a shock: major highway construction was under way there and the whole rest area was a staging area for construction equipment and supplies. Bright lights illuminated the construction area. Even if I had been able to spend the night there, the incessant chirping of back-up buzzers would have driven me insane. What to do?
Onward into the night I drove, checking possible alternate sites for car-camping. Two forest roads at Tucker turned me off. A possible site at Colton was too grubby. Soldier Summit had nothing convenient. Kyune had nothing. The campground in the hills near Castle Gate was closed. Spending the night in a motel was out of the question, so I sailed through Helper, Price, and Wellington.
I ended up at the Horse Canyon Rest Area, the site of the photo above. The next morning, less than an hour after taking this picture, I stopped at Woodside briefly and was surprised by the chance appearance of Flicker member Dennis Udink, who was on his way to San Rafael Reef (photo of Dennis below). And ninety minutes after that I was at Blue Castle Canyon, where I did a good deed by loaning my tire iron to a guy with a flat tire. By 4 p.m. I was in Moab.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Hello everyone welcome to Black springs rest area. Today we decided to go for a drive to black springs to capture a few photos.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania - March 12, 2023: Rest area and picnic lunch spotfor safari tourists inside of the national park
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Rest Area on I-44 at mile marker 235, west of St. Clair, MO. One of the few, if not the ONLY Rest Areas in Missouri built in the median. The eastbound rest area sits at a higher elevation than it's westbound counterpart.
Roya and I are on a road trip from Seattle to San jose and since I have an iPhone I'm going to use it to live photo-journal our trip.
I think all the Washington state rest areas have free coffee, so we got some at the Marytown rest area south of Olympia.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
I stopped by the rest area on the way home to catch the sunset and peek at a little metafilter before I got back to my house.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Here's a very different treatment of the Bronson Hospital park bench photo I posted a year ago as part of my 366 Snaps project. The bench offers a shaded place to escape from the nurses and interruptions and general boredom. But not the worries.
Besides, it looks like a place from a fantasy tale.
As I noted earlier, this was the first photo I seriously reworked using Bibble Pro's built-in tools. This version's been cropped, desaturated a bit, and had the Black slider pushed way off to the right. Plus some lesser-impact stuff. (The B/W version features tricks to push the contrast up....)
(As usual, I did the final sharpening and the frame in Photoshop Elements.)
If Anyone can explain this sign, please let Me know. It's at the Alabama / Florida state line rest area.
- www.kevin-palmer.com - This is the last picture I took of Montana. It's been a couple months since I left, but I miss it everyday. Still, I'm thankful to have spent 3 months there. On this early November day snow squalls were moving around the hills and valleys and the golden light became beautiful right before sunset. This view was actually right behind a rest area on Interstate 15. I stitched 2 images together for a wider view.
Do you remember the Garbage Gobbler? Created in the 1950s and placed across the province in B.C. Parks and at points along BC highways in order to “Keep Beautiful British Columbia, Clean and Beautiful,” Garbage Gobblers were a truly cool piece of transportation history. Sadly, Garbage Gobblers proved to be as popular with bears as they were with people and eventually they had to be replaced in favour of bear proof cans (which were not as artsy, but much more practical). Even though Garbage Gobblers disappeared from BC roadways, our love for them lives on in treasured family road trip photos and in retrospective discussions of days gone by. (Heck, the gobbler was so loved – he even has his own Facebook page!)
Well, he’s baaaaack. (And he’s hungry!)
We are thrilled to announce that the Garbage Gobbler has been re-imagined and re-introduced to a handful of rest areas across the province as part of our Rest Area Improvement Program.
Read the blog post:
tranbc.ca/2015/07/31/the-return-of-the-garbage-gobbler-to...
The new Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center is made of rammed earth and introduced travelers to green design
St. Louis, MO- I-270 W Bound at first MO exit after crossing the Chain of Rocks Bridge from Illinois across the Mississippi River. Exit 34 connects to Riverview Drive as well as a Missouri Welcome Center and Rest Area to greet motorists into the Show Me State.
Opening of a new Safety Rest Area on Interstate 95 southbound at Ladysmith with a ceremonial ribbon cutting. Photo by Tom Saunders, VDOT
Frickhofen (Germany) Copyright 2014 D. Nelson
I passed this every day. Germans sure make longer hikes pleasant, especially for older folks.