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It is not even a park. Just a small rest area along the east rive of the Hudson. A hard wood bench and a small table.

Where on a weekday you can sit down and have your lunch, quietly.

You can see the statue in the bay, two miles at sea.

This area of the estuary was a busy sea port, but its place for the

cargo was taken over by Elizabeth, NJ, for containers.

Now this side is much quieter. ~~ That is why on a sunny day,

all you can see is an expense of blue water, with nary a ship.

~~Click On Picture To See It Big And Black~~

A guest at a rest area shelter tries to use his cell phone. I had no luck getting a signal here, but maybe he did.

The North Carolina Welcome Center on Northbound Interstate 85, near Grover. Unlike the nearby South Carolina Welcome Centers, each North Carolina Welcome Center is somewhat unique.

The roadrunner was first built in 1993 from trash from the city landfill. It was moved in 2001 to it's current location at the I 10 east bound rest area just west of Las Cruces New Mexico. It has been "refeathered" a few times over the years with recycled objects like sneakers, toys and VW headlights for his eyes.

The sign at the kentucky welcome center and rest area.

Re: phish - alpine valley - june 21, 2009

I feel gypped I didn't see any snakes.

I was a bit surprised when I stopped at a rest area on the Ohio Turnpike and found this gracing the door. I thought its message went without saying, but apparently, I was wrong.

John Halikowski, ADOT Director

Michigan Department of Transportation Employee Memorial These seven steel sculptures are a permanent tribute to Michigan Department of Transportation workers who lost their lives in job-related accidents while working for you and the State of Michigan. Each figure represents an M-DOT work activity and is constructed from materials salvaged from highway jobs. Both current and retired M-DOT employees independently raised the funds to pay for this tribute. Sculptor: Carl Floyd Dedicated: May 18, 1994

Photo by Bruce Hull

ODOT Central Office

Photo by Bruce Hull

ODOT Central Office

I had to shake my head at this one. I don't know which would catch fire quickest, the brick building with the metal roof, the concrete sidewalk, the gravel-covered grounds, the brick, steel & concrete fencing or the all-metal sign.

Shelby Winkle and Lane McDonald at work.

Pet exercise area.

A good thing to know.

Sunset Point; near Bumble Bee, Arizona.

At Sprague Lake Rest Area beside I-90 in Washington.

Rock formations at an I-40 rest area not far east of Flagstaff, AZ.

The view as you drive into the Iredell County I-77 southbound rest area.

Photo by Bruce Hull

ODOT Central Office

Overhead signage for the rest area in Willington

Photo by Bruce Hull

ODOT Central Office

A few of our favorite pics from along the Journey Through Time Scenic Byway in Eastern Oregon on the way to Bend.

Small Towns along the way include Baker City, Sumpter, Prairie City, John Day, Arlington and Dayville. A few of our favorite stops the Covered wagon rest area overlooking the Strawberry Mountains and Prairie City. The Dayville Mercantile, and the John Day Fossil Beds Picture Gorge

near Warrentown, Wisconsin

Rest area near Jigendou, Kourakuen, Okayama, August 2012: with giant zelkova (keyaki) trees behind it

Monument to B. Bayles Mack. Interstate 77 in York County is dedicated to this person; the monument lists all his accomplishments.

Cipularang highway.

Picture taken at the Iredell–Yadkin County northbound I-77 rest area.

A new Welcome Center facility is being built next to the old, which it will replace once completed.

The unfortunate situation in this state.