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Some border with fun looking merpeople and lichen / Eine Borduere mit netten Meermenschkerle und Steinflechten.
From the Easily Amused Department, I thought this was a funny sign at an Arizona I-10 rest area. This was pretty handy when Guinevere asked "How much further, Daddy?"
One of the most amazing works of art that I have ever seen is this statue standing on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River near Chamberlain South Dakota. The 50-foot statues call Dignity stands in the I-90 rest area just east of Chamberlain. It depicts a Native American woman in Plains dress receiving a Star Quilt. The statue pays tribute to the Lakota and Dakota People of South Dakota.
Curious little tree growing out of a rock...apparently been there since the 1800's.
We stopped here on our way to Burning Man in 2004, and decided to stop again this time.
and whether it's okay to use it on metafilter, if you don't mean it in a bad way. Amazingly, we don't all agree!
hipstamatic pics on way to/back from a trip to boyce thompson arboretum (50 miles east of phoenix) and globe.
Iowa has redesigned most of the rest stops on I-80. The one at Mile Marker 270 Eastbound incorporates the "Underground Railroad" theme with "secret messages" in quilts references. The main building looks like a train station with "tracks" on the sidewalks. Quilt replicas are placed in and out and about. History of the Underground Railroad is emphasized. A very nice spot to stop and reinvigorate on a long drive!
This is one of two very fine rest areas that opened up on 287 a few years ago. It has plenty of restrooms, and I think that it even has a WiFi connection.