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One half of the The Robert Russin sculpture grouping, "The Greeting and The Gift", which was commemorated on behalf of Wyomings participation of the United States Bicentennial Celebration. Dedicated on January 30, 1977.
This two piece grouping is present at the Wyoming Visitors Center located south of Cheyenne on I-25.
Per the inscription:
"The scene depicts a typical meeting of the Indian and the Mountain Man on the open plains of Wyoming during the time of western discovery and exploration in the early 1800's.
At such meetings offerings of friendship would take place. The Indian is holding out a ceremonial buffalo horn filled with Rocky Mountain "sweetwater".
While the Mountain Man brings several beaver skins stretched on rounds of Aspen branches. Note that the Mountain Man holds his Muzzle loading "long rifle" well away from his body with his hand over the muzzle to assure that it is harmless."
More information regarding Robert Russin can be found here:
A parking on the road to Krafla vulcano in northern Iceland. No idea what's the purpose of the toilet, but the shower has warm water, probably a warm source (which are abundant in this region) or at least geothermically heated.
"The Marfa Mystery Lights are visible on many clear nights between Marfa and Paisano Pass as one looks towards the Chinati Mountains. The lights may appear in various colors as they move about, split apart, melt together, disappear and reappear.
"Robert Reed Ellison, a young cowboy, reported sighting the lights in 1883. He spotted them while tending a herd of cattle and wondered if they were Apache Indian campfires.
"Apache Indians believed these lights to be stars dropping to the earth.
"Many viewers have theories ranging from scientific to science fiction as they describe their ideas of aliens in UFO's, ranch house lights, St. Elmo's fire, or headlights from vehicles on US 67, the Presidio highway. Some believe the lights are an electrostatic discharge, swamp gases, moonlight shining on veins of mica, of ghosts of Conquistadors searching for gold.
"An explanation as to why the lights cannot be located is an unusual phenomenon similar to a miracle, where atmospheric conditions produced by the interaction of cold and warm layers of air bend the light so that it can be seen from afar but not up close.
"The mystery of these lights still remain unsolved."
[Text from an informational plaque]
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An attractive roadside rest stop but I couldn't stick around until nightfall to see if weird lights would appear.
The Scenery from the RestArea at milpost 297 on I-17 in Arizona.
November, 29, 2014. ©2014 Juan Cordero
The I-10 Texas Welcome Center in Orange has several Texas-themed photo spots.
One is this giant Lone Star. Another is the Texas map you can see to the right.
This was taken at Black Springs Rest area, as you can see it was windy and our hair was getting blown around and it looks funny and messy at the some time.
Took some photos of the southbound IH 35W rest area at mile marker 33, days before it was demolished (the northbound rest area was already bulldozed when I happened upon it)
That nice orange glow is the result of an unintentional film burn. Back of the LOMO opened up a bit again.
At the Deadman Pass Rest Area on Hwy 84 in Oregon with beautiful scenery this couple kept their eyes on the phones for a least 15 minutes I was there. They had a great view for sure they just couldn't see it.
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Chamberlain, South Dakota - July 24, 2020: Dignity Statue in a Chamberlain rest area, a tribute to the Native American heritage
The Missouri Route 66 Welcome Center rest area is at mile marker 109 on I-44 in both directions.
Whether you need to stop or not, you MUST stop at this rest area! Behind the building is a set of picnic tables set up as attractions along Route 66.
It makes a nice break to stretch your legs and admire the different storefronts at each picnic table.
I don't often stop at rest areas, usually because I try to make it a food/potty or a gas/potty (or all 3) stop, and partially because I'm not sure what sort of charcters might be hanging around. But this time, I wanted a quick exit for a restroom break. I was done driving and with an hour left to travel, I just wanted to get there.
The I-10 Texas Welcome Center in Orange has several Texas-themed photo spots.
One is this giant Lone Star. Another is the Texas map you can see to the right.
An outdoor Kiva stove at the Navajo Bridge Interpretive Center in Marble Canyon, Arizona.
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For the past few months I really feel that I have to much to do and not enough
time to do it... I am hoping to catch up with every one in the next few days...
I want to thank our friends that have stuck by us and still come and say hello..
Thank you! I took this at a rest area outside of Chicago, IL he was trying to kiss Denver...
Have a great week...deb
Explore: Highest position: 318 on Friday, May 1, 2009
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Today we ventured up to Sedona and Jerome to do a little sight seeing. On our way back, we stopped at a rest area and I snapped this picture as I was setting up to take some sunset shots across the mountains. This ended up coming out better than the shots I actually meant to take, so I'm going to use this for my photo of the day!
Took a quick shot (I was with my family) as I walked through the new Tangled rest area. One of the first things that came to mind was how photogenic this little area is. The level of detail here really fits well with the whole Fantasyland expansion. In fact, it almost seemed oddly placed; you have the great detail here... the normal looking Small World/Village Haus buildings to the right of it... followed by the other beautifully detailed expansion areas. So maybe the facade to the older attractions will get a face lift?!?!?
Then again, the newer Fantasyland additions are inspired from more natural settings. So maybe that has to do with their "real world" look.
Tangled Rest Area
Fantasyland
Magic Kingdom
Walt Disney World, FL
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