Category Archives: Road trip

Bubbles

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Ron Haines

I’ve never done a whole lot to direct the trajectory of my life. Things just seem to have happened of their own accord as I’ve moved from one phase to another. That’s why, to this day, I am amazed that … Continue reading →

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Burma-Shave

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Ron Haines

Those Burma-Shave signs, remember them?  I thought they were completely gone long ago, but I happened upon a string of them on a drive out West a couple months ago. A relic of a time when driving a long distance … Continue reading →

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Route 66. Where old gas stations thrive.

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Ron Haines

This post has been a long time gestating. I’ve been crisscrossing the United States steadily for nearly a decade now (retirement somehow freed up a lot of time) and I have traveled old sections of Route 66 for miles in … Continue reading →

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A very mellow afternoon

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Ron Haines

Every once in a while I get in such a mellow mood that I can actually feel my whole body relaxing and slowing down. I had one of those pleasant spells for nearly an entire afternoon a week or so … Continue reading →

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Calling your quat

Posted on February 5, 2018 by Ron Haines

This road trip had been brewing for nearly a year.  It was in March of 2017 when I happened upon Dade City, FL.  It was antiques day or something, and every store in the small downtown, anchored by a massive … Continue reading →

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Wide streets and Eskimo Pies

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Ron Haines

Lots of towns have some claim to fame. Usually it’s proclaimed on a sign or billboard on the way into town. Onawa, IA, has two claims and uses banners on streetlamp poles to do the boasting. The Eskimo Pie one … Continue reading →

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Cool Springs Park

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Ron Haines

Only twice in my life have I been in a store so filed with every conceivable item that I couldn’t think of what I could ask for that they might not have. Cool Springs Park in Rowlesburg, WV, was one … Continue reading →

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Bingo!

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Ron Haines

Sometimes things come together so nicely that you just have to stop and savor it. That happened to me not too long ago on a road trip through Santa Cruz, when my love of front porches and my quest for … Continue reading →

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Seeing pink elephants

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Ron Haines

I’ve been drunk in my life.  Many times.  But I had never seen a pink elephant. Until one day, stone sober, I came across this one in Guthrie, Kentucky. It appears to be the mascot for a gas station.  And … Continue reading →

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Can you cut the mustard?

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Ron Haines

The National Mustard Museum was a must visit during my recent whirlwind tour of offbeat places in the Midwest. Why? For the simple reason that mustard has become a standing joke with me and granddaughters Margeaux and Simone.  It started … Continue reading →

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