Category Archives: Road trip

Look out below!

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Ron Haines

Believe it or not, this is actually the second two-story outhouse I have encountered in my life.  I discovered the first one, which I actually used,  nearly 50 years ago and in another country. But more about that later. This … Continue reading →

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This is not a Motel 6

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Ron Haines

A sign that you’re not at a Motel 6 is when this pops up when you turn the TV on: Yes, a huge cut above my normal on the road accommodations, courtesy of the Sierra Club.  I was there last … Continue reading →

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The wrong cook day

Posted on June 30, 2017 by Ron Haines

I saw this place late one morning in rural Brookville, PA.  I’d not had breakfast yet because I was hoping to see an inviting place along my meandering drive to Punxsutawney to see my friend Phil. This seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Kumquat Festival here I come

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Ron Haines

I stopped in Dade City the other day.  It’s small, about 7,000 population, and is located in west central Florida. It was a Saturday and it seemed to be antique day, because all the stores were open downtown and there … Continue reading →

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Crater Lake…just what it says it is

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Ron Haines

On my road trip last year from San Francisco to southern Oregon and back I noticed a sign proclaiming that Crater Lake National Park  was nearby. After a short detour off of U.S. 97  I was at the entrance, my senior … Continue reading →

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Swamp cabbage and Arbuckle Creek

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Ron Haines

I combined two of my sweet spots on Saturday:  A paddle in a nice place and a visit to an offbeat festival.  And because this was all in rural south-central Florida I was even on some roads I’d never traveled … Continue reading →

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I scream, you scream, we all scream for…

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Ron Haines

My life’s come back to ice cream. At home as a kid in Kankakee, Illinois, it was an evening ritual to have a bowl of vanilla ice cream with chocolate sauce and some peanuts while sitting in the living room … Continue reading →

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Big holes in big trees

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Ron Haines

As much as one might abhor the thoughtless touristy tradition of driving through a hole that’s been hacked into a majestic redwood tree, one has to admit that the iconic photo of a car doing just that has planted the … Continue reading →

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Weed, CA

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Ron Haines

Weed.   In marketing parlance, it’s a great name for a California municipality to have on the eve of the November 8 vote on Proposition 64, a bill to legalize the recreational use, possession, cultivation, and sale of marijuana. This in … Continue reading →

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Some more stations

Posted on September 24, 2016 by Ron Haines

This chiropractic office in Eugene, Oregon, is one of several great recycled gas stations I found on my recent trip along the coast of northern California and southern Oregon.  See those and others right here.

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