Category Archives: Road trip

The town that can’t be licked

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Ron Haines

I usually take municipal slogans—the ones you see on the ‘Welcome To’ signs on the way into town—with a huge grain of salt, and rightly so. For example, I once found the Blueberry Capital of the World in Maine (Cherryfield)… … Continue reading →

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Yeehaw Junction and Elvis

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Ron Haines

Since my last post about Yeehaw Junction I’ve run across a few more interesting bits, and even found an Elvis connection just a few miles away. The simple word ‘Yeehaw’ has always screamed out bluegrass to me.  I remember seeing … Continue reading →

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No more Yeehaw breakfast

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Ron Haines

A Haines tradition for years has been breakfast in Yeehaw Junction.  Notice I didn’t say Haines Family Tradition.  That would be incorrect.  It’s just me. It kicks in whenever I go north on the ‘turnpike’ (AKA Florida’s Turnpike, The LESS … Continue reading →

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Happy Valentine’s Day (belated or way early, take your pick)

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Ron Haines

Happy Valentine’s day (belated or way early, take your pick) This is a bit late, I know, and totally out of character for me.  I rarely acknowledge Valentine’s Day. In fact, the reason I got married on a Friday the … Continue reading →

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Frog legs and gator tails

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Ron Haines

Frog legs and gator tails One of the paddling MeetUp groups I belong to recently planned an outing to Lake Cara, a tiny little postage stamp of a lake in the Fort Drum Wildlife Management Area up east of Yehaw Junction … Continue reading →

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Mintonette anyone? How about Hooverball?

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Ron Haines

Yes, Mintonette.  That was almost the name for what we now know as volleyball. And how do I know that?   Because I drove past this sign. And then I took a stroll on the internet.  Where I unearthed Hooverball too. … Continue reading →

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Hitchhiking butterfly

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Ron Haines

This iridescent blue fellow latched onto me at the Butterfly Rainforest in Gainesville, FL, this week and stayed there long enough for brother Roger to whip out his phone and take a picture. If you’re up that way, this is … Continue reading →

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Carhenge

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Ron Haines

I saw it briefly as I drove east on Route 2 in Alliance, Nebraska. Carhenge, the small sign said, and the arrow pointed left. It was too late to make the turn, so I continued on and doubled back. A … Continue reading →

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Mississippi Missing

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Ron Haines

I could walk the river! It had taken me over 100 days in 2003 to paddle the entire Mississippi River. There was a scale model of it in Jackson, Mississippi, covering a couple hundred acres. I could walk what I’d … Continue reading →

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Heeeeere’s Johnny!!!

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Ron Haines

I just realized today is Johnny Carson’s birthday so I figured it would be a good time to post a couple of photos from his boyhood home, Norfolk, NE, which I visited briefly earlier this summer. Watching his opening monologue … Continue reading →

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