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Abandoned Fruit 🍍
Shonda’s Souvenirs, Lake Placid, FL

As a lover of abandoned places and roadside attractions, I have decided I need a section on my blog for Abandoned Roadside Attractions. My first entry Shonda’s Souvenirs on the way toward Lake Placid on Florida’s Route 27. This pineapple that made me swerve into a u-turn is now an Read more…


Cassadaga, Florida
Whimsical Fairy Trail
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Nestled in Florida’s Volusia County near Lake Helen is a spiritualist community, home to one of the largest populations of psychics and mediums in the world. The brightly colored spaces beam of knowing and wonder, drawing in open-minded visitors and connoisseurs of ethereal awe. We walked the Horseshoe Park Fairy Read more…


Tonopah, Nevada Attractions, Part 2
The International Car Forest
Misc. Goldmine, Nevada

The International Car Forest of the Last Church is actually an attraction in Goldfield, not Tonopah.  But it is a quick 25 mile drive. The collection of automobiles strewn about the desert landscape is a striking visual thought up by artists Chad Sorg and Mark Rippie and has nothing to Read more…


The past, the future, majesty, love—
if they are vacant of you,
you are vacant of them.

I’m heading out… the road beckons. And I abide. It’s a magical place–one of immediate consequence, one where you are you in your most potent form. And she is a me I adore. A fact that can bring me to tears and has, followed by a giggle of my own Read more…


An Afternoon in Akron

On my way back to Cleveland for my morning flight, I stopped in Akron for some meandering. I wound up a neat marketplace that had some vegan options. A festive Independence Day cocktail before I settle into my last evening in Ohio. Nomz has some unique eats. I went for Read more…


An Enchanted Forest of
Fairies in New Jersey 🧚🌳🧚🏾

A wonderful whimsical stop on a New Jersey day trip, The South Mountain Reservation Fairy Trail is great for kids and the young at heart. I won’t give too much detail as half the magic is hunting for them along the trails of the South Mountain Reservation. Hint: There is Read more…


Shuffle Off to Buffalo:
Attractions & Vegan Food in Western New York

A quick trip to Western New York would of course mean a scouring of vegan options. As is the nowadays, there was so much to try. Veganism is thriving everywhere these days. Not only at my destination, but on stops along the way. Like at 96 Lives Vegan Bakery & Read more…


Blessed Are The Intrepid, Day 18:
Wild Horses & Horseshoe Crab

Day 18 would be my last adventure… the Assateague Island National Seashore, the barrier island shared by Virginia and Maryland where feral horse roam freely. Wild horses. If that is not enough, the beach is beautiful and washes up a slew of shells. I hit the shoreline early as the Read more…


Blessed Are The Intrepid, Day 17:
Drive

Do you know how much I dislike the I-95? Well, I’ll tell you. It’s the worse kind of roadtrip driving. Direct but uninteresting, it eliminates half the magic of the road. Though South of the Border, an original gangster roadside attraction, has expanded a great deal since my last visit Read more…


Blessed Are The Intrepid, Day 13:
Life Aquatic

The potential of one day is pretty mind-blowing. Waking up in our adorable green pastel RV in Key Largo’s Sunset Cove Resort we headed to the renowned John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the country’s first undersea park. Though our snorkeling tour had been cancelled the previous day due to Read more…


Willow City Bluebonnet Loop/
These Are A Few Of
My Favorite Things: Wild Flowers
Day 1 in Texas

Day 1 in Texas: Wild flowers say, “I do what I want!” And then I show up after to take a bunch of pictures. Like the orchids and sunflowers, they join the ranks of my Favorites Things… for their evocative power, their dismissal of the rules, the color they spew Read more…


A Day On The Road

I like to take the long way home… and find things to see, find things to eat. Like the vegan tofu “wings” from Bullfrog Brewery. Those were from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. On the see list, this Pink House in Wellsville, New York. The ornate Victorian home has had a bit of Read more…


Down Home Vegan Upstate

I was on my way home… but not without hitting some pretty awesome vegan options as I headed south. Starting in the Lake George section of New York. I was delighted to find an all-vegan sandwich shop so close to my motel room, Birch Bark Eatery. Oh how I love Read more…


Throwback Thursday: Chicago Roadside Attractions (2006)

Missing the road this summer, I’ve dug into the archives for some old roadside attractions… from a time of no blog, no Instagram.  The Spindle, or car shish kabob, was disassembled in 2008. 


Throwback Thursday: The Pee Wee Herman Dinosaurs

The dinosaurs featured in the weirdo-classic Pee Wee’s Big Adventure are officially known as the Cabazon Dinosaurs. I knew I wanted to see them in person when I was a little kid. I got there in 2005, as the date stamp on my photo prints that were later scanned note. They’re Read more…


Albuquerque: The Really Good Stuff

There’s something about the last day of a trip that lights a fire under your butt.  So with the sunrise, I sought to make the most of my last day in Albuquerque. And that means I start with a good breakfast. Ok, a really good breakfast!  I headed to hotspot Read more…


Road Americana (quick pictorial)

I love everything about being on the road. I get to eat everything up, using all my senses.  And things are old and rundown yet ooze life. And there is weirdness, an endless supply of weirdness. Style and colors Textures Color Function Oh and this is just a motel tip Read more…


Roswell, New Mexico

That is me hanging on to the matriarch of this family during a UFO encounter.  Yes, I’m in Roswell, New Mexico.  Being a fan of the strange and unusual, Roswell has been on my list of places to visit for quite some time.  Well I am here now, in a Read more…


Cosmic Roadside Attraction: Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array

Though I’d love to say that I joined Fox and Scully in the New Mexican desert to discover a mysterious and striking field of giant radio antennae pointing to our dear sky–emitting, absorbing, tracking… The possibility of an intricate and expansive government conspiracy is alluring. But the truth (which is Read more…


Phoenixville: A Cute Small Town With Vegan Eats

An hour from Philadelphia is the lovely borough of Phoenixville. Once the site of iron and steel mills, Phoenixville now has a thriving downtown strip containing diverse eateries, watering holes, and breweries. And some vegan eats! It is one of those places that feel like a mix of home and Read more…


Neon & Steel [And Some Food]

I woke up in Cincinnati, Ohio and went to bed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This means that, likely, I will spend tomorrow evening in my own bed. New York. Though I am squeezing in brief stops as I pass through, this excursion is winding down. But I still need sustenance and Read more…


Reading the American Landscape [Kentucky]

Wigwam Village No. 2 in Cave City, Kentucky, a themed motel of Route 66, is still operational.   The abandoned Haunted Hotel attraction also in Cave City. It is open to explore, but an adorable grey tabby kitten was guarding the door.  Overgrowth A sinister fellow plays the piano. I Read more…


Light & Dark

It’s morning in Shenandoah, and the sun overcomes its obstacles. As usual. How perfect is a morning? Fresh and potent with opportunity and intention. Never you mind what becomes of it; that’s the evening’s problem to solve. The clouds veil the light, hiding the blue, so you don’t take it Read more…


Trees, Oranges, and Tamales

After a quick breakfast at Cafe Smitten in Bakersfield, California it would be time to see a third/fourth California national park: Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks. To start, a peanut butter and chocolate bar, real good black coffee, and National Park guidebooks. And a quick bite. The Vegan Burrito Read more…


Blame It On The Tetons.

Buford, Wyoming has only one resident, a Vietnamese man who bought the entire town on eBay. Don Sammons, Buford’s previous lone resident who built the town from nothing and wrote a book about his adventure moved away. So it is still population 1. I stopped in to see if I Read more…


wi. / mn.

Lest you think me a sunflower stalker (I am), please know that Babbette’s Seeds of Hope was the first field of sunflowers I knew about, though I suppose I realized they existed, and the very first field of sunflowers I intended to visit… the reason for the route I established Read more…