Roadside Distractions

[Donna D.]

Remember, sometimes it's the journey not the destination:
Roadside Distractions: 15 Reasons to Pull Off the Highway

Do you have any roadside distractions you have found during your travels that you can share?

[Time K]

The view over my right shoulder traveling from Mazatlan to Durango (Mexico)

[brian m.]

I saw these wind turbines off in the distance from I-20 in west Texas near Sweetwater.
It made me pull of the highway to get a closer look.

[Lex M]

CA State Road 49: "most beautiful steel bridge"

[Frederick L. Simson]

"The Thing?" on I-10 in Arizona

Cabazon Dinosaurs on I-10 near Palm Springs, California

[Kevin K]

Regent, North Dakota.
http://www.enchantedhighway.net/





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[David & Leslie]

Thanx, Donna, for starting this thread - should be really interesting & informative.

Near I-40 near Groom, TX - this amazing site is worth a stop, regardless of your religious opinions - very inspiring. L 'n D

http://www.crossministries.net/

[Mary F]

Longhorn Bar & Grill, on I-19, near Tubac, Arizona.

[Marv Watson]

Longhorn Bar & Grill, on I-19, near Tubac, Arizona.

And....not too far north of the Longhorn is the San Xavier Mission. You have to go inside to see the restoration of the frescoes. World class!

...MarvonW

[CD Smith]

Here is a view from the cliff in Blue Lake ST, NM.





We stayed there one night on our way back from Salt Lake City, UT.

[CD Smith]

Here are two of the many photos I took when Joyce and I toured Capper Canyon, Mexico. They were taken in 2000 before we got our Casita, but I though you might be interested.




A view of Hotel Mirador in Bahuichivo, MX.




A view of the town of Urique, MX from the balcony of our room.
Its 7,000 feet down to the valley floor.

[Patrick M.]

Carhenge (Alliance, Nebraska), Stonehenge (Columbia River Gorge, Oregon), and the Cadillac Ranch (Amarillo, TX).

Offbeat Tourist Attractions - GPS POI file http://www.poi-factory.com/node/2661

[ERIC B.]

...Stonehenge (Columbia River Gorge, Oregon)...

Offbeat Tourist Attractions - GPS POI file http://www.poi-factory.com/node/2661

I have almost the same exact picture at Stonehenge with my Element and Perris Pacer! (Oh, and it's on the WA side, near the Mary Hill Museum.)

[Adrian W]

Garden of the Gods -Colorado Springs, Getty Villa -PCH Malibu, Courthouse -Santa Barbara California, San Buenaventura Mission -Ventura, Flax Fields -Minot, ND and also the Canola fields but no space to attach photo. http://www.ndtourism.com/highResGallery/de...p;galleryID=116

I could not find our photo of "Geese in Flight" a large metal sculpture off the interstate by Regent, North Dakota. It would be a Number One Roadside Distraction, it got me to slow down and pull over to take a photo. However, I have never driven the Enchanted Highway to see his other sculptures which I see Kevin K has.
http://www.enchantedhighway.net/geese-in-flight.htm
http://www.enchantedhighway.net/

[Adrian W]

There is an old country church off US83 in ND, north of Minot, close to Minot AFB near Ruthville, again I can not find my photo, but I did a painting because of the mental impression it left me. However, I used this ND Tourism photo of a different building in another part of the state to do the painting. http://www.ndtourism.com/highResGallery/de...p;galleryID=457

Excuse the flash spot.
North Dakota Country Church with Sunflowers

[Time K]

Garden of the Gods -Colorado Springs

I think the BOI rally is there this September....it would be nice to get a report from an attendee, if we have one from FGRV

Thanks for sharing the photos Adrian.

Mike