Art & Inspiration A cool roadside attraction!

A few cool vintage.

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Hey Ron,

That giant bug park looks very cool and fun to play on all day. My granddaughter would have liked that place. She was not afraid of tiny, real bugs of all kinds until her mother and grandmother started screaming/jumping at the sight of any crawly bug. So, now, many years later, our granddaughter is afraid of any bug. So goes the influence.

But, our bugs are small but plentiful. My wife already threw away over couple of hundred flies that came in two bags. My son would sit for hours, grouping them, making formations, and battles. Then, in one sweeping motion, they went on the floor. He had fun counting them as he picked all of them up.

Jnaki

All that is left of the massive bug collection from 38 years ago is this grouping of colorful bugs. This made do for our granddaughter instead of finding a large bug, roadside attraction.

“One of these guys is doing his own thing…”

 

Albany N.Y.'s Nipper

 

The Catskill Game Farm in Cairo (Care-Ro) N.Y. Opened 1933 Closed 2006. My dad and mom took me there a couple times when I was young early to mid eighties.



Roger Ree owns one of the Catskill Game Farm Hook and Ladder kiddie ride's

 

The peach water tower is a common sight along the side on I 85 in Gaffney,South Carolina,it's enormous size was a attempt to validate that South Carolina was indeed the largest producer of peaches, contrary to popular belief that Georgia holds the title. HRP.

 

I think NIPPER could probably use one of these.

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An American icon. We stop at all the Krispy Kreme's.

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The grand kids have to stop, when their making them fresh. View attachment 3767531

 

The 40 foot tall fire hydrant is located in Columbia,the state capital of South Carolina. HRP

 

Man that is a nightmare commute. Do you take Rt. 66? I tested the metering transformers for the National Harbor Casino(MGM) and Hotels.[/QUOTE]
Yes I did, exit toward Chantilly, backway home... That building you worked on was huge.

 

We spotted this 3-D Chevy on the side of a car wash. On our West Virginia Corridor H. road trip.

 

IIRC, that's taken from a kids game called "Cootie"




Played that as a youngster.......many years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_Cootie

 

Hoffman's Playland in Latham, NY. opened 1951 closed 2014, Many of the rides were moved just south to Albany and the park is now Huck Finn's playland

 

I hope I got just the last pic...the look on the grand daughter!!! oh, geez....you could market those to cheer people up! That's just crazy!! She rocks!

 

Yes shes a clown and sooo funny!

 

Cracked me up when I saw it. It reminded me of "Whatchew talkin' 'bout, Willis?" I can't remember the name of that show, but I can see in my mind's eye that little guy sayin' that to his big brother.

 

I was in Meadville for work this past week and saw the the PennDOT sign sculptures - pretty interesting. Another item of note - Meadville is home to Channellock tools.



And one final comment...the so-called "artiste" that put this Cadillac sculpture together ought to be slapped seven ways to Sunday for screwing up and wasting that Sedanette...sheesh! - some people's kids!

 

THANK'S (61CAD) I been to both of those. Their great museums! Here's the old Daytona Speedway sign. From 1976 on our honeymoon in the Vette. Also in 1978 we went to the Turkey Run, in our 38 Chevy coupe.

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That’ll be Dif’rent Strokes.


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..anybody from the Upstate NY, or similar woodsy tourist trip locations?

Do you recall the "woodsy" related souvenirs in the gift shops? I found this at a flea market years ago... it is a POSTCARD! I am not kidding, solid thin wood, but is marked or printed on the back just like one, with a place for the stamp! There is a tiny price sticker too! >> NINE cents!!! Lol..

Hey guys, I am kinda very low income, so at 66 now, I never got to travel like you all are showing here...but the day I took that pic, less than a week ago....was a wild adventure,.. off roading in a freakin blizzard, down behind my place, off to pay my heating oil bill, IN PERSON!!! I had fun dammit!! I knew I could not make it back home the way I came in, so I took the main state road instead!! I built this Star "hotrod" out of "stuff" in 3 weeks this summer!...with, yet to be treated(then)...... Lyme in my brain!...that explains Me & my "actions"!!, quite a bit! LOL

 

This is a cool roadside attraction at York Pa. You may want to visit it on your next trip to the NSRA Nats East, RON...

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Leo, Lion Country is still there as is McKees Jungle Garden.

 

Hey Guys,
You guys are lucky to be able to still see and experience the Lion Country themes. Lion Country Safari was a big corporation back in the early 70s. The one in Irvine, California closed in 1984 due to the land being more valuable as a rock concert venue and water park than roaming animals. (currently, the rock venue and water park have turned into a massive home/condo/apartment complex, so much for local fun time...)

It was something for So Cal locals to experience the animals licking your doors and windows with a bunch of slobber. Yuck. But, it was as close to nature as So Cal can get at the time.

Most of the Lion Country Safari places have closed and the one in Florida is the last one left. One good thing came from the place in Irvine, CA. Free "lion poop" for anyone to come and haul away. since most of South Orange County, at the time, backed up against scrub and open hillsides. So, deer and rabbits multiplied like, well, bunnies. The exposed plants and gardens got ripped on a weekly basis.

It was a known fact that if the "lion poop" was spread around the garden, the bunnies and deer did not come back into the area for fear of being eaten. That theory worked until you no longer wish to smell the lion poop blowing in the wind, when you were trying to have a backyard party for friends and neighbors.

Jnaki
It is too bad if the younger generation wanted to experience this back to nature type park. In So Cal, there is another theme park just South in inland San Diego called the Wild Animal Park that is very popular. But, with the flow of people moving into the coastal areas, the population spread is reaching farther back into this animal park zone...so, it may last a few more years. Get the experience while it is still, "Blowing in The Wind."

 

Hi Legends47.I knew McKee Jungle gardens was still there.Was not sure about Lion Country.One time when we went to Lion Country,my sister wanted to get out and pet the "kitties".Mom says no way.Have you checked out'The Hall of Giants"at the Driftwood Inn on the beach?That`s pretty neat.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

I haven’t been to the Driftwood Inn in quite a few years. I live about an hour south of Vero Beach. At one time we had Africa USA in Boca Raton but the real estate value did it in like others.