Snippets of The U.S. Highway 41 Experience

Jan

Snippets of The U.S. Highway 41 Experience

by Charon

U.S. Highway 41~

Dromedaries in a field
A small crowd of twenty-somethings waving American flags and Ron Paul For President signs at a major intersection in Georgia
The Florida State Line
Floyd’s Diner
Signs of life: political, legal and personal
Prices going up, going up, going up …
Rain for six solid days
Giant’s Camp, Gibsonton, FL
Showbar, Gibsonton, FL
A mysterious tree blight
The End of the Road

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Glockit, on January 3rd, 2008 at 1:25 pm Said:

You owe me a keyboard!
I was, eating a ham sandwich.
Should I call the guy and tell him I
found his pig.

thanks, I needed a good laugh.
Megan R., on January 3rd, 2008 at 8:22 pm Said:

Those trees look like something out of an apocalypse – woo! Thanks for sharing (love the lost pig sign).
Charon, on January 8th, 2008 at 6:24 pm Said:

Hi Glockit,

We saw two pig signs within two miles and then they just stopped. We hope they found the pig and just forgot to take them down. Hope your pig was tasty and that the majority ended up in your stomach rather than on your keyboard!

Hi Megan,

The trees were amazing. They went on like that for about a mile or two and then the outskirts of Miami began. Before the blighted section things were tall, green and full of long-necked birds. The transition was sudden and very startling.

Happy 2008 to you both! Hope you had a wonderful New Years’ celebration!

Cheers!

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