ROADSIDE BOUQUETS -- WHERE THE WILDFLOWERS ARE. Two friends. One a botanist. The other a consultant with a flexible schedule and an interest in wildflowers and flower arranging. We collect and preserve specimens of flowering plants. We find them in vacant lots, roadside ditches, culverts, swamps, woods, hillsides and fields. Along the way we explore the small towns of America. And arrange some flowers to brighten the truck interior or leave behind to say thanks.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Funky motels - many more to come
The way we travel there is no way to plan where we stay in advance. Our trips are meandering affairs. Daniel has his Android in a windshield mount and follows the satellite view of the terrain searching for interesting ecosystems. So we follow that, not a plan. Thus we don't know where we will end up at night. Usually, in the late afternoon or even early evening, I will start doing a Google search for nearby motels. And we take what we can get. In this case, Daniel had spotted this place early in the day and knew we could circle back. It was a real throwback. Un-renovated and spartan. But spacious and clean (enough). And in a lovely setting with mountain views. We both loved this sign. We will post more of these as we go along. The thing about off-the- interstate travel is that the motels are seldom national chains. More character. And more surprises too.
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