{"id":2113,"date":"2020-07-02T00:13:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T00:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=2113"},"modified":"2024-06-04T20:33:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T20:33:55","slug":"roadside-attractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelbeing.com\/?p=2113","title":{"rendered":"Roadside Attractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

I miss the travel part of being. Even so, a Panglossian view to this sheltering in place business is that it gifts us with the time to tackle procrastinated projects. Like sorting through computer and phone photo libraries. In Operation Delete, I plan to rid all devices of superfluous shots — those countless images of landscapes, sunsets, ocean waves, and those with umpteen angles taken of the same subject. You’ve got the pictures.<\/p>\n

This task commenced yesterday morning. By day’s end, I waved a white flag in surrender. For rather than press the delete key, I went back on the road — scanning through photos, awakening times forgotten. My mission may have not been accomplished, but I am grateful for this retro-odyssey that reminded me what a strange, interesting, wonderful world it is when practicing awareness.<\/p>\n

Now let’s travel in place…with a sampling of some “roadside attractions” worthy of notice, or a U-turn…<\/p>\n

“There’s something happening here
\nWhat it is ain’t exactly clear…
\nI think it’s time we stop, children, what’s that sound
\nEverybody look what’s going down” \u00a0– Buffalo Springfield<\/div>\n
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Baby Face What?!
Prague<\/p><\/div>\n

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Street philosophy
Prague<\/p><\/div>\n

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John Lennon Wall
Prague<\/p><\/div>\n

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Walk this way?<\/p><\/div>\n

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Puppet Doors
Prague<\/p><\/div>\n

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Litter bin
London<\/p><\/div>\n

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Waste bin
New Orleans<\/p><\/div>\n

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Naturally, New Orleans<\/p><\/div>\n

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Balcony Scape
Rouen, France<\/p><\/div>\n

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High Art<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rainbow eucalyptus
Road to Hana, Maui<\/p><\/div>\n

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Mythical Adornments
Painted Church, Hawaii.<\/p><\/div>\n

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BigFoot
Chain, Chain, Chained
Pacific NW<\/p><\/div>\n

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When you’re smiling,
the whole world
smiles with you<\/p><\/div>\n

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I See You, You See Me
Bainbridge Island<\/p><\/div>\n

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Stop sign\u00a0
Big Island, Hawaii<\/p><\/div>\n

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Record store section:
French and Foreign<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bird on a Wire
France<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bartender ink suggests my route,
“Second Star on the Right and Straight on Til Morning”<\/p><\/div>\n

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Christmas magic
Harrods, London<\/p><\/div>\n

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Who can explain it?
Whitby, England<\/p><\/div>\n

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Moooving on
France<\/p><\/div>\n

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A bold group<\/p><\/div>\n

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London color<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hanging out
Covent Garden, London<\/p><\/div>\n

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Euro Knocker<\/p><\/div>\n

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Double Take
Whitby, England<\/p><\/div>\n

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Goth Festival
Whitby, England<\/p><\/div>\n

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Street Scene
Whitby, England<\/p><\/div>\n

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Repair or don’t tell
Whitby, England<\/p><\/div>\n

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London Town<\/p><\/div>\n

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A gas gas gas
tank sculpture
France<\/p><\/div>\n

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Telephone soup line
Cambria, CA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Canal locks
Prague<\/p><\/div>\n

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Door Art
Earl’s Court, London<\/p><\/div>\n

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Faux flower blooms
Prague<\/p><\/div>\n

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Playful toot<\/p><\/div>\n

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A Classic Pooper<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hotel amenity
York, England<\/p><\/div>\n

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Polite warning<\/p>\n

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Farmer’s Market
London<\/p><\/div>\n

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Why did the turkey cross the road? Gotta be a woman…
Saratoga, CA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Big Sur, Ca
Maybe…<\/p><\/div>\n

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An attraction in itself,
Weed, CA<\/p><\/div>\n

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Cool Cat
Cambria, CA<\/p><\/div>\n

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I spy something green<\/p><\/div>\n

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Holographic Security<\/p><\/div>\n

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