Summer Trip – Day 3 / Western Oregon

This day was spent mainly in Western Oregon, including Portland, with a tiny bit of Washington. There will be lots more Oregon in later posts from this trip.

Let’s start with some Portland stuff:

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This former Chevrolet sign is located inside the Super Chevrolet Parts Co.:

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This sign looks pretty much the same as it did originally — just a few color changes:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywoodplace/5360890813/

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This sign appeared around 2012 when the building began housing HD Loft Studios. I don’t know where this sign came from. There’s a plastic covering protecting the neon:

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If you’re into the rusty, this one’s for you. The hotel is being renovated. I hope they don’t mess with this sign:

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Moving on to The Dalles:

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These two Hotpoint signs are at Pioneer Electric — still in business!:

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A two-fer with the IOOF sign:

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That yellow “corduroy” plastic is sure holding its color!

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A close-up of the diver (= pool, and I believe the motel still has one). Maybe the tubing holes supported the text “Pool”? Can’t quite tell from this vintage postcard:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/94207108@N02/15133949852/sizes/l

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Crossing over the Washington border for just a bit. This is from Goldendale:

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Also in Goldendale. I saw at least one other sign on this trip with a neon asterisk (?) like this so they must have been mass-produced:

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Back in Oregon. On the roof of the Pheasant Grill Drive-in in Arlington:

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From Hermiston: At first glance, the Obie’s Express coffee place looks like a former Mister Donut but there are too many folds in that folded plate roof. The giant coffee cup is just barely three-dimensional. I don’t know what the building housed originally. Google Street View shows that it’s been Obie’s since at least 2007:

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Just down the street, is this now-Rodeway. It was originally, or at least previously, the Way Inn Motel. The roof was painted white at that point – with those white rocks making a lot more sense! Now, they look just delightfully silly:

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Crossing over officially into Washington for a few days now. This sign is from Selah:

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Last photo for the night — ran out of daylight in Sumner. One of the smaller, modern versions of the famous Elephant Car Wash signs in Seattle (and Rancho Mirage, CA):

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