Here’s a little break from all those Midwest photos. A couple weeks ago, I took a little 4-day trip to Central CA & Bay Area for the annual NeonSpeaks Festival & Symposium in San Francisco. I usually only attend the main event day for that and justify the gas money with a bunch of photo-taking on the way and in the area. I just finished adding those photos to my website. So, here are some that you’ll find there (or don’t rate inclusion there).
A giant clog in front of a shoe store in Solvang:
This sea otter and octopus are at a tiny playground in Morro Bay:
Supposedly, a former Sprouse-Reitz five-and-dime store in Red Bluff:
The Senator Theatre in Chico:
The former Sky Terrace Motel (now the Red Bluff Inn) in Red Bluff:
This drive-in is in Chico:
A very foggy morning in Coyote. I imagine that these sign panels were painted to look like planks of wood originally:
Lots of clouds… and wire mesh protection…. but this Masonic Lodge sign is in Oroville:
This recently uncovered Rexall sign is in Los Molinos:
Sodini’s Trattoria is in San Francisco:
The welcome sign in Rohnert Park:
The welcome arch in Williams:
At Pismo Bowl in Pismo Beach:
At a small strip mall with supermarket in Gilroy:
Two signs from Redding:
At the long-gone Depot Hotel Restaurant in Napa:
There were at least eight Cinderella Motels built in California by the mid-1960s. This one in Hollister is the only one left with a neon sign:
And, lastly, from the still operating drug store from 1906 in Red Bluff:
Coming up in an hour or so… another Chicago area post.
Happy Trails,
dj & the dogs
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