The coastline of southern Oregon & northern California is quite spectacular. Gorgeous trees including giant redwoods, gigantic lava-like rocks in the water, beautiful dunes. I couldn’t help myself and indulged the dogs in beach runs more times than I can count. Boy, are they tired tonight! Of course tomorrow morning, it’ll be like nothing happened — back to zero.

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Early in the day, I went to Myrtle Point, OR to see the Muffler Man. He stands next to the Logging Museum which is housed in a very interesting building. It was evidently originally built as a Mormon church. However, because of its round shape, there was “acoustical chaos”. The woman working at the museum demonstrated by going to a far corner and, talking softly, it sounded like she was right next to me. This model of the church gives you a better idea of its unusual shape. This link gives more info:
http://www.museumsusa.org/museums/info/1160655

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There were some other neat things inside the museum, including this cute Paul Bunyan & Babe (about a foot tall) and some incredible carved out logs.

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Coastal OR and Northern CA is logging country so it’s no surprise that there are a lot of tributes to Paul Bunyan and the industry itself. I had wanted to see the giant Paul & Babe in Klamath, CA for decades. They were even bigger than I imagined and so nicely maintained. There was a little cabinet with vintage collectibles inside the gift shop . I think this piece was a mock-up for Paul’s construction.

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But what really gave me pause were these cute stuffed Pauls. But I know he would have had a short life with the dogs around if I had gotten one.

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And, lastly, what would a posting be without a photo of at least one sign? This one comes from Trinidad, CA. I can’t tell how old it is. The larger square portion appears to be painted plywood at this point. However, the ducks might be painted metel. I like the illusion of flight created by the one duck on a metal stick.

It was much cooler today and there was not as much picture-taking. There were a lot of miles between stops — most of it quite breathtakingly scenic (forests and ocean views). But I was also stuck looking at the butts of far too many slow-moving hay trucks and giant RVs for much of the time.

There was a long drive in the morning out to Lakeview which is in the high desert in Central OR. They are proud of their tallest town status — this sign is in the middle of the fairgrounds. I believe it was used as a welcome sign in town in a more prominent location on the highway.

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Lakeview really felt like Texas. I was surprised by the town’s appearance and dryness, as well as the amount of cowboy hats and Western-themed signage, etc.

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Here’s a non-Western example from downtown — a shoe store with not one but two nice neon signs:

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Later, up north in Bend, we stopped at the Funny Farm for a few minutes. It’s a bizarre mix of folk art and antique store.
http://www.funfarm.com/

The agitator wall (“Without agitators: nothing in the world would come clean”):

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The bowling ball tree:

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and other fun, slightly scary stuff:

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I finally got to see Petersen’s Rock Garden in Redmond. But I hadn’t counted on the abudance of peacocks in the parking lot and all over the place. The dogs were berserk over them. I had to carefully climb in and out of the van to avoid bloodshed. The dogs’ barking was audible for miles during my visit. At first, the peacocks were a little concerned but they quickly got over it and confidently strolled about.

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One of Petersen’s grand sculptures is surrounded by a moat with lily pads. There are super tiny frogs that you could easily miss. Anybody know what these guys are called? Here’s one at the center of this photo:

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After finishing the Central portion of the trip, I headed west. It took quite awhile with the twisty windy roads and traffic. It was already dusk when we arrived but I got a couple photos in. Then, I found a stretch of beach for the dogs to run around. Lost Creek State Park in Newport had clear signs about leashes being required but hardly anybody was around so I found a deserted area to let them rip around. We all had a blast and it was nearly dark when we left. This photo doesn’t really do the place justice:
http://www.u-s-history.com/or/l/lostcree.htm

Today was another busy and hot day (bank clocks announced low 90s most of the day). Blue skies though and I found lakes and rivers to keep the doggies cool during breaks. Tomorrow won’t be nearly as productive as there will be long, long stretches of nothing between stops — but for stuff that are Must Sees. I’ll be heading back north and then along the Coast. I’m optimistic that I can finish up Oregon tomorrow — but I just did some Mapquest estimated distances between some of these stops and it doesn’t seem possible. Especially with time-consuming multiple crossings of mountain ranges.

In addition to the blackberries, there are lots of stickery plants around all parts of Oregon. What appears to be a safe yellowed grassy field for Nik to chase ballies in, very often proves otherwise when he freezes in his tracks and I have to go over and remove little thorns from his pads. The girls are much more careful about watching where they step. Grip likes to sniff bushes because that’s what she prefers to pee on and more than a few times she’s yelped as something sharp has poked her in the nose.

Only a few blog photos today and I’m trying to rattle this one off tonight rather than letting the post drag over til the morning. I want to get rolling before the sun comes up for the next stop which is two hours away. I hate wasting daylight hours on the computer when I could be shooting.

In Rice Hill, the K-R Drive-in has a fun sign. I love depictions of burgers and a triangular support is much nicer than just a simple pole. Just across the highway, there is a great complex of A-frame restaurant & motel rooms. Perhaps this sign’s A-frame-ish base was designed by the same owner or builder.

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Also in Rice Hill, this hand-made Michelin Man:

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A cute sign in Grants Pass:

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A huge painted wall sign in Grants Pass advertising for Bull Durham. The “Owl” lettering I believe was for Owl Cigars.

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And lastly, in Klamath Falls a beautiful building with great details:

I have a lot of catching up to do from recklessly taking a night off from Flickr and this blog to socialize! All has been going great the past couple days: beautiful weather, tired dogs, tons of photos, and Sparkle’s running trouble-free. What more could I ask for? My get-together with Vintageroadside & wife was great fun. I urge you to go buy lots of t-shirts from these nice folks:
http://vintageroadside.com/

So, let’s move on to the snapshots since I’ve got a lot and the sun is already up and teasing me. These are all from Portland unless mentioned otherwise. A painted wall advertisement — I especially love graphic images (Jeff, any idea how old this is?):

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A cute back-to-school themed window display:

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The Hawthorne Hostel Ecoroof:
http://www.portlandhostel.org/ecoroof/index.html

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A paint store sign that appropriately uses different colored neon for each letter — prettier at night:
http://flickr.com/photos/photoinference/954696816/

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Silly maybe – but it does get your attention:

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Coffee kiosks abound in Washington and Oregon. You can’t go more than a couple blocks without seeing one. Here’s a little bigger building serving as a hot dog stand. I love the shape of this thing:

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A neat castle-shaped restaurant:

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The sign around back:

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Behind the restaurant are some nicely stucco-ed & interesting courtyard-style apartments (more buildings than shown here):

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Graffiti: Portland-style. There is a huge bicycle culture here with tons of people commuting to work on them, special bike lanes, etc. They are everywhere.

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I’m not sure what this feminist-style stenciled graffiti means — if anything. I assume this was just an “I was here” produced by the Guerilla Girls:
http://www.guerrillagirls.com/

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The carousel operator at Oaks Amusement Park told me that owls have been living in the rafters of the carousel building for about six years. They are raising families and doing quite well off the mice that live off the dropped park snacks. This guy was snoozing apparently so this is the best I could get of him:

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This unique camper had a stove and fridge inside at the back. But I didn’t see much room for sleeping unless there was an overhead cot which I didn’t notice.

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This almost Vegas-like sign is from The Dalles:

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I was forced to pull over in Mount Hood when I saw sign on the road promising a pet cemetery. Way in the back of a regular human cemetery, there were really only a couple new and dull grave markers but there was this wonderful entrance:

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An abandoned gas station just north of Hubbard. I love the odd shape of the office:

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I believe this shapely sign was in Woodburn:

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In Silverton, there’s quite a tribute to “Bobbie the Wonder Dog” who managed to find his way home on a 2,500 mile, six month journey from Indiana. There is this replica dog house and statue, as well as fantastic wall mural with details about Bobbie’s life. Here’s some info about the dog:
http://www.silvertonor.com/murals/bobbie/bobbie_wonder_dog.htm

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And lastly — I’ve been noticing people picking these berries all over Washington and Oregon so I figured they are safe to eat. I tried a few myself and they’re pretty good. The dogs won’t eat them when offered but Grem plucks them right off the vine herself. I’m not sure if they are blackberries or boysenberries or what.

It was pretty drizzly and grey for about half the day. Then the sun came out and it was almost too bright to take pictures. I guess this is normal Northwest weather. I didn’t actually get to Portland until around 5pm but still got a good chunk of stuff done. The earlier part of the day I had little stops here and there that took longer than expected. Gas is now the lowest I’ve seen on this trip: $3.71 — but you have to let them pump it which I hate. I try to NEVER get gas in NJ because of the same thing. Forced conversation with some stranger asking questions about my dogs barking at him like mad for messing with the van. Ugh.

I was back across the border in Washington for just a couple hours to do Vancouver and a few other stops. Just as I was about to head back into Oregon, I got a goodbye present from a very nice trooper (or whatever you call them here) for speeding: $93. He gave me a break — citing me for only going 5mph over the speed limit when he radar-ed me at 73 in a 50. It was a trap for sure — a little bridge with four choices of major highways and I was speeding up to get around a truck to see what I should do less than a mile down the road — and there the cop was just waiting for some sucker like me.

The dogs got to stretch their legs at the East Delta Park dog park in Portland in the afternoon:
http://www.portlandpooch.com/dogparks/eastdelta.htm

While it is fenced, I’m sure Grem could squeeze through if she really wanted to — and for a while she was running the perimeter casing it for possibilities even though the area inside was plenty big enough. Then she discovered gopher holes in the middle of the dog park and was satisfied to just dig away at them. She dug out one hole big enough that she was almost sneaking inside. Enough of that — leash time! The little bugger growled at me when I removed her from the hole. I don’t want to know what would happen if she got into one of the tunnels. A fight to the finish I suppose and I don’t know who would win. I’m glad we don’t have burrowing critters back East.

One thing I really didn’t like about the Park was a couple people that were not picking up their dogs’ poop. They fully realized their dogs were going and were too arrogant to do anything about it. It was really hard, but I held my New York tongue. I’ll try to find another place tomorrow because I really shouldn’t have to watch where I step at a dog park — irresponsible dog owners make me FURIOUS. At home, I’ll yell at assholes on the street for not picking up. I’ve evern yelled out my fourth floor apartment window at them.

Anyhow — sorry for the digression. Let’s get on with the show. I uploaded the painted metal sign to my agilitynut stream:
http://flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/2786565954/
Here’s the lesser photo-ed plastic sign as well. The placed burned down earlier this year and you can see the melted corner on this one.

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In Forest Grove, I noticed this neat phone booth with a great plastic sign. Yes, I picked up the receiver and there was a dial tone!

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I picked up another gas station candy that I hadn’t seen before: Chick-O-Stick. I checked the label to see if there was chicken in it but no. I give it a B but it’s not something I would buy again. This webpage describes the candy a little bit more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick-O-Stick

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I couldn’t resist posing my family with this family in Hillsboro. Usually, I pose them without leashes/collars which looks better. But this was right next to a very busy road and I didn’t want to risk a squirrel suddenly darting out from somewhere. Grip and Fix look as exhausted as I feel. Whereas Grem and Nik, at the center, look like Day #1.

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This old sign in Camas, WA looks reworked — but I could be wrong. Regardless, a very pretty little sign and cute cafe on the main street downtown.

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Finally, into Portland as the sun was already getting low. But that’s not a bad time to shoot anyway as it can add some nice shadows to neon signs and make even fairy ordinary ones seem special:

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This appears to be an updated old sign:

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The shape of this one is intriguing. Are there pieces missing, did something once revolve?

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I don’t know anything about this building on NW 16th Ave & Everett (Allergy Asthma & Dermatology Associates). I can’t tell if its spruced up 1960s or contemporary. It appears to be faced with stainless steel.

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And lastly, more on the subject of traffic signs and signals. These “one way” signs in Portland really have a homemade look to me. Notice the font next to the more traditional style of the “No Turn on Red”. It’s weird to see a sign without a border as well.

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Tonight (since I’m really finishing writing on Friday morning), I’ll be getting together with Flickr’s Vintageroadside & wife — two people I’ve never met. So I’ll be taking a well-deserved night off from the Flickr photos & blog and will have to catch up on Saturday night/Sunday morning somehow.

It rained most of the day. The sun came out dramatically for about an hour — while I was driving so it didn’t really help with the quality of the photos. At least it wasn’t a high volume day as I was just finishing up widely spaced apart stops in the southwest corner of WA. I just hope I get some sun for the Portland stuff starting tomorrow since there will be tons of photos there. I’m pretty much done with WA now except for Vancouver which I’ll get to right after Portland.

The best part of the day was running the dogs in Long Beach, WA on the beach. They had a blast and I guess the Pacific wasn’t too cold for Nik. Grem really enjoyed chasing the taunting seagulls who would hover just a few feet over her head. Fixie enjoyed rolling in the sand and seaweed mix — luckily there’s no dead fish smell. Grip was ball-retrieving enthusiastically since I was packing cheddar cheese and it was dinner time.

Aberdeen had a lot of great street art. I guess you can do this in a small town. I’m sure in NYC stuff would either be stolen or vandalized:

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Some beautiful tree protectors and grates. I have to ask — why do trees need so much protection in the Northwest?

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Another great tree grate from Raymond. It might be hard to tell from this photo but the metal leaves actually overlap one another. This discoloration was just the rain drying up (temporarily!).

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I saw a lot of these scary signs today in southwest WA. Yesterday, near Tacoma, the were “Volcanic Evacuation Route” signs. How common are these events? I guess I’ll stick with NYC where we just have to worry about being obliterated by terrorist acts. Saves the bother and planning for evacuation.

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Cute little crowns and ballies at Crown Drug in Hoquiam:

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A cheery sign considering the subject matter — from Longview:

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These abandoned gas storage tanks are from Long Beach. They probably won’t be here much longer as they are behind a closed 76 station.

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Lastly, a neon sign from Astoria. Not all that much graphically, and I’m not sure how old it is, but it’s still very pretty.

Much of the day was spent in Tacoma where I got lots of good stuff. I kept thinking that I didn’t have enough blog material so I kept shooting oddball stuff. Turns out that I have more than I probably should post in the interests of sanity and getting some rest.

Some rain here and there but luckily most of it held off til just after dark. The dogs got to play in a variety of places: dirt, sand, and grass lots. I need to find a big, well-fenced dog park somewhere (i.e., make the time to research ones in upcoming Oregon) because Grem is not getting enough exercise. Nik is spoiled rotten with swimming every day. Fixie wishes we were home already. Grip has been very cranky (not enough sleep).

I’m hoping to wrap up Washington tomorrow. I was ahead of schedule until Seattle but now pretty much where I should be. Nearly the halfway mark at over 8,000 miles so far. I don’t know how many thousands of photos. Gas has been a little cheaper in the past couple days ($3.84 vs. $4-something). So I’m not sure if there has been a nationwide drop or if western Washington is just cheaper than the eastern half.

This was probably a former motel in Tacoma, now apartments. I love the rockwork. I saw some other similarly used rock so it must be a regional thing.

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This castle-like building is from Tacoma. I’d love to know what it was originally used for. Was it just a house, or a hotel or for another commercial use? There was a bay-like building to the right but the castle seems too big to have been an office.

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It’s nice to see these Travelodge signs reused — especially when they keep the plastic ballies. This is in Tacoma:

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Time for some junk food. I hit the Brown & Haley outlet store which is in a cute little round mid-century building next to their factory. They are the famous producers of Almond Roca but the Mountain Bar was their first creation.
https://www.brown-haley.com/ourstory.php

Cherry is not really my flavor so I can only give this a B-. They were out of the peanut butter which would have been my first pick,.

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The Almond Roca now comes in four other flavors. This should come in handy during the later long haul interstate stretches of the trip when I can use all the excitement I can get.

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Ranko’s Corner Drug Store in Tacoma has a spectacularly original exterior — as well as these neat interiors features as well. A nice wooden phone booth (sign said the phone was out of order though) and a fully-functioning post office. And a great sign over the drug counter. There were some old photos and it seems this place might have had a soda fountain/lunch counter at one time. But I think there was a previous location so I’m not sure. The exterior photos of the store are at my agilitynut Flickr stream here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/agilitynut/2779885063/

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I refuse to start a new section at my website as I’m already overwhelmed with what I’m working on now. But perhaps I’ll start a Flickr group for Civic Fountains. Here are a couple that caught my eye. A nice brutal concrete one in Tacoma (note the Woolworth in the background on the right):

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and another in Bremerton. This one was a tribute to a guy associated with the Lion’s Club:

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Washington has had a lot of old-school traffic signals. I’m particulary fond of their metal “Crosswalk” signs. They look like giant cowbells and are often very dented up from trucks passing underneath. The signs look pretty old to me (flaking paint). I’ll keep an eye out for a later photo. Here’s a nice example of some of the hanging lights:

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I’ve been seeing a lot of these topiary pine trees in Washington. They are so classically 1950s to my eye. This two were at a cleaners. Does anyone know what they are called?

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This Shriners’ sign is from Tacoma. I don’t think I’ve seen a plastic fez sign before:

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Bremerton had several of these trompe l’oeil murals downtown. One was a desert scene, this one a pine forest:

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In downtown Olympia, on the lawn right next to the Capitol Building, is a great double-sided totem pole from 1940. Here are a couple details:

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The Golden Gavel Motel in Olympia now has a more mundane name. However, they kept much of the old plastic sign and this wonderful little sculpture:

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One more photo before I hit the road. Suddenly, the rain has stopped and the sun is out. This is one of those nice old street clocks — but I’ve never seen one as elegant as this with lamps. There is also glass on all four sides so you can see the inner workings:

There were still quite a few time-consuming stops in Seattle that took up much of the day. Traffic was definitely better, especially downtown. But stops west and east of the city proved more complicated with zigzag-ing inefficient routes. Although things were very well planned out, it still took way more time than anticipated. The weather was not my friend either. For the first time on this trip, it rained. Not torrential enough to stop shooting. But it did make for dull compositions, grey backgrounds, and calling it a night a couple hours early. Better luck tomorrow.

One thing that surprised me about Seattle was the number of hills. There were some roller coaster drops where you had to keep your brakes on all the way down. In fact, I recall a street named appropriately Nob Hill (like San Francisco) in a neighborhood I was happy to only have a couple stops in. The views and houses were nice but I’m not into white knuckle driving. There were also lots of irritating hills where you were at a 45 degree and had to stop for a stop sign. Then you have to rev the engine back up to get beyond it and get going again (usually with scary oncoming traffic).

The dogs got to play at Alki Beach (West Seattle) in the drizzle. No, it wasn’t legal but nobody seemed to notice. I think we were concealed by the concrete seawall. I love it when the dogs shake off and get sand all over the van. To me, seeing sand in the crevices and carpeting for a few days is just a memento of the good times we’ve had.

Here’s a nifty dragon in Chinatown:

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This sign was in West Seattle. The moon is three-dimensional.

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Uh, something happened when I popped out of the van to take photos of something for a few minutes. I’m not sure who is responsible – most likely Grem who will eat just about anything. Must have been a drop of something that smelled good and then she just continued to eat up an important part below Seattle. Luckily, my printed maps were enough to get me through this area but it would have been easier with a better highway map.

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For a plastic sign, this one in Seatac has a lot of pizzazz:

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I really, really wanted to see the Rocket gas sign in Des Moines. Unfortunately, the Butler Bar & Grill where it was displayed is closed on Mondays. So I tried and tried but this is the best I could get through the window:

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I went to Maple Valley to check out the Lake Wilderness Lodge which had a great mid-century building. I took a bunch of shots but the place is too big to really carry well into photos. Very often that’s the case with great Art Deco buildings: too big to photo well. On the way back to the highway, I noticed these two fun places across the street from each other. The Maple Valley Library is probably a contemporary construction — although maybe it could be midcentury. Wonderful sloped roof with visible wood from the exterior — and equally great view of the trees from the inside. This person has some more photos of the place:
http://flickr.com/photos/kcls/sets/72157604370059682/

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And lastly, the Maple Valley Community Center across the street has this fun fence.

It was a frustrating and exhausting day. Tons of traffic — worst than L.A. or anywhere than I can think of. Getting across town is tricky with Aurora and I-5 creating all kinds of dead ends. One way streets. I hadn’t expected any of it since usually Sunday is a good day to city downtown areas. Usually they are ghost towns but it sure was hopping in Seattle. Something called Hempfest was also going on which I think compounded the volumes of cars and people. Anything near or around the Space Needle was a nightmare. I still have a short list of stuff to do downtown but hopefully the closed roads will be open.

I took the dogs to a dog park south of downtown, Dr. Jose Rizal park. It turned out to be pretty skanky. I didn’t see any dogs — just homeless people. There are homeless people all over Seattle unlike any place I’ve ever been. I had heard about Seattle’s teen runaways — so maybe they have just grown up? Most of them seemed to be middle-aged and many appeared under the influence of something. Vast parks in the city where they have taken up uninterruped residence. At the dog park, one woman was topless and using the dog fountain to bathe. But I threw Nik’s ball for awhile and kept a close eye on Grem since the fencing seemed suspect. I think Fix and Grip were a little creeped out by the place, too. Yeah, great views of the City but… Here are some reviews which I hadn’t read before going here:

http://www.yelp.com/biz/dr-jose-rizal-park-seattle

On with the photos! Here’s a nice detail on the side of MOHAI (the Musuem of History and Industry):

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A strange little bit of sculpture in Fremont. I don’t know if this corner with moonscape benches, a galactic sidewalk, and these orb-y things were affiliated with the Asteroid Cafe which is now gone. Are there any locals that can fill me in?

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I’m usually not a fan of “retro” (new stuff made to look old) but I really liked the signage at this vet’s office:

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More strange artwork in Ballard — anybody out there know more about it?

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Downtown, there was a jewelry store with this giant retro billboard. Note how the hand projects from the wall. I assume the ring sign is old and just updated a little.

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Some more stuff from downtown. A modern sign — finally, a companion for all those classic 1950s diving women signs:

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This business is from 1890 — and I’m pretty sure that’s when this stained glass (or is it leaded glass?) was created. The bulb sign above looks pretty old as well.

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And lastly, certainly, way too old for the website but another incredible old Richardsonian style building:

Yesterday morning, I finished up with the Canada list. Lots of neon signs and a few other things. Here’s one neon sign in Vancouover that won’t make it to the website. I thought it was pretty neat and reminded me of those “head shops” from long ago. The sign was lit the night before:

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This building in Vancouver had an incredible arched entrance:

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I had a couple other stops in Canada — an incredible carousel in Burnaby and what turned out to be only a so-so Streamline Moderne building in New Westminster. Then, I was all set to get going in Seattle. But the border crossing was horrendous. It was at least two hours mid-day Saturday. A woman at a convenience store just over the border, finally, said it is sometimes five or six hours. I really don’t get what was taking so long. For me, it was a couple quick quenstions and barely a glance at my dogs’ paperwork and my passport. I did take this one photo while waiting in line — a lot of reflection off the paperwork on my dash — but I’ll include it anyway.

This guy was doing a booming business working the line of cars. He had two stacked coolers filled with water and ice cream. He passed out laminated poster-sized signs to cars filled with families to make their choices.

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Once we finally got to Seattle, I only had a couple hours of shoting time left. Nothing bloggy during that time. Then we went to a dog park in Seattle to round out the day. It was huge with good fencing and a beach. Some decent-sized waves on Lake Washington and Nik wowed the crowds with his fearlessness for da ballie. But away from the water, Nik and Grem were way too occupied by whatever critters were on the other sides of the fencing. Grem found a hole at one point and luckily I retrieved her pretty quickly before she took off. But then she was obsessed with digging at the base of the fencing and nearly dug through a couple times. Too stressful for me. Everybody got lots of exercise which was good after being stuck in the van way longer than normal. Here’s a link to what you’ll find at Magnuson Park’s off-leash dog area:
http://www.explorerdog.com/offleash/magnuson.htm