On Monday, the temperature in Cincinnati plummeted into the 30s and there were snowflakes in the air. I took that as a sign to leave town so I did. And headed north. I don’t mean just a few-miles-to-Dayton north but a few-miles-into-Canada north. On the surface, that must appear even more logic defying than my most recent trip to chilly Pittsburgh but it’s really not as dumb as it sounds. My target in Canada is Winnipeg, Manitoba. Almost as soon as I reach there, I’ll start south on my first full length drive of the Jefferson Highway and that will take me to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. “Pine to Palm” as the highway’s nickname promises. Near the midpoint, I’ll pause for a few days to attend the 7th Annual Jefferson Highway Association Conference in Saint Joseph, Missouri. At the end, I’ll pause a few days to visit my NOLA resident oldest son.
This entry is to let blog only subscribers now about the trip and to provide a place for comments. The journal is here.
Finally caught up with your trip blog. Have enjoyed reading it. Continued safe travels south.
Thanks. Now if I could just get it caught up with the real world 🙂
Day 9’s small gas station bears a cast-iron plaque. What does it say?
http://dennygibson.com/jhac2018/day09/pic04a.jpg
Here ’tis:
I suspect that’s kind of disappointing but I understand curiosity. I’ll probably put a link in the page eventually now that I’ve posted the picture.
Love the neon lit motel!
Two years ago, it was restored and lit for the first time in fifteen years. Then, just about a year ago, it was damaged by hail and has only recently recovered from that. I was there not too long after the first lighting: http://dennygibson.com/jhac2016/day03/index.htm#section10
Denny, the final pic in your recent posting (the pedestrian crossing sign) looks like a figure out of a Monty Python episode!
Yep. It’s a silhouette of John Cleese from the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Thought so! I got a kick out of that segment being a Freemason when they started in about the “handshakes” !
Hi Denny, I enjoyed your road trip on the Jefferson Highway! Thanks for posting all the updates, pictures and links. I’m hoping to travel parts of it soon!
I’m sure glad you enjoyed what I posted and also hope you get to travel parts of it soon. Mike Curtis’ map will certainly make that easier and I know that he and others will continue to improve it. Of course, I’d be happy to help, too.