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Let me continue the tour of Gilroy Gardens, our first visit, but not on foot (or at least not so much) ... enjoy!
Yes, it's the much-discussed antique cars ride! We started out in the 1920s line but as that seemed to be moving very slowly jumped over to the 50s instead.
All ready to get on the ride! Which we would in like twenty more minutes because they only had six cars on the track and it's a long track. Could be worse; the 1920s track, with four-seater cars, only had three cars.
Not our vehicle --- we weren't close yet --- but a god representative of what the 1950s car side offered as vehicles.
And here we are! The billboard here shows a suitably generic 50s movie and what's that on the right?
They're not Circus Trees but the arches here do give a nice strong vibe and are fun to drive under.
On the left there is the 1920s track, which goes the other direction. On the right is a billboard done as a John Deere advertisement. I don't know whether an actual one or a style imitation of one.
Here, I took a picture over my shoulder to see the 1920s billboard, with a period Chevrolet ad. Or ad-alike.
I suppose they figure a red farmhouse to be suitably current to either 1920s or 1950s.
Hey, is ... is that a 500-pound man-killing clam? Nobody told me they were going to have roadside attractions!
Drive refreshed, yes, but also drive out of the way of the ducks. I believe we stopped and let them waddle off the road here since we had so little steering available. .
This doesn't rise to the level of roadside attraction but a wood carving of an eagle is worth a snap on a long car trip, isn't it?
Well, the zip code and the all-digit-dialing are anachronistic but this is a clever slogan for a sign company.
Trivia: The final report made in 1581 to Pope Gregory regarding calendar reform was signed by nine people, one of whom seems to have been there as a witness. It is unknown how many people were members of the calendar-reform commission through the 1570s and early 1580s. Source: The Calendar: The 5000-Year Struggle to Align the Clock with the Heavens --- And What Happened to the Missing Ten Days, David Ewing Duncan.
Currently Reading: The Wright Flyers 1899 - 1916: The Kites, Gliders, and Aircraft that Launched the 'Air Age', Richard P Hallion. Part of a series titled The X-Planes, and even though the Wright vehicles were not X-Planes they were experimental vehicles working at the edge of what was known about human flight so stop giving the author a hard time, okay?
