Road Schooled » Show & Tell http://www.roadschooled.com Lessons from the Road to Somewhere Sat, 17 Jul 2010 20:14:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Show & Tell: The Big Orange Dot http://www.roadschooled.com/2009/09/big-orange-dot/ http://www.roadschooled.com/2009/09/big-orange-dot/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:49:36 +0000 Sue http://www.roadschooled.com/?p=532 The Big Orange Dot at The Dalles, OR

Nothing screams tourist like walking around all day with a big orange dot on your chest.

[Note to Self: Remove big orange proof of admission dots immediately upon exiting the museum.]

Location:  The Dalles, OR

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I left my heart in San Francisco.

Location:  Golden Gate Bridge – San Francisco, CA

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Proud owners of a grassland home

Olympic National Park - Mountains and Grasslands

with a million dollar view.

Location:  Olympic National Park, WA

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Sometimes tourism feels worse than graffiti.

Location:  Highway 191 near Moab, UT

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After mating, a female grasshopper uses her ovipositor to lay an egg pod containing several dozen tightly packed eggs.

Location:  Brookgreen Gardens – Murrells Inlet, SC

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Be yourself.  Be beautiful.

Location:  Seattle Pride Parade 2009 – Seattle, WA

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I was too afraid to sleep in my tent in the Hoh Rainforest because I heard growling coming from the woods while tending my campfire. So I slept in my car with a mouse that got in when I was unpacking. It was a long night.

Location: Hoh Rainforest at Olympic National Park, WA

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Oh give me a home where the buffalo roam

Branded Bison at Custer State Park

where the buffalo are not branded

Bison Wearing Ear Tag at Custer State Park

wearing ear tags

Baby Bison at Custer State Park

and posing for tourists on a paved road.

Location:  Custer State Park, SD

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The winding road in the header photo of Road Schooled was taken at Joshua Tree National Park.

Location:  Joshua Tree National Park – Twentynine Palms, CA

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When I was in grad school I felt like I was in an inescapable box.  Dropping out and hitting the road to somewhere set me free.

Location:  Brookgreen Gardens – Murrells Inlet, SC

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