tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post6322083303133534599..comments2024-03-28T13:46:45.787-05:00Comments on Garage Sale Finds: Meramec CavernsTomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-38756672723174414672017-05-07T20:25:54.100-05:002017-05-07T20:25:54.100-05:00Cool. Maybe someone will be scanning and posting ...Cool. Maybe someone will be scanning and posting your brochure 50 years from now.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-23121998918669795692017-05-05T17:03:46.513-05:002017-05-05T17:03:46.513-05:00coincidentally, i've spent the past week or th...coincidentally, i've spent the past week or three working on a brochure for the Nevada leg of the Lincoln Highway Association. Nevada has its share of highway stops, like any state.FrankOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316107158387079660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-13360788859816235442017-05-05T08:14:59.262-05:002017-05-05T08:14:59.262-05:00I haven't read that, but I'm familiar with...I haven't read that, but I'm familiar with Neil Gaiman from my comic book days. I know tourist traps attract me. I've always wanted to take a drive down 44 and old Route 66 and stop at every tourist trap on the way.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03119827816698009731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8080299065441712068.post-74776867876426815382017-05-04T18:46:49.475-05:002017-05-04T18:46:49.475-05:00Having read Neil Gaiman's "American Gods,...Having read Neil Gaiman's "American Gods," i now have renewed appreciation for tourist traps. If you haven't read it [no spoilers], the basic gist spelled out early in the book is that the gods (old and new) didn't die -- they still exist as long as someone, somewhere believes in them, but their power is diminished the less people do so. In America, places that we know of as tourist traps became that way because those places are power points in the country, and the both people and the gods are attracted to them. I just love the idea that we are unknowingly drawn to tourist traps as mere mortals because they are power centers for gods to tap into the zeitgeist of the area.FrankOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01316107158387079660noreply@blogger.com