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| Driver and shipmates. | Murky waters and shoreline. | Sandstone! | Yeah. |
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| I think he called this "Suicide Point" or something. | Forgot the goddamn guidebook at home, so I don't remember what any of this shit is called. This is Mosquito Pond or something. | The dusty trail, well-traversed. | Squeezing through a tight passage. |
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| More rocks. | And more ferns! | Northwoods, Ducks-style. I'm a sucker for pines. | Whatever. |
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| Majestic pines, even if planted in pattern. | Et cetera. | HAD to go to Shipwreck Lagoon in honor of Ryno, another tribute to the college years. Got him an updated brochure, too. | Played 18 holes here, scoring just one over Par. Not bad for someone who hasn't mini-golfed in years. |
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| Shipwreck Lagoon, but not the namesake shipwreck lagoon. | Frontal signage, sorry for the bass-ackwards ordering of photos. | Roadside signage, kinda lackluster. This place will be closed in a few years, it's kind of run down and not that fun or interesting a course. And not nearly enough "pirate" in the presentation. | Nice signage. These cages sucked my ass. I hate baseball. |
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| Follow-up shot of Original Wisconsin Ducks facility. | Supplimentary shot of that pink candy place signage. | Dells Auto Museum. | Monster-Truck bullshit, family fun I suppose. |
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| Lovely sign grouping for Dells Boat Tours. | Sign detail, Dells River District. | Indian food in the Dells? Yes. I was very pleased to find it, but it wasn't really great, unfortunately. But I'd go back just for the novelty. | I got nuts at the Showboat. Not really, I didn't. |
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| Black Hawk Motel, Dells. | Indian Trail Motel, Dells. | On my way out of the Dells now, as evidenced by the Trail's End Motel. | Not sure why they advertise as you're driving away from the place, towards absolutely nothing. |
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| Amazing-looking Big Sky drive-in theater, too bad they show such bullshit movies...guess they have to to stay in business with idiot tourists everywhere. | Big Sky Drive-In signage. | Stopped in downtown Portage to check it out, the next few photos are from there. Cute little downtown. | Fulberg's Men's Store, Portage. |
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| Orthopaedic Surgeon with excellent 3-D lettering. | "Odd Fellows, union man..." | Furniture Mart signage has seen better days, Portage. | Needs no explanation. |
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| Portage Cafe was the reason I stopped to take photos in the first place, but I had to double back because there were a bunch of assholes standing around on the sidewalk talking shit when I first passed. | More Portage Cafe lettering, very nice. | Downtown Portage, WI. | This Portage Locksmith probably gets more sex than he knows what to do with; that's the way that works. |
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| Unknown Motel, leaving Portage. | This was a little two-bit town, maybe Poynette or Arlington. Nothing much to see except this building. | Excellently-crappy signage, Hwy 51. | Same place, Club 51, Hwy 51. This place looked like a treasure. |
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 Mon, Jun 21, 2004 |
| Warehouse Liquors sign in Madison. Not a lot of great signs in this town, but a shitload of scooters, bearded men, and Teva sandals. And miserable beggars on State Street. | Near my hotel back in Sun Prairie. Very nice brushwork, see detail in next shot. | Detail of brushmanship. | Back to Madison, I apparently can't make up my goddamn mind. This is all you see from anywhere withinn 2 miles of the capitol building. Woo-ha. |
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| Badger Wash, Sun Prairie. "Our Vacuums Really Suck." | Please Do Not Disturb my motel room, says the moon. | Self-portrait in mirror, McGovern's. |