Category: Highways and Byways

Miracle MileHighway 99, Redding, CA

Motel signs sketch by Chandler O'Leary

More vintage goodness along Highway 99: sunny Redding, California is filled to the brim with old neon signs. On this day I was road tripping with a fellow travel blogger, my friend Mary-Alice (and her pup Chloe). The girls were remarkably patient with me while I insisted on stopping every thirty seconds to sketch more… More

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Fresh as a daisyDaffodil Motel, Milton, WA

Daffodil Motel sketch by Chandler O'Leary

This is one of my favorite signs on Highway 99—the old backbone of the West Coast. Everyone has heard of Route 66, of course, but the Old Pacific Highway is also full of aging neon and other vintage gems, from Canada to Mexico. The Daffodil Motel sign has a special place in my heart because… More

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Lush, eh?Blind River, Ontario

Lupines sketch by Chandler O'Leary

A couple of summers ago, the Tailor and I took a cross-country road trip along the Trans-Canada Highway. For hundreds and hundreds of miles, the roadsides were dotted with bright pink, blue and purple lupines. It felt like all of Canada was one big, bright bouquet.

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Have sketchbook, will travelSalem Sue, New Salem, ND and Highway 1, near San Simeon, CA

Salem Sue sketch by Chandler O'Leary

You know when you’re on a road trip, and you see a highway billboard that says something like, “World’s Largest Two-Headed Calf, Exit Now!” and you consider stopping, just for a moment? And then your spouse looks it up on the map, and you discover that yeah, it’s this exit, plus maybe another 140 miles… More

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