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Friday, September 26, 2014

Little surprises

 
For me, the little surprises are worth the trip. Indeed, I love the weeks or months of planning and I enjoy the larger things of travel, but I always bring back the best memories of the things that surprise me. The above photo is one I took in Multnomah Village in Portland, Oregon. It is in front of a "service" station - today known as a gas station - that long ago went out of business along SW Capitol Highway. Left behind and yet now restored is an old gravity gas pump.  I will guess most people do not notice it or if they do they do not know what it is. But, I have to stop and look at it every time I go by.
Below is another example of what I mean. It is an old, long un-used telephone booth in Castle Gregory, Ireland. I am going to imagine that the locals do not notice it at all as they go driving by.
 



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