The Scenic Route

My family took a trip to Arizona once. Out in the desert, the roads are super twisty and sitting in the back of a car feels like riding a freaking Tilt'A'Whirl. So we're driving from Prescott to Flagstaff and we're on one of those God-awful highways and it's dotted with signs that say, "Scenic Route." After awhile, I look up and said this: "Scenic route is just another way to say the way that'll make you so sick you want to die. At least it's pretty." Here's my scenic route.

Thursday, July 7, 2011

The Haunted Hamburger

IBC Cream Soda bottle on painted bench - Jerome, AZ

Old fashioned film projector - Jerome, AZ

I took these pictures visiting Jerome, Arizona, America's largest ghost town. It's very intriguing and historical, and it's appeal is hugely in its folklore. I ate lunch at an old restaurant built right into the mountainside called The Haunted Hamburger. It had an incredible view, awesome food, and a fun story about ghosts and missing hammers. I was fascinated by the antiquity of the place. We build things now to do it faster and better; our tools are more efficient, our materials higher quality, the final product slimmer, lighter, cooler. Technology seems infinite. But we hold onto the old. It tells us who we've been and the evolution of who we've become. I love the beauty in our past.

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1 comment:

AnonymousJuly 8, 2011 at 1:51 AM
I think The Haunted Hamburger is a fantastic title for a restaurant and would love to eat there. These pictures are also very captivating. I find it hard to look away. You have a great eye for art, which I suppose is good, considering it's your major ;).
-Mackenzie
p.s. GET YOUR BUTT BACK TO ORLANDO! I MISS YOU!
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