
Sign on Mechanic’s Truck, Port Aransas, Texas June 2019
Sign on Mechanic’s Truck, Port Aransas, Texas June 2019
Read the sign on the far right. Even if the driver had trouble conceptualizing the “vague” idea of 50 feet, there are helpful bollards nearby. Considering that the white gate between the two bollards is no more than ten feet, it’s pretty obvious that someone has a measuring problem (or, far more likely down here, someone just doesn’t give a sh*t).
Found on Rockport Beach, Texas June 2019
Um, yeah. If this is all you can think about while your toes are in the sand, the sun is shining down, and the waves are gently lapping nearby, then you are in serious need of a change of outlook. Start focusing on the good in life, man!
Spotted at the Sugar Shack in Fulton, Texas June 2019
The eventual outcome is the same for all of us. The only difference is a matter of timing. Good health to y’all!
No Parking Sign in Gruene, Texas May 2019
Sign Outside the Back Porch, Port Aransas, Texas April 2019
Name calling at its finest…
Texas has a vast network of Historical Signs posted along every roadway. As you probably know, I typically whip off the road to read these. However, I’ll be honest, most of the ones here in Texas have been so filled with hyperlocal minutia that I’ve been weaned off my habit. I give major props to the highway workers responsible for this sign! And no, though I (safely) flipped a U-turn on the highway in order to snap a photo of this sign, I did not stop to read the actual marker.
Spotted on a pier, South Padre Island, Texas March 2019
Yeah, because defacing a public space with graffiti is totally fine. But heavens, no, not gum!
Texas is a proud state and Texans are fiercely loyal to Texas originals. Dr. Pepper and Shiner Bock are two such creations. Dr Pepper was invented by a pharmacist in Waco in the 1880s. While the Spoetzel Brewery, the oldest in the state, began producing Shiner in 1913. I enjoy each of these beverages (believe it or not, they both make a great ice cream float) but I think these products that I found in the store push the limit: