We recently took a vacation to Panama City Beach, FL. For those of you who are not familiar with the area, there is no easy interstate leading straight from Asheville to Panama City. All directions lead to highways through Alabama. Here are some interesting things we saw on the way:
1. A sign that said "Historical Marker 1500 ft ahead". After driving said 1500 ft, another sign that said "Historical Marker -->" pointing to the Historical Marker.
2. A large sign saying "Boys & Girls Club -->" pointing straight to an empty field.
3. A large sign saying "National Guard Armory -->" pointing straight at a little hut selling clay vases.
4. Several signs advertising the National Peanut Festival. Apparently, it's a very big deal.
5. Large sign saying merely: "BJ's 5 miles ahead". After driving 5 miles, we saw another sign saying "BJ's - you missed us! Turn around!" Eventually we figured out that "BJ's" is a fireworks place. But that wasn't made clear in the sign.
We also heard a variety of bizarre commercials on several different radio stations but they were too obscure to try to describe. Although, we did write down a jingle that repeated "We love our biscuits, they're out of sight". I'm not sure if we ever did figure out whose biscuits were out of sight, but we were decidedly not interested.
We would definitely be in support of someone (ANYONE) petitioning to get an INTERSTATE that goes from Interstate I-85 south into Florida. Alabama highways are a bit too peculiar for us.
Too bad we didn't feel safe enough to get out and take pictures. :)
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