Curiosities by the Side of the Road - Part Two

Most of you readers know that Jill and I recently completed a road trip to the gulf coast and back.  Time behind the wheel allows for the opportunity to ponder all manner of things including road trip observations.  In no particular order are the following:  

Nothing is better than happy hour at Wintzell’s Oyster House - frosty Yuengling tappers and raw oysters with your son-in-law        

An investment in an I-Pass transponder is an excellent dollar value          

The ‘public phone’ installed at an Indiana rest stop is the same as found in a prison - use it at your own peril as you can expect a ginormous charge to materialize on your next Master Card statement         

There are countless wind turbines outside of Lafayette Indiana        

I-65 carries an amazingly stunning volume of trucked and intermodal freight         

The hill country of Kentucky still, to this day, is home to any number of depressing-looking ramshackle homesteads  

Why are Adult Super Stores located at interstate highway exits?
Why are they called the Lion’s Den instead of something more descriptive?
(I do not believe African lions traffic in porn)      

Grits are terrific with salt, pepper and a pat of butter - take a pass on the cheese and shrimp         

The Waffle House waitress will always call you ‘hon’       

Billboards: Darryl Isaacs - The Hammer - (Isaacs and Isaacs - auto, truck and personal injury lawyers). Call ‘The Hammer’ Now!       

The Honda Odyssey minivan averaged 30+ mpg (give or take) at a sustained highway speed of 75 MPH - I embrace the van