Robert Swanson's photos with the keyword: road trip

Nachos at a local restaurant, Leland, Iowa Image processed with GIMP.

Mural in the post office, Forest City, Iowa. This post office was built during the Great Depression. The government paid unemployed artists to decorate the post offices with artworks appropriate to the locality. Image processed with GIMP.

A wall of the interior of the post office in Forest City, Iowa. These buildings were put up during the Great Depression. I am guessing that this wall had a mural on it, much like the one shown in another photo. Some of the buildings were re-furbished after the 1930's, and many of the artworks were lost.

I say "ours" because this is the same model of RV that we lived in for 11 years. We saw it on the used lot of a dealer in Forest City, Iowa. Forest City is the "home" of Winnebago, a major RV manufacturer.

One of the farms just outside of town has always had some sort of static decoration on their property, visible from the highway. In the 2017 time period, the "installation" was a very, very long trailer. They don't make them much longer than this, and you would probably have to get a special permit to pull it down the highway. Of course, it is not in the best of condition, anyway.

This is a museum-farm outside of Forest City, Iowa. I like their roadside sign. You can see the names of the original residents, primarily from Scandinavia (I'm guessing Norwegian.)

The small downtown of Thompson doesn't have many stores left. One of the banks was purchased by a gun store, so they call themselves The Gun Bank. The entrance has nice art deco glass tiles. Oh, and a bench. You can see the original bank's night deposit door just above the bench. I don't think that the bomb is anything they currently sell.

This small town doesn't have many businesses left in the downtown area (all of 2 blocks). The closed bank was taken over by a gun shop, so they named it The Gun Bank.

This wooden "fence" flag was on the front of a business in the small downtown.

Coleslaw, one of the side dishes from our dinner in a small roadside cafe in Pennsylvania. Taken with phone, processed with GIMP.

From our dinner in a small roadside cafe in Pennsylvania. Taken with phone, no other manipulation.

From our dinner in a small roadside cafe in Pennsylvania. Taken with phone, no other manipulation.

Taken on a road trip several years ago. We now live in South Dakota. Image processed with GIMP.