... apricot trees. Cupertino had cherries as well. There was an orchard just behind our house. I can show you where the orchard used to be. Jeannie it's Bing season again, and they're HUGE this year! Yaaaaay! The roadside stands on 101 just south of Gilroy have prices that match or exceed supermarket prices. Not like the old days. The quality is better if it's not the same though.

Andy Breckman -- http://wfmu.org/7sd -- tried to popularize Roadside Tug of War in the parking lot at a Howard Johnson (I'm sure it was no longer a HoJo, but I don't know who got the franchise there) on the Garden State Parkway. Of course he cheated. Robert

... memories have been buried under the inexorable tide of development. Also we didn't get out much when I was a kid. V., thinking the NMNH doesn't really count as a roadside attraction. Why not? My own childhood memories at very much US101-oriented. Trees of Mystery and Sea Lion Caves. 1 trip around 5th grade to Corriganville, which may be the Movie Land Ranch (in Santa Paula...

.... I get out to the Mystery Spot about once a decade. I'd also like to go to Bonfante Gardens, I mean Gilroy Whateverthenewnameis. Okay, these aren't childhood memories, you say. Most of my childhood memories have been buried under the inexorable tide of development. Also we didn't get out much when I was a kid. V., thinking the NMNH doesn't really count as a roadside attraction.

... mentioned Stuckey's, and Charles Wm. Dimmick mentioned "Rock City". I thought I'd mention my favorite roadside attractions and others could post theirs. The best roadside attraction I've ever come across is "gravity hill". It's totally cool and is completely non-commercial. It...

... "Antiquated Names" thread and the discussion of Route 66 nostalgia: Charles mentioned Stuckey's, and Charles Wm. Dimmick mentioned "Rock City". I thought I'd mention my favorite roadside attractions and others could post theirs. Most are from my childhood: 1. The Cosmos (www.cosmosmysteryarea.com). It really was amazing. There were these platforms where people would ...

... mentioned "Rock City". I thought I'd mention my favorite roadside attractions and others could post theirs. The best roadside attraction I've ever come across is "gravity hill". It's ... very, very cool. It would be so easy to hit that, Roadside America, and the one in Flemington NJ on the same trip. ...

... mentioned "Rock City". I thought I'd mention my favorite roadside attractions and others could post theirs. The best roadside attraction I've ever come across is "gravity hill". It's totally ... very, very cool. It would be so easy to hit that, Roadside America, and the one in Flemington NJ on the same trip. ...

... mentioned Stuckey's, and Charles Wm. Dimmick mentioned "Rock City". I thought I'd mention my favorite roadside attractions and others could post theirs. The best roadside attraction I've ever come across is "gravity hill". It's totally cool and is completely non-commercial. It...

... Charles mentioned Stuckey's, and Charles Wm. Dimmick mentioned "Rock City". I thought I'd mention my favorite roadside attractions and others could post theirs. The best roadside attraction I've ever come across is "gravity hill". It's totally cool and is completely non-commercial. ...