Long time readers of my blog know I have a fascination with old motel and other neon signs. They are products of a bygone era in most cases, abandoned on the side of the road where sometimes even the building they once marked is gone. This particular sign is just outside of Abilene along the old US-80. The motel itself is abandoned, condemned, overgrown. The sign is faded and weatherbeaten, most of its former glory gone. Just enough of it remains to give a hint of what it once was – bright, cheery, drawing attention from motorists who needed a place to stop for the night. What a sight it must have been with the sun setting behind it while it was lit in all its neon glory. You can almost feel the classic cars around you in the now overgrown and nearly gone parking lot.
Brad Barton Photography
#1 by AhhPhotography (Ahh! Photography) on August 28, 2009 - 1:09 pm
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#2 by sandy on August 28, 2009 - 5:42 pm
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i like it…but then, as alissa would tell you, i am a little old lady so this is sort of “shade of my memories:
#3 by Kristal on September 17, 2009 - 9:01 am
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Love your photography!
I wish I could take more shots of old signs. I love them too. But with four children in tow, it’s hard to stop some times!