Day 2: Fallingwater

Frank Loyd Wright's
Fallingwater

~The Guest House~

I was absolutely amazed by the art work at both Kentuck Knob and Fallingwater. Picasso, Diego Rivera, Rembrandt, Claes Oldenburg, Tiffany Lamps... etc... art, art everywhere!! I was such a happy girl!

Day 2: Kentuck Knob

Frank Loyd Wright's

Kentuck Knob

~The Sculpture Garden~



Berlin Wall



An Apple Core

Day 2 Road Trip

After a nice restful, freezing night (the weather was great on our trip but it sure did get chilly at night and we left the cabin windows open!) at the Lincoln Motor Court, we were back on the LHW again. Just down the road we ran across the Pied Piper from what is left of Storyland!

We then came across The Bison Coral with this wonderful 3 sided mural painted on their barn! I didn't see any bison but I did spy a painted gas pump on the other side of the road! I was to lazy to cross the road to get to the other side to take a picture, just trust me, it was there! We were also on a tight schedule as we had a 12 o'clock tour at Kentuck Knob we had to make!

Our next stop was at the sight of the former Ship of the Alleghenies Motel! All that is left is the little plaque with information about the spot and of course the amazing views! The claim is you can see 3 States at once!

We left The Lincoln Highway to head south to Frank Loyd Wright's, Kentuck Knob and Fallingwater. Along the way, I fell in love with all the windmills on the mountain tops in PA! I never knew that PA had windmills! They are huge and crazy and I love them!

We spent the day visiting Kentuck Knob and Fallingwater. I will post those pictures seperately. We stayed the night at The Historic Summit Inn Resort. The inn opened in 1907 and both Thomas Edison and Henry Ford stayed there in 1917! It was a very cool hotel at the top of the mountain. We had a great dinner on the roof top terrace watching the sun go down!

Coming soon....Day 2: Kentuck Knob and Fallingwater pictures!

Haywood Wakefield???

I went to an auction today on the spur of the moment because I ran across an auction selling some Haywood Wakefield furniture. Yes, they spelled it wrong, so I thought maybe the evil heywake dealer wouldn't show up and I could get a deal??? I arrive at the auction and there are literally 12 people there. I asked the man what time were they planning on selling the furniture and he put it up right away for me. I was the only one interested and the auctioneer asked me what I wanted to pay for it. I said $50! He laughed and told me he wanted $500 for it. I laughed and told him no way! He said that's a deal for "Haywood Wakefield". I told him I was looking for a bargain and if I wanted to pay that much I would go to a dealer! I also told him if he really wanted to get $500 bucks for it he should have made sure he spelled the name right when he advertised the auction! It was a very weird auction? I left extremely confused because never in my life have I been asked by an auctioneer how much I wanted to pay for something and then told I would pay $500. Hmmm, lets see that's really not an auction is it?

Day One: Road Trip

We started out at Haines Shoe House! The best place to start a kitsch filled road trip and what girl doesn't like shoes?? Unfortunately for us, the shoe house was closed. :( So, no ice cream or tour. But I live close to this lovely shoe and will go back another time! Stay tuned for that!

We drove through York, Gettysburg, and Chambersburg! We spotted lots of roadside things along the way just as we were driving past! The fella always offered to turn around so I could get a photo but I hated having him do that and I vowed to pay better attention as we drove. For awhile we saw nothing but mountains and steep winding roads that were just as scary to drive up as they were to drive down. We eventually came to the little mountain town of McConnellsburg, Pa where we stopped for lunch and found this really cool neon sign. The place is still in business too! Must be those private showers that they offer that have kept them in business for so long. Hmmm, I wonder what happens if someone wants to share their shower?

On to the lovely little town of Everett, PA...I real liked this town for some reason?? Perhaps it was their quaint main street? Here I was able to take a LHW roadside mural picture and found the sundae ice cream building, a giant roadside quarter, and another fab neon sign but no private showers.

Notice how I am becoming much better at taking pictures out the truck window as the fella drives by like a maniac! Just kiddin, he doesn't drive like a maniac....he drives more like a blind man! hehehe Okay, on to Bedford, PA where we found such wonderful roadside oddities like the Coffee Pot House and the art deco Dunkle's Gulf Station. Are you starting to see the theme that this road trip is beginning to take? If not you certainly will soon enough!

By this point it had been a long day already so we headed over to Mann's Choice, PA to the nostalgic roadside motel cabins at The Lincoln Motor Court to check into our cabin and relax! This is also the place where my head got stuck in that fun photograph picture hole that was metal and hot as hatties!

This was how our first day ended. We did run around to look for some food but ended up at the grocery store and using the microwave to make dinner in the room. The fun of this was trying not to blow the fuse as we cooked! The cabins also only provided hot water twice a day between the hours of 6am-11am and 7pm-12am. Not your typical motel by any means but definetly worth a nights stay!

There were two things that I missed that I wanted to see but didn't have time to.... Gravity Hill and The Flight 93 Crash Sight Memorial in nearby Shenksville, Pa

Coming soon...Day Two: Falling Water!

This last picture is for the fella! And no, don't even bother asking, he wouldn't let me drive!

Lincoln Highway History

I wanted to give my blog readers a little information about the Lincoln Highway before I post about my adventure. Take a look at the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor website that provides information on the section of the Lincoln Highway that I traveled on my road trip.

From Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor website:

Not all museums are in a building in a town. Sometimes the best way to capture an audience's attention is to take the museum to them. That is what the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor (LHHC) has accomplished with its 200-Mile Roadside Museum. Exhibits have been installed along the original route of the Lincoln Highway in Westmoreland, Somerset, Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, and Adams counties on or near US Route 30. The museum honors the Lincoln Highway, the nation's first coast-to-coast highway stretching from New York to San Francisco.

The museum uses landscape communities and sites to tell the region's stories. This is done through site markers, wall plaques, interpretive waysides (some with audio component), and murals located along the historic road. Motorists drive the experience rather than walking through a building. In addition, LHHC hosts 22 vintage (1940-ish) gas pumps as part of a creative public art project that links professional artists with life-size fiberglass structures. All pumps were painted by Pennsylvania artists, and are located next to one of the roadside museum interpretive exhibits. The 200-Mile Roadside Museum will be in place for a ten-year period.

Just as the Lincoln Highway sparked the public's imagination and fostered the rapid growth of automobile tourism in the early 20th century, the 200-mile Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor beckons everyone to ride the same ribbon of asphalt and concrete as their grandparents. A trip on the Lincoln Highway, following the 65 interpretive exhibits, becomes a passage in time and place, as drivers discover the many historic, cultural and recreational attractions that await travelers along its path.

This is what makes traveling this stretch of the Lincoln Highway so much fun! There is so much to see along the road and you really need to keep your eyes open! There were murals, art gas pumps, picture taking places, and roadside giants all along the route! We didn't photograph them all but got the ones we could! If you want to see where all the roadside things are located take a trip to this page and click on the different counties to see what is there!

We did take some detours off of the Lincoln to visit Falling Water and to run around in Pittsburgh! We tried to stay on the Lincoln as best we could!

Picture Yourself on the Licoln Highway

I'm Back!!! That's me on the Lincoln Highway (notice I'm wearing vintage!).....a little cheesy kitsch just for you! Nope, I didn't put my head in all the way as the dang thing was metal and out in the sun all day...can you say ouch! You still get the point! This is just some of the goofy fun that can be had along the Lincoln Highway in Pennsylvania! More goofy fun to come I promise!

I would also like to send a hello out to Brian Butko for stopping by my blog and for writing such great books on the Lincoln Highway! I brought the PA book along and read aloud as we traveled the road. It was awesome!

I have so much to catch up on, you all have been very busy! I promise more roadside goodness tomorrow!