i bet we have all seen names of roads or cities or stuff that has made us giggle or say, kewl. here are a couple
(this thing goes out of its way to correct my spelling or grammar but do you think it can capitalize when I want it to?)
These are some roads in California
New Horizons Way - Vacaville, CA.
Arrow Route - San Bernardino, CA (maybe)
Hammer Lane - Stockton(ish) CA
Bill and Jodee said
10:53 PM May 8, 2015
Salsipuedos Street in Santa Barbara is one of my favorites. In Spanish it means "get out if you can".
The infamous Zzyzx Road in San Bernardino.
The Salida Exit off Hwy 99. Salida is a small town in the Central Valley. Salida means exit in Spanish
Tucson has numbered avenues and streets near downtown. I once met my mom to go shopping on the corner of 6th and 6th!
Have a great weekend.
Jodee
CJSX2fromCT said
12:53 AM May 9, 2015
Wiliwanna NY and Lackawanna NY and in Amish Country PA Climax and Intercourse PA
bjoyce said
09:38 AM May 9, 2015
No-Name Street in Quartzsite AZ, The Egg and I Road south of Chimacum WA (Ma and Pa Kettle area), Pull and Be Damned Road in the Swinomish Indian Reservation just west of La Conner WA. I have also seen multiple streets called Lois Lane.
igotjam said
09:53 AM May 9, 2015
Exit off of I-40 near Ashville. BATCAVE next exit. (went to the place on the way to Chimney Rock....couldn't find bruce, Alfred or robin)
Jim and Barb said
10:06 PM May 9, 2015
We past a road in Oregon the other day that was named Slaughter House Lane. Who would want to live on that road?!
Cowdog353 said
10:26 AM May 10, 2015
Lotawaterroad next to Lake Eufaula in Oklahoma. Just off I-40.
cherylbrv said
12:32 PM May 10, 2015
Here are a few links. I hope to pass some of these myself some day:
In Arkansas you'll find Toad Suck Park. In California there is Manteca which is Spanish for lard. Originally it was Monteca but the railroad made an error on their tickets and it stuck.
How about, Two Egg, FL or Arab, AL.
I been driving too long. I've seen most of the places listed above.
-- Edited by MarkS on Sunday 10th of May 2015 12:58:05 PM
Oregonhiker said
01:13 PM May 10, 2015
I remember a street corner on Vancouver Island in Victoria that was Somass and Beach. Always thought that was funny.
Terry and Jo said
08:04 PM May 10, 2015
Oklahoma has a lot of names from Native American sources, but there are also a bunch of names that are strange or definitively different. Just to name a few:
Bug Tussle
Byng
Boise City (while not a strange name due to Boise, ID, Boise City is pronounced differently - more like "boyce," like "joyce)
Gotebo
Little
Nowata
Pink
Terry
Dance Chick said
10:07 AM May 11, 2015
Yeehaw Junction, FL
AZbillsfan said
10:13 AM May 11, 2015
There are two different places in PA that are or have been known as Blue Ball.
marianne57 said
06:51 PM May 11, 2015
AZbillsfan wrote:
There are two different places in PA that are or have been known as Blue Ball.
Yes, there is a place known as Blue Ball and it's also located close to a town called Intercourse......both in Amish country......go figure!
Diana and Jim said
03:10 AM May 12, 2015
Mesick, Michigan...morel mushroom capital of the US. Don't eat the false mushrooms!
Patient: "ME-sick"
Doctor: "I know, but where did you get those mushrooms?"
Patient: "ME-sick"
Doctor: "I KNOW you are sick...but where did you get those mushrooms?"
Patient: "ME-sick! I got them in MEEEEE-sick!"
Jim
Neil and Connie said
05:54 AM May 13, 2015
Ah-we-wa street in South Miami.
DebbieM said
11:47 PM May 13, 2015
Beaver Dick Campground. No kidding. Small county park (very cheap and nice by the way) just out side of Rexburg, ID.
Shared with us from FB... by an esteemed RV dreamer. (take a bow) This had me assuming a protective posture. LOL
Brian
Reminds me of this poor guy.....
JOHN WAYNE BOBBIT
-- Edited by TRAILERKING on Thursday 14th of May 2015 11:10:58 AM
BiggarView said
11:47 AM May 14, 2015
Drove past a Burger King one evening last winter in Bolingbrook IL... the first "r" was burned out... making it Buger King. Had to pull over I was laughing so hard.
Brian
-- Edited by biggaRView on Thursday 14th of May 2015 11:48:34 AM
Curtis and Rhandi said
12:01 PM May 14, 2015
My fave of all time - Bucksnort , Tn!!!!! Still gets me every time. Then there is the beloved Minniehaha in Washington or Balls Ferry Road in Northern California
shystywolf said
08:39 PM Jun 4, 2015
I used to live off Mesick rd. in Louisiana
Sushidog said
05:59 AM Jun 5, 2015
There is a road not far from my home in Covington, La called "Double BS Rd." - no BS!
Chip
Ann-Hank said
08:49 AM Jun 5, 2015
Kitchen Sick in Sequin Wa also Booze Ln
Trikester said
09:08 PM Jun 5, 2015
Two Egg, Florida
Ran n Jo said
06:51 AM Jun 6, 2015
Great Egg Harbor and Little Egg Harbor in NJ
Then there is Virginville PA which is about an hour from Intercourse PA!
-- Edited by Ran n Jo on Saturday 6th of June 2015 06:53:41 AM
Offtosmelltheroses said
04:47 PM Jun 6, 2015
BORING, Oregon?
TheNewhalls said
09:31 PM Jun 6, 2015
Cowsh*t Corner, New Castle, ME
gcook said
08:57 PM Oct 1, 2015
Sopchoppy, Florida
The Bear II said
09:24 AM Oct 2, 2015
As we travel I like to make up stories about how a town or road got it's name....
BuckSnort- can't remember what state but obviously the town folk were trying to decide on a name and that's when they heard a Buck snort.
Corn Springs a road in Calif.- Wagon train stopped at a spring on the way west. Someone spilled some seed corn, a few months later another wagon train came by and corn was ready to pick so they named it Corn Springs.
Independence, CA.- This was a stretch. Farmer had visited the town fair. Each year at the fair they hold a dance in one of the stock pens. The best dancer whens a piglet. The farmer was walking home with the piglet he won in his arms and a land developer was headed towards town. When they met each other on the road the developer asked where the farmer got the pig. The farmer replied " In Da' Pen Dance"
Box Springs another road in Calif.- Wagon train stopped at a spring on the way west and next to the springs was an old metal box spring mattress discarded by another wagon train.
Second Chance said
01:42 PM Oct 2, 2015
If you're coming into Newberry, SC, from the south, you'll encounter a road sign that points to Clinton to the west-northwest and Prosperity to the east-southeast. A few administrations ago, this was really funny.
SuzieQ said
06:37 PM Oct 4, 2015
Bucksnort is in TN - just west of Nashville on I-40. I haven't been to TN in years but there used to be a big commercial fishing lake there.
Frac999 said
09:48 PM Oct 12, 2015
Nice area, especially if you like to fish.
NorCal Dan said
09:54 PM Oct 14, 2015
Dismal Nitch is the name of a cove along the lower Columbia River in Washington State, notable as the Lewis and Clark Expedition's last campsite before sighting the Pacific Ocean. Today it is a rest stop on the Washington State Route 401 highway just east of the Astoria-Megler Bridge.
JonRV said
05:21 PM Nov 18, 2015
Ulaturn Palm Coast, FL
You will indeed need to turn :)
Jerry8mm said
06:30 PM Nov 18, 2015
I have seen that sign several times and thought about making a picture of it. Thanks for posting the picture.
Second Chance said
08:26 PM Nov 18, 2015
erry8mm wrote:
I have seen that sign several times and thought about making a picture of it. Thanks for posting the picture.
Which sign are you talking about, Jerry?
Rob
Jerry8mm said
08:39 PM Nov 18, 2015
I was referring to the Clinton/Prosperity sign Rob. I thought my post would show up under that post.
Terry and Jo said
10:29 PM Nov 18, 2015
Jerry8mm wrote:
I was referring to the Clinton/Prosperity sign Rob. I thought my post would show up under that post.
Jerry,
As a lesson for you (and anyone else reading this), if you click on the "Quote" button at the upper right of the forum comment, it will then show that comment and you can make your comments immediately after the comment you are referencing. (This comment of mine is an example. I "Quoted" your last comment. Note that your quote is in between the two horizontal lines with your username just above.) This is also a good way to reply to someone else's comment. I've seen folks offer their thanks in a comment but without a quoted comment to which they are referring, one never knows for sure who it is that is being thanked.
Terry
Phaedris said
03:34 PM Nov 21, 2015
Perhaps more weird than cool, but in NJ there is a nice street called "Shades of Death Road". Oh, and a place called Mt. Misery. I don't think I wanna know how they got their names!
emily said
04:09 AM May 4, 2016
HAHA! just stumbled on this thread guys and this link really got me laughing :)
Neil and Connie said
10:24 AM May 4, 2016
There is more than one New Horizons Way…we haven't been to Vacaville but I can't remember where we saw ours. Ah-we-wa Street in Coral Gables FL.
Dave and Denise said
01:57 PM May 4, 2016
How about Nowhere RD outside Athens, Ga...But we had a debate whether it was now here or no where...
manycats said
06:27 PM May 9, 2016
No Name Road and RV park on the highway from Franklin to Murphy, N.C.
i bet we have all seen names of roads or cities or stuff that has made us giggle or say, kewl. here are a couple
(this thing goes out of its way to correct my spelling or grammar but do you think it can capitalize when I want it to?)
These are some roads in California
New Horizons Way - Vacaville, CA.
Arrow Route - San Bernardino, CA (maybe)
Hammer Lane - Stockton(ish) CA
The infamous Zzyzx Road in San Bernardino.
The Salida Exit off Hwy 99. Salida is a small town in the Central Valley. Salida means exit in Spanish
Tucson has numbered avenues and streets near downtown. I once met my mom to go shopping on the corner of 6th and 6th!
Have a great weekend.
Jodee
Here are a few links. I hope to pass some of these myself some day:
http://justsomething.co/hilarious-city-names/
http://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2014/01/52-weird-names-of-places-in-the-united-states-that-you-just-cant-believe-are-real/
In Arkansas you'll find Toad Suck Park. In California there is Manteca which is Spanish for lard. Originally it was Monteca but the railroad made an error on their tickets and it stuck.
How about, Two Egg, FL or Arab, AL.
I been driving too long. I've seen most of the places listed above.
-- Edited by MarkS on Sunday 10th of May 2015 12:58:05 PM
Oklahoma has a lot of names from Native American sources, but there are also a bunch of names that are strange or definitively different. Just to name a few:
Bug Tussle
Byng
Boise City (while not a strange name due to Boise, ID, Boise City is pronounced differently - more like "boyce," like "joyce)
Gotebo
Little
Nowata
Pink
Terry
There are two different places in PA that are or have been known as Blue Ball.
Yes, there is a place known as Blue Ball and it's also located close to a town called Intercourse......both in Amish country......go figure!
Patient: "ME-sick"
Doctor: "I know, but where did you get those mushrooms?"
Patient: "ME-sick"
Doctor: "I KNOW you are sick...but where did you get those mushrooms?"
Patient: "ME-sick! I got them in MEEEEE-sick!"
Jim
Ah-we-wa street in South Miami.
Beaver Dick Campground. No kidding. Small county park (very cheap and nice by the way) just out side of Rexburg, ID.
http://downtheroadwithsteveanddebbie.blogspot.com/2014/08/interesting-park-weather.html
Reminds me of this poor guy.....
JOHN WAYNE BOBBIT
-- Edited by TRAILERKING on Thursday 14th of May 2015 11:10:58 AM
Drove past a Burger King one evening last winter in Bolingbrook IL... the first "r" was burned out... making it Buger King. Had to pull over I was laughing so hard.
Brian
-- Edited by biggaRView on Thursday 14th of May 2015 11:48:34 AM
I used to live off Mesick rd. in Louisiana
Chip
Great Egg Harbor and Little Egg Harbor in NJ
Then there is Virginville PA which is about an hour from Intercourse PA!
-- Edited by Ran n Jo on Saturday 6th of June 2015 06:53:41 AM
BORING,
Oregon?
Cowsh*t Corner, New Castle, ME
BuckSnort- can't remember what state but obviously the town folk were trying to decide on a name and that's when they heard a Buck snort.
Corn Springs a road in Calif.- Wagon train stopped at a spring on the way west. Someone spilled some seed corn, a few months later another wagon train came by and corn was ready to pick so they named it Corn Springs.
Independence, CA.- This was a stretch. Farmer had visited the town fair. Each year at the fair they hold a dance in one of the stock pens. The best dancer whens a piglet. The farmer was walking home with the piglet he won in his arms and a land developer was headed towards town. When they met each other on the road the developer asked where the farmer got the pig. The farmer replied " In Da' Pen Dance"
Box Springs another road in Calif.- Wagon train stopped at a spring on the way west and next to the springs was an old metal box spring mattress discarded by another wagon train.
If you're coming into Newberry, SC, from the south, you'll encounter a road sign that points to Clinton to the west-northwest and Prosperity to the east-southeast. A few administrations ago, this was really funny.
Nice area, especially if you like to fish.
You will indeed need to turn :)
I have seen that sign several times and thought about making a picture of it. Thanks for posting the picture.
Which sign are you talking about, Jerry?
Rob
I was referring to the Clinton/Prosperity sign Rob. I thought my post would show up under that post.
Jerry,
As a lesson for you (and anyone else reading this), if you click on the "Quote" button at the upper right of the forum comment, it will then show that comment and you can make your comments immediately after the comment you are referencing. (This comment of mine is an example. I "Quoted" your last comment. Note that your quote is in between the two horizontal lines with your username just above.) This is also a good way to reply to someone else's comment. I've seen folks offer their thanks in a comment but without a quoted comment to which they are referring, one never knows for sure who it is that is being thanked.
Terry
HAHA! just stumbled on this thread guys and this link really got me laughing :)
There is more than one New Horizons Way…we haven't been to Vacaville but I can't remember where we saw ours. Ah-we-wa Street in Coral Gables FL.
EASY STREET, in Patterson, La.
CCC