Bodie California

Here are a few shots from Bodie a ghost town east of the Sierras. 

Flying A Gas Station Truckee California

This Flying A gas station opened in 1936 in Truckee California. In 2007 it was restored to look like a 1949 gas station.

Texaco in Yukon Oklahoma on Route 66

This restored Texaco is on Route 66 in Yukon Oklahoma. Yukon is home to Garth Brooks. I found some friends I have been looking for for about twenty years and mutual friend flew us out on his Socata TBM 700 to meet them. It was great to see them again. I also got to go to the State Fair and visit my Aunt in Oklahoma City.

Reiff's Station

I visited Reiffs Station in Woodland California it is Mark Reiff's home filled with vintage gas pumps, signs and many other collectibles. He has turned his house into museum that captures the past of the service stations, burger joints, a movie theater as well as an unfortunate voyage of a plane and car. I saw many gas pumps from Shell, Mobile, Chevron, Texaco, Sinclair, Sunset, Sun Ray, Gilmore Oil Company of California that started in 1936 (which was purchased by Socony-Vacuum in 1940) and later became the Mobilgas, Sky Chief (Texaco), Beacon, Gulftane (Gulf merged with Standard Oil in 1985), Richfield, Flying A (Tide Water Petroliun founded in 1887 in New York) and Go Farther. The gas pumps he has were manufactured by Erie, Tokheim, Bennett, Wayne and National.

He has vintage signs from Standard Oil, Union Oil, Phillips 66, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Socony,  Aircraft Oil, Sunoco, Macmillan Ring Free Oil, Wolfs Head Oil, Royal Triton Motor Oil, Nic L Silver Battery's, Tydol Gasoline, D-X Gasoline, Skelly, Havoline, Firestone Tires, Cooper Tires, Fisk Tire, Holman Scales, Sunbeam Bread, Blatz Beer, Coco Cola, Thirsty Just Whistle Soda, Carling Black Lable Beer, Teem Soft Drink and Kik Soft drink (1995).

In the driveway he has a Milton Driveway Bell (which I stepped on a couple of times and it scared me), old Penzzoil oil cans, Coke and Pepsi in wooden boxes and glass bottles. On the roof he has a Bob's Big Boy statue. In a bar he has an antique National Cash Register.

His movie theater has a marquee with Rebel Without A Cause a poster from West Side Story and Tucker.

Tea Pot Gas Station

This is the Tea Pot Gas Station in Zillah Washington. It was built as a political statement and operated at a different location then moved here. To find out more about it visit my post Teapot Gas Station @ Night.

Stonehenge Replica and Surrounding Area

This is a replica of Stonehenge  it is located just north of Biggs Junction Oregon on the Washington side of the bridge. The bridge crosses the Columbia River that makes up most of the boarder between Oregon and Washington. The replica is near the Us Route 97 and Washington State Route 14 that runs along the Washington side of the Columbia River. 

The following three images of the church, old gas station and garage are from a little village located in orchards below the replica.

Red Horse Drive In Ellensburg Washington

I have passed through Ellensburg many times not knowing that I was less than a quarter mile from the Red Horse Drive In that has a vintage Mobile Gas Station right next door. It's a 50's style diner with plenty vintage signs to see. The food is is great and they had so many malt or shake flavors to choose from.