"McMike" (mcmike)
08/25/2015 at 12:00 • Filed to: mcsturgis, road trip, tutu153, carhenge
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"McMike" (mcmike)
08/25/2015 at 12:00 • Filed to: mcsturgis, road trip, tutu153, carhenge | 7
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You’ll never guess what happened next.
As some of you know, I rode my motorcycle from !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! during the first two weeks in August. It’s only now that I’m putting all the photos together, and trying to come up with some interesting parts of the trip to share. I wrote nothing down, and only have time-stamped images and a future credit card bill to freak out about sort it out.
Mrs McMike’s favorite junklunch travel stop is Arby’s, so she was in luck when we stopped for fuel/lunch, and saw one up the road. I like Arby’s, and lunch in general, so I was happy to ride the half mile or so past the gas station to eat... It was during that half mile when I couldn’t believe my eyes.
That sign..... That sign on the side of the road..... Only. Three. Miles. Away.
OMFG
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I was going to get a Beef n’ Cheddar AND Carhenge.
I knew this attraction was in western Nebraska, but for some reason thought it was further south. We didn’t build a lot of extra time each day to pull off and see every roadside attraction we came across, but this close? This was too good to pass up.
Last I heard of Carhenge, it was up
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. It never found a buyer, so it was donated to the city of Alliance, two years later. The city has been responsible for the upkeep of the monument and the surrounding areas, which explains why it’s appearance is so much nicer (landscaping, no graffiti, etc...) than the other images I have seen on the internet.
Carhenge was built in 1987 by the Jim Reinders and several relatives on land the family once farmed just north of Alliance, in western Nebraska. A few years later, Reinders donated Carhenge and 10 acres around it to a nonprofit group, Friends of Carhenge.
The monument is comprised of 38 automobiles arranged in a circle to closely resemble the stones at England’s Stonehenge, the mysterious prehistoric landmark and UNESCO World Heritage site. Several cars are planted upright in the dirt, with other cars placed on top to form archways. All the cars are painted gray to further the resemblance to its ancient inspiration.
The monument was put up for sale in 2011, with an asking price of $300,000. Marcia Buck, president of Friends of Carhenge, said at the time the quirky tourist attraction lacked volunteers and had limited capital.
The site attracts an estimated 75,000 to 80,000 visitors per year, drawing many travelers on their way to South Dakota’s Black Hills and Mount Rushmore, said Kevin Howard, director of the Alliance Visitors Bureau. Howard says the replica, about four miles north of downtown Alliance, has helped steered business into the town of about 8,500.
Carhenge received national recognition in 2009, when the travel advice site TripAdvisor named it among the nation’s 10 wackiest attractions. The only site deemed wackier was a toilet seat museum in San Antonio.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/15/car…
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> McMike
08/25/2015 at 12:08 |
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Did you challenge your stomach to a fight?
Cash Rewards
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/25/2015 at 12:11 |
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The nihilst arbys twitter feed is wonderful.
cazzyodo
> McMike
08/25/2015 at 12:36 |
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You titled this like all those weird things that pop up on social media.
Actual reaction, though: Cool.
MonkeePuzzle
> McMike
08/25/2015 at 12:41 |
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if it’s a pleasant lunch free of heart burn, yes, I won’t believe that surprise
....I should get some arby’s today
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MonkeePuzzle
> Cash Rewards
08/25/2015 at 12:43 |
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have you seen Denny’s? their twitter and tumblr are on.... fleek? is it fleek the kids are saying these days?
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McMike
> cazzyodo
08/25/2015 at 12:43 |
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Photo #3 is hard to believe it’s real.
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cazzyodo
> McMike
08/25/2015 at 12:46 |
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I’ve been playing the Goat Simulator and GTA V lately so it reminded me of what Rockstar could do, a la Goathenge.
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MonkeePuzzle
> McMike
08/25/2015 at 12:48 |
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#BeefnChedderHenge
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MonkeePuzzle
> MonkeePuzzle
08/25/2015 at 12:49 |
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woulda been a 5 minute mspaint chop, but a co-worker stopped by and with a resounding “WHAT THE F***!?” I suddenly had a crowd... so I feigned an illness (easy when you are photochopping beef n chedders) and abandoned my cubicle for a spell
StingrayJake
> McMike
08/25/2015 at 12:59 |
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So angry.
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StingrayJake
> McMike
08/25/2015 at 13:00 |
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McMike
> StingrayJake
08/25/2015 at 13:07 |
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