Portal of Grandeur, Yosemite National Park, Yosemite National Park, CA.
Royal Gorge Bridge, Canon City, CO.
Mile 105, Glen Highway, Chugach Mountains, AK.
John H. Kerr Dam & Reservoir, Boydton, VA.
Disneyland monorail, Anaheim, CA.
Gateway to Grand Canyon National Park, AZ.
Skyline Drive overlook, Shenandoah National Park, VA.
Bridge to Roanoke Island, NC.
Lookout tower, Daytona Beach, FL.
Modern camping, Colorado Springs, CO.
Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, NY.
Morning Call Coffee Shop, New Orleans, LA.
Nice batch, today I’ll meet you for coffee at Morning Call and arrive in the 1962 Fairlane.
The Adirondack museum looks like it’s been replaced with a more modern (or more currently fashionable) building. I’m surprised our parents didn’t take us through there during our various upstate New York trips. Possibly they did, and I wasn’t paying attention.
Does Disneyland still have the monorail? It was there when I went in 1966, but that was 60 yrs ago! The Adriondack Museum building is different now than the one pictured.
Yes and here is a recent shot in the same general location that happens to give a glimpse of one in action. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Disneyland+Park/@33.8112623,-117.9153878,3a,75y,345.37h,95.48t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sFBWtTWYJ–6ihZgnNi8b1g!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-5.481971813751883%26panoid%3DFBWtTWYJ–6ihZgnNi8b1g%26yaw%3D345.36990534420204!7i16384!8i8192!4m7!3m6!1s0x80dcd7d12b3b5e6b:0x2ef62f8418225cfa!8m2!3d33.8120918!4d-117.9189742!10e5!16zL20vMDJmenM?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDEyMC4wIKXMDSoKLDEwMDc5MjA2OUgBUAM%3D
The little car on the right in Colo Springs is hard to identify. Honda S600?
Doubtful. Hondas were very scarce and I don’t think any of the S cars were officially imported. More likely it’s a Midget/Sprite or Datsun roadster. I can’t date the photo easily but I’d guess 1965-1967.
I think it’s a “Datsun”, as well.
The Colorado campground site in the vintage shot looked a bit more alluring than the same site today.
Looks like it remained a campground (though not under the Modern Camping name) until the early 2000s.
Google StreetView link:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/c9miSrxFHw916i4q8
Sure like the horses in the first pic.
Roanoke Island is actually in North Carolina. It often gets conflated with the city of Roanoke, which is indeed in Virginia.
Indeed.
CROATAN.
The Lost Colony – https://www.nps.gov/fora/learn/historyculture/the-lost-colony-symphonic-drama.htm – was a huge deal to me as a youth growing up in North Carolina in upper elementary school (where North Carolina history was taught endlessly and history of anything other than NC was pretty much extinguished). I’m pretty sure that every 10 year old in North Carolina (at least up through nearly modern times) had to go to the Lost Colony play on Roanoke Island.
I’d also had lived in Roanoke, VA, so I was suitably confused about Roanoke Island.
There aren’t any islands in Roanoke, VA. Although the neon star on the mountain that used to light up different colors when there were local traffic fatalities was quite fascinating to me as a 1st grader. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Star
Thanks, I updated the text.
The Royal Gorge Bridge parking area has not a fence or guardrail, just a few rocks piled up to prevent a rapid decent into the river below. And the bridge deck and railing appears to be all wood. Checking this online for current status shows a better railing and being limited to foot traffic only as part of a park. Amazingly light construction and it appears to be still standing some 75+ years after the photo.
It’s not only the canyon that is steep. It costs $27 admission to walk across the bridge. If you’re a member of the bridge’s car club, you’ll be able to drive across the bridge. If you’re a member, you would need to pre-book and make the drive between 8AM and 10AM, before the park opens.
I was always embarrassed to include the Royal “Gouge” in my tour books. Colorado is 1/3rd National Forests, Parks, Monuments and you could find gorges throughout the state without paying a steep fee to visit. I had charming places to enjoy in Canon City, the Sangre de Christo, Cotopaxi along the Arkansas river where the experience exceeded the expectations and costs. Royal Gouge was never one of those places.
The fuel truck in the Roanoak pic looks like a ’57(?) Chevy 4400 with the new 283 V8 ( thanks CC for a great article on those) and a welcome site to the island, I’m sure. Seems like an odd and unsafe place to stop, and the oil marks would indicate a bump of some sort. I too was surprised when my visiting nephew and family paid $125 to cross the bridge. The area around the bridge is becoming a huge tourist trap. The train ride through the gorge, while fantastic views, isn’t for the thin of wallet either.
I love these , thank you so much .
They buttress my fading memories of the 50’s & 60’s .
-Nate
Photos brought back memories of traveling through Shenandoah. Thank you!