route 66 Neglected Oasis

I have to stop at the Roadrunner's Retreat every time I drive old

Route 66 through the California Desert. I try to imagine what it was

like to travel through here in the cars of the 30s and 40s, how much

fun it would be to stop at places like these as a kid, and how much

relief the driver would feel with a frosty milkshake when it's 125

degrees out.

I think you did a comendable job nailing all the elements you needed here. The shabby sign, the abandoned restaurant, the weedy soil, and the big sky. The barbed wire is a nice touch. You could have tried to work the pole on the far left out of this shot, but it's not a big distraction. If you like old signs like this, check out my portolio. I have about a dozen of them.

Pretty shot.

i think i like this shot of the sign better than the other. keep the pole, otherwise the barbed wire would be mysteriously floating in mid-air.