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| Above, a "vintage" photo of my own. The Strater Hotel in Durango, Colorado and the Silverton train in 1983. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
An interesting photo collection has been posted by Condé Nast Traveler. Condé Nast is usually known for articles on international travel.
The collection of 10 photos range from the 1920s to the 1980s. Two of them caught my attention. One was a photo of a Signal gas station. I remember Signal gas stations. They disappeared back in the early 1960s. The second photo I found interesting was a Volkswagen Bug from 1972 with a Kangaroo camper attached. I never knew those things existed.
They start the collection with:
Since cars could go the distance (and we had a radio to jam to, circa 1930), road trips have been an integral part of Americana. The Interstate Highway Act of 1956 took things a step further, connecting all major cities in the U.S. through a series of easy-to-drive, wide roads. Today, there are plenty of other (read: faster) ways to get from Point A to Point B, but the spirit of the road trip—of packing up the camper, stopping to see the world's largest ball of twine, grabbing a snack at a rural gas station, and driving with the windows down—lives on today. Here, a nostalgic look at the road trip through the decades.
To read more, go here.
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