In between working, sightseeing, writing blog posts and ebooks, I wrote a little travel series called “Strange RV Encounters”. It’s a bit hard to believe they let me write for them, isn’t it? Yeah, for me too.
Some of my long-time readers may recognize a few of the destinations, but I’ve had to write the articles a little differently. Unlike my humorous blogs, Yahoo! is a proper, mainstream website — they preferred I keep my articles professional. However, they were still fairly flexible in that regard.
Writing for Yahoo! gave me nearly as much of a thrill as seeing the goofy sights included below.
UPDATE July, 2014: I’ve just received word Yahoo! plans to discontinue their Contributor program. This includes deleting all content written by contributors over the past nine years. This is sad news, I loved writing these articles. I do hope they reconsider.
September, 2014: As they promised,Yahoo! removed everyone’s articles from their servers. The links below go to .pdfs I grabbed. The conversion process cut off a few words at the end of each page.
Strange RV Encounters: An Introduction
Slab City, Calif., the Last Free City in America
I Found Mollie’s Nipple Near Purgatory
They Kept the Fruitcake, But Forgot the Bacon
A Lone Rock Isn’t Always Lonely at Glen Canyon Dam
A Spiritual Experience at the Grand Canyon
Standin’ on a Corner in Winslow, Arizona
Route 66: The Wigwam Motel and Giant Dinosaurs
Energy Vortexes and Weird Rock Formations in Sedona, AZ
World’s Largest Kokopelli and Montezuma Castle in Arizona
Seligman, Arizona, Birthplace of Historic Route 66
Giant Golf-Ball House in Arizona
Lake Havasu, London Bridge, and Lighthouses in the Arizona Desert
There’s a Naked Man in Quartzsite, AZ — Also, a Pyramid
What Is ‘The Thing’ in Dragoon, Arizona?
Tombstones in Tombstone, Arizona
The Rex Allen Museum and Koko the Horse in Willcox, AZ
The World’s Largest Blue Crab in Rockport, Texas
World’s Longest Fishing Pier and Big Tree in Rockport, TX
Port Aransas: Camp on the Beach and Search for Buried Treasure
Port Aransas Festivals: Whooping Crane and Sandfest
Port Aransas: Giant Shark Doors
Padre Island: USS Needlefish and Mermaid on a Half-Shell