Catching up

With all of our latest weekend waymarking adventures, weekend yard work was getting a little overlooked. There always seems to be an awesome waymarking day trip calling our names each Friday night, and the thoughts of yard work just float away in the breeze, much like the dandelion seeds floating away over our lawn.

So, we were determined not to be swayed by thoughts of waymarking and dug in (literally) to the yard work all weekend through 80 degree weather and high humidity. Don't get me wrong, I love to garden and landscape, but it's hard to put a good spin on digging dandelions. By Sunday afternoon, all the landscaping had been weeded and cut back, the yard recycling bin was full and the new flagstone steps to the hammock area where installed. Feeling we had earned a treat, we decided to combine a trip for ice cream with a bit of waymarking.

I had seen a couple pictures of neon signs on Flickr that were supposedly in a neighboring town so we headed over to see if we could find them. WOW! The photo above is of our favorite find, Roberts Motors. I'll have to go back when its dark and see if the bulb part of the sign is chaser-style. When we hunted down the Nelson's Jewelry sign I discovered a few other great vintage neon signs. I haven't been in the downtown area of the city, Auburn, since I was a kid so it was fun to rediscover it. I'll have to go back for the other neon because ice cream was calling to the other team members, not to mention the heat was making them cranky. Maybe we'll save that trip for the next time we talk ourselves into a weekend of yard work. :)