Comments on: Summer Road Trip? http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:23:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-195802 Sheila Ryan Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:00:20 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-195802 Cooper, might <em>The Secret History of O__ C_____</em> be expanded to include Storybook Land? You think? Cooper, might The Secret History of O__ C_____ be expanded to include Storybook Land? You think?

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-195801 Sheila Ryan Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:58:12 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-195801 Oh, yes. I've not thought of Storybook Land in . . . a while. And I think I've conflated it with a similar operation in New England (possibly Maine) in which the Little Red Riding Hood tableau was a tableau vivant -- featuring a live wolf. I'm pretty sure that I'm not making this up, although 'attractions' confused me when I was very very little. In Florida we visited an alligator farm wherein a gator afflicted with a polio-like condition was displayed along with a contribution box soliciting donations for the Crippled Children's Fund or some such charity. I thought that we were visiting a sort of Warm Springs-style sanitarium for crippled alligators. Oh, yes. I’ve not thought of Storybook Land in . . . a while. And I think I’ve conflated it with a similar operation in New England (possibly Maine) in which the Little Red Riding Hood tableau was a tableau vivant — featuring a live wolf.

I’m pretty sure that I’m not making this up, although ‘attractions’ confused me when I was very very little. In Florida we visited an alligator farm wherein a gator afflicted with a polio-like condition was displayed along with a contribution box soliciting donations for the Crippled Children’s Fund or some such charity. I thought that we were visiting a sort of Warm Springs-style sanitarium for crippled alligators.

]]> By: Cooper Renner http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-195792 Cooper Renner Thu, 17 Jul 2008 17:50:56 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-195792 Lordy! When I was a kid, there was an "amusement park" in the Dallas/Ft Worth area (maybe Irving?) called Storybook Land, if I remember correctly. Little scenes/structures like the three little pigs, etc. Lordy! When I was a kid, there was an “amusement park” in the Dallas/Ft Worth area (maybe Irving?) called Storybook Land, if I remember correctly. Little scenes/structures like the three little pigs, etc.

]]> By: Cornell Campbell http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-195323 Cornell Campbell Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:42:28 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-195323 Mary - Catoosa is about 10 miles northeast of Tulsa, OK. My sister actually lives on a farm about a mile from the Blue Whale :) It was nice to see someone other than a few random Oklahomans take notice of the "happiest amusement whale". Have a good one. Mary -

Catoosa is about 10 miles northeast of Tulsa, OK. My sister actually lives on a farm about a mile from the Blue Whale :) It was nice to see someone other than a few random Oklahomans take notice of the “happiest amusement whale”. Have a good one.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-194541 Sheila Ryan Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:00:19 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-194541 That amusement whale is not at all like Barry Stone's <a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/05/weekly-picture-117-2.html" rel="nofollow">Moby Dick</a>. That amusement whale is not at all like Barry Stone’s Moby Dick.

]]> By: Mary Jeys http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-194539 Mary Jeys Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:51:12 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-194539 I don't know anything about this site except for my search terms "the whale" fetched this picture in google images. I like these kind of simple html sites. They feel like the land before the web 2.0 explosion. It's like vintage internet. Vintage internet plus vintage highways. I don’t know anything about this site except for my search terms “the whale” fetched this picture in google images. I like these kind of simple html sites. They feel like the land before the web 2.0 explosion. It’s like vintage internet. Vintage internet plus vintage highways.

]]> By: Brandon Hobson http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-194519 Brandon Hobson Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:32:05 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-194519 Mary, I've never seen that whale. I actually haven't even heard of Catoosa. Is that eastern or western Oklahoma? We have lots of places to eat with 50's settings, though. There was one drive-in type place that I used to like to go, until someone smashed my windshield, but I didn't mind. The food was good. Mary,
I’ve never seen that whale. I actually haven’t even heard of Catoosa. Is that eastern or western Oklahoma? We have lots of places to eat with 50’s settings, though. There was one drive-in type place that I used to like to go, until someone smashed my windshield, but I didn’t mind. The food was good.

]]> By: Mary Jeys http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-194511 Mary Jeys Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:21:04 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-194511 Have you seen this whale? I think he is the happiest amusement whale I have ever seen. Have you seen this whale? I think he is the happiest amusement whale I have ever seen.

]]> By: Brandon Hobson http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/07/summer-road-trip.html/comment-page-1#comment-194496 Brandon Hobson Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:04:38 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=11979#comment-194496 I grew up near route 66 just west of OKC. I still live here. Lucky me. I grew up near route 66 just west of OKC. I still live here. Lucky me.

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