{"id":70341,"date":"2017-06-02T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/?p=70341"},"modified":"2019-06-20T12:06:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T19:06:37","slug":"spotted-on-the-roadside-with-the-what-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/index.php\/spotted-on-the-roadside-with-the-what-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted on the Roadside: With the what, now?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70751\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-36-of-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-36-of-57.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-36-of-57-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-36-of-57-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-70771\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-38-of-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-38-of-57.jpg 488w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-38-of-57-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70781\" src=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-39-of-57.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-39-of-57.jpg 488w, https:\/\/mellzah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/lincoln-city-39-of-57-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the deal with these Easter Island heads? Nobody&#8217;s talking about them, save for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadsideamerica.com\/tip\/24722\">this old Roadside America post<\/a> from when they were still made out of wood. The hotel&#8217;s website doesn&#8217;t mention them, no Lincoln City beat reporter published a piece about their subsequent refurbishment and their meaning to the town. Nada. So here&#8217;s some heads. One of &#8217;em is eating me.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spotted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@44.962197,-124.0163446,3a,75y,21.32h,73.77t\/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4rAIteF104PDrye_uSF9FA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1\">highway 101 in Lincoln City, OR<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1824px; left: 495px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1206px; left: 576px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1206px; left: 466px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the deal with these Easter Island heads? Nobody&#8217;s talking about them, save for this old Roadside America post from when they were still made out of wood. The hotel&#8217;s website doesn&#8217;t mention them, no Lincoln City beat reporter published a piece about their subsequent refurbishment and their meaning to the town. Nada. 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