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SkiingSixPack
Sep 17, 2013Explorer
Jim Shoe wrote:
I respectfully disagree. There are reasons to hit the interstates. If you're constrained by the length of your vacation. If you've been to your destination (like Yellowstone) so many times, starting back when interstates had not yet been invented.
That being said, on one of my trips to YNP from Cincinnati, I was headed west on I-80 when I approached exit 201 in Iowa. The sign said "What Cheer". I couldn't resist. 20 miles south, I got my answer - not much. Didn't see another vehicle moving on the entire 40 mile round trip. I apologize to any "What Cheerians" I may have offended.
What a hoot!!! What Cheer, IA has always been my barometer for oddly named towns. It is not very far from my Dad's home town of Sigourney, IA ... just no interstate sign like What Cheer!!!
Other oddly named towns in Iowa are Beebeetown, Oskaloosa, Correctionville, Gravity, and Doubleday.
No offense meant to anyone :)
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