The warning signs along this trip have been interesting. We’ve seen the usual ones, such as warning of cows or deer along the road, but some were downright strange.
Early in the trip, driving into Utah, I saw the cow warning signs, which didn’t mean much to me. I mean, it was dark and I was driving across the valleys into the night. I figured all the cows would be asleep. Suddenly, there was a cow walking along the white line on my side of the road, heading in my direction. We flew past at 70+ mph, but I was glad it didn’t decide to wander into the road at that moment. I was more watchful for cows after that.
Then in North Carolina, I saw all these yellow warning signs for Bears! Who the hell knew that there were still bears in eastern North Carolina? Luckily, we didn’t see any bears on the road.
Further along the trip, headed west, we saw signs warning about elk, deer, cows, horses and even water in the road.
I think that New Mexico got a deal on signs that said “Elevation 7000 ft.” because those are the only ones we ever saw. The road went up and down but there were markers placed wherever it hit 7000 ft. Arizona, on the other hand, only had 4000 or 5000 ft. elevation signs.
Then there were the strange ones that were hard to figure out until you’d seen a few of them. There was one like a mountain with a car beside it and some black dots in the air. They were supposed to be warning you about falling rocks, I guess, and they had little “No Stopping” signs along with them. The funny thing we noticed is that some had small rocks and some had bigger ones.
Another one that took a while to figure out was in Southern Colorado, mostly. It showed what looked like two cars on a see-saw, but we realized that it meant the hills blocked the view and you might find another car stopped in the road as you came over the hill. There has to be a better way to show that on a sign!
