Bubblegum Alley San Luis Obispo

700 block of Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo , California, United States

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    Roadside Attractions!

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    Slept through the rain like babies, but woke up to the sound of jackhammers and other pleasant construction noises. Made some coffee, let the tent dry a little and then took off for Big Sur.

    We headed up Highway 1, driving through little oceanside farm towns surrounded by green hills. It felt like we were in Ireland. Once the farm towns …

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    Day 10 - Quirky Sites in San Luis Obispo

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    Thanks again to our Roadside America App we found out that San Luis Obispo has the "first motel in the world" and we just had to check that out. Check out this excerpt from the wiki entry for this place:

    The emergence and popularization of the automobile in the United States of the early 20th century inspired many car owners beyond …

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    Bubblegum Alley!

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    Just a quick stopover on our way to see a few 'attractions'. Bubblegum alley was pretty funky, I didn't tell James exactly what it was until we got there, he said he was picturing some big bubblegum shop or something, so he got a nice surprise when we ...

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    Day 10 - Quirky Sites in San Luis Obispo

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    ... a campground with the comforts and respectability of a hotel or inn spurred the creation of the motel. Arthur S. Heineman picked San Luis Obispo for the first Milestone Mo-Tel as a mid-point location between Los Angeles and San Francisco which took two ...