North American Wild Card Moto-Tag Game

[BkerChuck]

Griff, very cool pic and I'm doing TOH as well. This is my second year and I actually spotted the one I used on my way back from memorials in Bradford, PA and Jamestown, NY. The pic from PA rte 666 was cool too. If you're ever down that way and ride rte 666 when you get close to a town named Kettleville make sure to stop at Cougar Bob's. Neat little bar and restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Great burgers and very reasonably priced.

 

[griff]

After Glen Frey of the Eagles passed away earlier this year, I thought it would be cool to "stand on the corner in Winslow, AZ" like he sang in Take it Easy. So on the way to NAFO, I stopped in. Here's the mural

Here's the corner

and of course, here's the flat bed ford

My tag is your bike and an old nostalgic hotel or motel. Here is Earl's Motor Court in Winslow, AZ on Route 66. It was built in the 1940's and is the oldest motel in Winslow. Or if you prefer something different, right up the road is the Wigwam in Holbrook.

 

[Gramps]

Where's the "girl my lord"?

 

[LittleJon]

The sound of her own wheels were making her crazy. She's probably laid up in Earl's Motor Court.

Actually looks like she's in the driver's seat in the mural... (or, if the mural is a reflection in a shop window, I guess it would be the passenger seat)

 

[BkerChuck]

Nicely done Griff! I've seen several friends pictures from that corner and hope to someday get there myself. Nice idea for the new tag too.

 

[BikerGeek99]

Well, dang! Sooze and I were at that same corner in Winslow on our way home from NAFO!

 

[airboss]

Griff resting after chasing the girl in the flatbed.

 

[Fred W]

Actually, he's lookin' a little sweet on Glenn.

 

[airboss]

See if we can bump start this thing, been idle for a while.

Here's your hotel.

The Copper Queen Bisbee, AZ

BONUS: It's Haunted.

https://www.hauntedhouses.com/states/az/copper_queen_hotel.htm

The Copper Queen Hotel, located in the heart of down town, was kept up during its 105 years of existence, always being a great place to stay and spend the night. It is not surprising that former guests, hard working employees and others connected to the hotel may decide to stick around in such a grand place.

Throughout its history, it also provided gainful employment to residents of Bisbee; mostly respectable, with one glaring exception involving female companionship, offered on the hotel's third floor, which was tolerated during the early part of the 20th century.

Miss Julia Lowell was such a female companion, who "serviced" men in rooms on the third floor of The Copper Queen Hotel, during the 1920s-'30s, a time when prostitution was tolerated in Arizona. Traditionally, the young women who worked in this "fallen angel" industry, hoped to find a husband among her many clients, in order to join respectable society. Julia fell in love; hook, line and sinker, at the age of thirty with a gentleman who didn't share her feelings. Though he enjoyed her body, he rejected her as marriage material. In despair, she killed herself.
An active young 8 or 9 year old son of a woman who worked in the hotel's dining room used to play on the third floor. Tragedy struck when the boy died in a dumb, kid accident. He drowned while swimming in either the neighborhood pond or the San Pedro River.

Some guests it seems enjoyed their stays in this hotel so much while living, that they have decided to spend their after-life here as well, which is the case in many classy hotels.

Dedicated employees continue to help out, not letting the fact that they are dead stop them!

Which leads into the next tag.

Haunted Places

Cochise County Superior Court Building.

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/bisbee-courthouse/

Employees of the Cochise County Courthouse swear that the top floor is haunted, with evil presences and bad smells prevailing throughout. The judge chambers in Division 2 still carry occasional smells of cigar smoke from the old days. Voices are heard throughout, doors open and close, sometimes violently, and the ghost of an old-looking judge sometimes appears in the second-floor lobby.

 

[thompsonian]

OOOOOOHHHHHH!!!!! I know the PERFECT place for this tag!!

 

[griff]

Got a coupla of good tags and waited a while for you Thompsonian - sorry

Here is the haunted place the Poinsett Bridge

The Poinsett Bridge near Greenville is the oldest bridge in South Carolina. Built in 1820 on the old state Road that ran from Charleston and Columbia, SC to Asheville, NC. It is said to be the site of mysterious lights, strange sounds and frightening apparitions. One legend claims a lynched slave haunts the span, while another attributes the haunting to Indians and lost burial grounds. A third legend claims a mason died during the bridge’s construction.

And the new tag. Since football season is now underway, wouldn't it be nice to see your bike in front of your favorite team's stadium. If you're not a football fan, then your bike in front of a team stadium - professional, college, high school, whatever.

Now my favorite team are the Michigan Wolverines, but it is a tad far to get a picture of the Big House. So I had to settle for these guys - Death Valley

 

[PhilJet09]

Nice grab. In my opinion, we could do an entire thread just on "haunted" stuff. My wife gets into that stuff.

 

[airboss]

Plenty of paranormal out there.

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/gh-mosthaunted.html

So...................Whose brave enough to go First.

And not to mess with Fred's Moto-Tag game, if we want to play. Who ever goes first should start a GhostBusters thread.

 

[Fred W]

This ain't my game... OCfjr started it. I'm just a playa'

 

[user 213]

More tag games are always good. Something for everyone kind of thing, but yes, please do start a new thread for the new game if you want to do a theme tag game.

Part of the appeal for this wild card tag game is that it can go in any direction. We've mostly done well in not picking ridiculous tags that are random encounters or so rare in most other areas, even if common in the tagger's area.

The paranormal thing can be found nearly anywhere, but is a lot easier in the East where people have been at higher density for longer. Half of the city I live in didn't exist 20 years ago. I'd have to hunt for a haunt.

 

[Fred W]

If they do start up that Paranormal Activity TOR, here's a little help for you in UT.

Now, where to find a decent football stadium in New England?

 

[thompsonian]

No worries Griff. Been busy with life and forgot...oops. I'll get another tag soon....

 

[BikerGeek99]

Now, where to find a decent football stadium in New England?

And to think I was just in one in Ohio on Saturday...

 

[Uncle Hud]

Dear griff:

As a boy, I was inducted into the Boy Scout's honor camping society in 1968 or '69 at Camp Old Indian near Greenville. My initiation consisted -- in part -- of sleeping alone on the haunted Poinsett Bridge.

Thank you for resurrecting one scary-ass night. If I call you at 3 am after a nightmare, it's your fault.

Sincerely,

Hud

 

[TomInPA]

Grabbing the favorite team sports stadium, in this case Heinz Field, where Browns and Bengals go to be sacrificed to the football gods.