Toilets Across America, 2011, aka Tour d'Toilet
An bicyclist's look at the toilets from Fargo, ND to Bar Harbor, ME
June 20--Day 32 Pulaski to Old Forge, NY
June 17--Day 29 Niagara Falls to Brockport, NY
June 16--Day 28 Niagara Falls, NY
June 15--Day 27 Hamburg to Niagara Falls, NY
June 20--Day 32 Pulaski to Old Forge, NY
Osceola, New York.... |
Hilltop Market, West Leyden, NY |
A green room that flushes |
Easy does it.....Erie Canal bike trail |
WomanTours Headquarters, Rochester, NY |
Erie Canal Bike trail, Rochester, NY...note the bicycle in the foreground...someone was in a hurry! |
June 16--Day 28 Niagara Falls, NY
Top of the Falls, Niagara Falls State Park, NY |
Top of the Falls, Niagara Falls State Park, NY |
Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, NY |
Hard Rock Cafe, Niagara Falls, NY |
Nature flushed...Niagara Falls, NY |
Using the Men's room again......Seneca Towne Family Cafe, Seneca, NY |
The seat was up in the men's room....even though there was a urinal....things that make you go 'hmmm' |
Some seafood grill on the Niagara River, Tonawanda, NY |
Kind of a tight squeeze.... |
Restrooms, Tonawanda, NY |
Uni-sex restroom...for 'Buoys and Gulls" |
Glad I didn't have to lay this tile! |
"Come out, come out, who ever you are!" On the bike trail to Niagara Falls |
When you gotta go, you gotta go!! Port-a-pots to go. |
June 14--Day 26 Erie, PA to Hamburg, NY
Not the cleanest, but also not outside. Barcelona Mkt, Barcelona, NY |
It's always good manners to purchase something prior to tinkling. |
The nice folks of a roofing company let us use their facility. Orange buster soap to get the grease off, too!! Dunkirk, NY |
Connor's Hot Dog Stand, Angola NY |
Conditioning the air....under unit #4.....somewhere in Pennsylvania |
Lighthouse Cafe, Conneaut, Ohio |
State Street Diner, Conneaut, Ohio....the shower curtains were a nice touch...perhaps a shower while I do my business. |
Waste Management, of course! Ashtabula, Ohio |
Sunoco station in Willoughby, Ohio |
A green room with a seat and running water. Painesville, Ohio |
June 11--Day 23 Cleveland, Ohio
Sterle's Slovenian Country House--It was very red |
Restrooms in Vermillion, Oh |
Vermillion, Oh |
Yeah....we were using the men's room again |
In case you ever wondered where milk came from.....Sunoco, Gibsonberg, Ohio |
Moose Lodge, Clyde, Ohio Very clean and tidy!! |
Between the earthmoving equipment....appropriate positioning, I think. |
Bathroom at LaRoe's in Grand Rapids, Oh. The walls are painted...that's not wallpaper. Very nice! |
Outside the restroom below....seems appropriate. |
Someplace in Ohio.... |
In the dam park....the Maumee Dam, that is |
The Dog House grill, somewhere in Indiana |
June 6--Day 18 Logansport to Huntington, IN
A 'long drop", as our Australian friends call it....or a dunny....but that isn't as funny |
Yet another Green room |
At the state park, Salamonie Dam Park |
The international sign for 'women's' at Salamonie Dam park |
Road trip to Ft Wayne to get our bikes fixed....Road trip to Texas Roadhouse |
Texas in Indiana.....yeehaw |
Texas Roadhouse, Ft Wayne, IN |
No potty breaks....too hot to pee....
June 2 --Day 14 Streator to Watseka, IL
Restroom Zone....right next to the food zone, Ankom, IL |
Classy place...two women's bathrooms!!! |
Wall Hanger....Ankom, Il |
Theses seem to be in every bathroom...do people really use them? Do the men's room also have these baby change stations? |
Warning, warning!! High Water Alert!!! BP in Odell, IL |
Come into my parlor, said the spider to the fly..... Casey's Market, someplace in Illinois |
We go where the employees go.....Casey's Market |
Just the Green Room today.... |
June 1 --Day 13 Muscatine, IA to Kewanee, IL
Prairie Creek Market and Deli, Prairie Creek, IL |
The proverbial line.....Hille and Ramsey |
"Are you waiting on me, mate?" says Aussie, Lea Adams |
Typical 'convenient' (get it) store bathroom....somewhere in Illinois |
Cerno's Bar, Kewanee, Il, built 1898 |
Retrofitted 1898 room for indoor plumbing |
I think this toilet must be an original, too..... |
May 31--Day 12 Muscatine, IA, Rest Day
Pearl Button Mall--pretty mural |
Pearl Button Mall, nice few of the Mississippi from the throne |
Alrighty, then..... |
Gotta love the 'dunny's in a public park, still it's better than a 'long drop'. ( I learned these terms from our Australian friends) |
And there's always the Green Room |
May 29--Day 10 Prairie du Chein to Dyersville, IA
oops....wrong door..... waht is that in those urinals? Targets? |
That's better.....The Farm Toy Museum, Dyersville, IA |
Sara snapped this somewhere enroute |
This seemed an appropriate "Green Room" spot |
Oh, thank you very much.....I had to use the green room below..... |
.....and I squatted in nettles. Ouch! Not nice. |
In consideration of you, and my nose, I opted not to snap a picture inside. Marquette, IA |
May 27--Day 8 Wabasha to LaCrosse, WI
The Green Room |
The Blue Heron; cute coffee shop. I expected a cuter bathroom. |
MAY 26--Day 7 Stillwater to Wabasha, MN
Mr Sippi's |
Look closely, This is a two seater; you have to walk through one to get to the other. Things that make you go ''hmm'.
May 24--Day 5 Milaca to Stillwater, MN
Blue Moon; Pink is for girls. |
May 23--Day 4 Little Falls to Milaca, MN
Next?? |
Grub-n-Pub, Ramey, MN |
May 22--Day 3 Wadena to Little Falls, MN
The old 'hide behind the door' trick |
Donna Mae's Cafe, Eagle Bend, MN |
Casey's General Store, Long Prairie, MN |
Nature flushed. Little Falls, MN |
May 21--Day Two Pelican Rapids to Wadena, MN
I sagged today, and forgot my camera. All toilets were natural today. Gotta watch for ticks....
May 20, 2011--Day One: Fargo to Pelican Rapids, ND
His and hers bathrooms.... |
A fish theme for the men, and flowers for the women | . |
To reach the bathrooms, one had to past smelly live fish bait--appropriate, I guess.....
This one had me stumped. |
Old 52 General Store, Sabrina, ND Those North Dakotan's like their black and white checker board! |
May 19, 2011-- Fargo, ND
Kroll's Diner, Fargo ND May 19, 2011 |
THE END
(rear end, that is)
4-30 St Augustine to Dallas
Best Western Lobby
Jacksonville Airport
American Flight 1637 Jacksonville to Dallas
4-29 Palatka to St Augustine
one last 'natural' bathroom
Fire station--very clean; those boys do a good job scrubbing
Yea, all that water.....
(rear end, that is)
4-30 St Augustine to Dallas
Best Western Lobby
Jacksonville Airport
American Flight 1637 Jacksonville to Dallas
4-29 Palatka to St Augustine
one last 'natural' bathroom
Fire station--very clean; those boys do a good job scrubbing
Yea, all that water.....
4-28 High Springs to Palalka, FL
No nature stops today--all toilets!
Florida welcome station where we changed
Pam's tire--used it twice while waiting
Gas Sation...somewhere in Florida
The was a sign that said 'Beware of Dog"--
never did see the dog, just the condom dispenser
Citco Station--it needed to be cleaned
Palatka, FL--Blues Bar where we had lunch
4-27 Perry to High Springs, Fl
Convenience Store outside of Perry
Getting bold--barely(sic) off the road
Outside of a state park
4-26 Wakulla Springs to Perry, FL
First SAG--only "pit' stop; I am drinking a lot
of fluid, but it is coming out my pores!
4-24 Quincy to Wakulla Springs
Short 40 mile ride--didn't have to 'go'
4-23 Marianna to Quincy, FL
Truck station: the ladies room had a line....the men's didn't
so the 'math' was easy....
Cute little coffee house,"Miss Helen's", in Quincy, Fl
Watering nature, again
4-22 Crestview to Marianna, Fl
Privacy and good drainage; what more
could a girl want!
Aunt Sally's restaurant, after the duck attack. Nasty
men--why do they dribble and why can't they put the
lid down after using!
Exxon gas station, somewhere in FL. This
was down a long, dark hall.
4-21 Pensacola to Crestview, FL
Back room of a grocery store, somewhere Fl
Blackwater State Forest (all the water
made me need to pee)
Uncle Bill's cafe, Pace, FL
4-20 Dauphin Island to Pensacola, FL
The Crab Shack, FL--hope I
don't get crabs
sign outside bathroom--go figure
At LuLu Buffet's restaurant, AL
4-18 Pascagoula, MS to Dauphin Island, AL
Given the lack of potty stops I have made in the past few days,
the heat and humidity, I don't think I am drinking enough fluids....
McDonald's....someplace in Alabama
Alligator Farm - the 'gator' toilet
April 17 Wiggins to Pascagoula
April 16 Bagolusa, LA to Wiggins, MS
It smelled like a sewer outside this morning, so
this is in "honor" of the pulp mill making our environment a toilet
SAG stop one
Not sitting on the fence on this one.
SAG stop 2--hope that isn't poison oak.
Mexican restaurant, Wiggins, MS
April 15--Hammond to Bogalosa, LA
I dared to use the men's restroom....the seat was up. and
there were dribbles on the floor. Yuck. What's with
you men?
I forget where else I peed....
April 14--To Hammond
Another gas station
Gas Station in Zachary, LA
Backroom of an IGA
Off the kitchen of a cafe--scary!
April 12 To St Francisville, La
Not Your Mama's Cooking, Morganza, LA
4-10 Silsbee, Tx to Lake Charles, LA
Somewhere just over the state line; Texans are to classy to put up signs like this
Urgent Care Center (Went there for a bad UTI infection...how appropriate)
Walgreen's
4-9 Cleveland to Silsbee, Tx
Lona's Cookie Jar Cafe; there was a 'trick' to making this flush....never
did find out what it was.....
gas tank.....
4-8 novasota to cleveland, tx
Gotta water the grass
In the national forest (I don't know which one)
Not a good place to be when you gotta pee. (oo-I'm a poet!)
Somewhere on SR 1725, tx
Seafood Cafe--Guess they don't want me to use this one
Seafood Cafe, Cleveland, Tx--the toilet I could use...
April 6 To Navasota, TX
Independence
Gay Hill
Round Top
April 5 To LaGrange, TX
someplace.....
Marty's Cafe, LaGrange
ahhh--nature
April 3 To Blanco, TX
Waring
Just close your eyes and go...Sister's Winery
The ladies' was out of order.....
Used when we were lost--I flushed and flushed this and nothing happened...it just got fuller. I finally sent Bob in to use and flush the toilet--he can run faster....
MARCH 30--CAMPWOOD, TX
SISTER'S CAFE, CAMPWOOD
MARCH 29 DEL RIO to CAMP CLARK SPRING, TX
HEB store
(not really, just wanted to see if you were paying attention)
March 28--Del Rio
{{GAG}}
Got busted using this by motorcyclists
hmmm-the door was padlocked
ahh--it was hiding a potty for midgets
propane=gas
any rock will due
the bush
3-26 to Marathon, TX
SR 90 between Alpine and Marathon, TX (RR repair crew came by just afterward--close call)
Scant coverage, somewhere on SR90, TX
Bread and Breakfast Cafe, Alpine, TX
Girl Scout camp, Alpine, Tx
3-24 My Birthday:Ft Hancock
Yucca plant--it's sharp
3-22
La Calesa restaurant, Tornilla, Tx
Fort Hannock--instant privacy....
Irrigation Ditch
Kingston, NM
Emory Pass, NM
(Poll: Do you look down the hole?)
Gila National Forest
Kneeling Nun overview, NM
Safford, AZ
Buckhorn Inn, Globe, AZ
Home Depot, Phoenix
Phoenix
Scottsdale, AZ
Imperial Desert
Palo Verde--I'll wait, thank you....