Zzyzx Rd. Exit sign, heading west on Interstate 15.

It almost seems like cheating to be able to name a road like that.

Wonder what story is behing that sign? Very interesting.

Julie

Actually, it's something of an interesting story. At one point there was an old (1890) Army outpost there, and later a railroad station for the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. It was then run as Zzyzx Mineral Springs and Health Spa by a radio evangelist named Curtis Howe Springer from 1944-1974. He's the one who gave it the Zzyzx name, claiming it was the last word in the English language.

I'll stop there for now, but there's a bit more if you're interested. The obligatory Wikipedia refrence link is a first source

... amazing - indeed :)

michel

Thanks for stopping by, Michel. It's a rather popular exit sign to photograph. I'm counting at least 18 different ones.

There's a marketing tip for the ones paying attention. Give your product/business a strange name, and folks will find you.

yeah... that really looks like the sleeping mouse pointer of a former popular computer called "Amiga".

It only showed a "zz" when hardly working :)

I'm amazed at the traffic ahead of you...must be a well known destination that no one can pronounce. That's why I've never heard of it!

The traffic was entirely due to the fact that this was a Sunday afternoon, heading toward Los Angeles from the direction of Las Vegas. Probably not one in a hundred even noticed that sign, I'd bet. I was headed to Riverside for a job, and didn't realize that I'd spend such a nice amount of quality time with a batch of impatient Californians as we all elbowed each other for lane space. Zzyzx Road has a bit of interesting history to it, but not enough to fill the freeway, I'm afraid.

On the other hand, I did find a movie named Zzyzx, Inspired By True Events that I'm going to try and watch. I'll let you know if it's any good. : ) Thanks for the visit.

Cool! but weird.

Thank you, stoneboat. My weirdness is well known. : 0

Hi n1w! So, have you seen the movie? Any good? :)

Hello, Andriy. Yes, I saw it, an no, it's not all that good. There are too many plot and story miscues, and it confuses the whole thing. Thanks for stopping back by. I hope all is well with you.

Howdy, not1word!

Thanks for saving my time! :) I wont watch it!

All the best,

Andriy

: )

Hi N1W! Cool. You can add the "look around" tag to this one!

Thanks, Nawitka. The way they figure out angles with that look around technology is pretty amazing.

Fascinating story!

Howdy, Denise. We do our best to provide a bit of entertaining diversion with our photos. ; )

Where was this sign when I was a kid playing the alphabet game on long trips with the family? Z was always the hard letter to find.

I hear you. I always knew that J was a good one to find, since there was usually a junction coming up somewhere.