Just because the economy has slowed down, doesn't mean you have to - the fun must go on! This summer lots of us are opting out of the exotic vacations to far-flung places in favor of the staycation or road trip.
Wherever you end up going we want you to send us a Post Card from the Edge. Submit a photo on our site (or snail mail us a postcard) with a caption about that roadside attraction, strangely worded sign, or something that just made you do a double take - ya know, like that huge cow you found in Colorado ... weird but hilarious.
So, hit the open road or even your own town, and show us the quirky things you saw this summer vacation. Join us in our crusade against the mundane and get entered into a drawing for some killer prizes that will extend your vacation.
Entry Date: 06/29/2009
Hmmm...I would rather not combine the two. {Seen in Alamosa, Colorado on our way home this weekend from Mesa Verde}
Entry Date: 06/29/2009
I enjoy odd angles but the juxtaposition of the lichen-covered tree and all these perfect boxwood structures really struck me as beautiful. It's incredibly hard to keep a shrub pruned that well, by the way... I don't know where they lurk but Colonial Williamsburg must have a whole army of elven gardeners and shrubbery experts.
Entry Date: 06/27/2009
At a remote bouldering location just before dark...
Entry Date: 06/27/2009
Honolua Bay, Scott Devore looking over point to point swim. Watch out for the SHARKS!!!
Entry Date: 06/26/2009
Yep, you are seeing correctly. That is a gas station in a church.
Entry Date: 06/26/2009
This was a sign at a booth at the arts and crafts fair on the Santa Fe Plaza. I thought it was hilarious so I framed it in the camera and took a shot.
Entry Date: 06/26/2009
Featured here is my Horny Toad-clad hubby Chad mimicking the Cow that Jumped Over the Moon--Texas-style! This oil derrick is in Luling, TX, home of the Watermelon Thump, where we stopped off for some finger-lickin' good BBQ during Memorial Day Weekend. We thought this made a great roadside attraction entry, and Chad has decided to dub the photo: the Toad Jumped Over the Moon. Please vote for us! We love California!
Entry Date: 06/25/2009
I'm following instructions in a blind alley in Santa Barbara, CA
Entry Date: 06/25/2009
Hiking in Utah's Cedar Mesa June 2009 with good friends!
Entry Date: 06/25/2009
Another memorable trip where my friend got a RAGING case of Montezuma's revenge and we had to walk 4 miles down a dirt road - taking pit stops every five minutes and using rocks as toilet paper until we reached home at dawn. Unfortunately there was no documentation of that incident (it's seared in my mind forever, though) but this is my favorite picture from that vacation. I have great memories of hanging out with the locals in small quirky rum shops.
Entry Date: 06/25/2009
My last vacation was a two week stay in Ghana where I got free room & board in exchange for doing paper making with local kids using indigenous plant material. On one of my few trips out from the neighborhood I stayed in, I got to visit a coffin maker. This shoe is actually a coffin you can get buried in!
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
I don't know what that art represents but the kids will still pose on it! Williamstown, MA
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
Mom! Look what I found!!!
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
We had a "stay-cation" the year this photo was taken. My daughter and son are in the pool. We have loads of toads in our pool...the kids even name them and keep track of them all summer. The toad on Sophia's head is Harold, and yes, he's a real live toad!
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
me and the maine attraction for dinner.
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
Roadside Attractions: The Biggest Blueberry in the World-Oxford, Nova Scotia. Pulled of the highway in our smart car on the Canadian adventure of a lifetime. Ate blueberries for the rest of the drive that day.
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
Los Angeles--l.a. Eyeworks windows for Gay Pride...
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
l.a. Eyeworks in Los Angeles--what fabulous folks...this month's window is PROUD/MARRY.
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
gotta love Anderson's Split Pea world--California
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
Buddha's Butter Ball--Mahabalpuram, Southern India
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
Saw this sign in the old Fort Worth downtown. Gotta love it!
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
The stockades in Fort Worth, TX
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
We saw this sign and thought it might just be a discreet titty bar! But no, it was just a restaurant that hates kids.
Entry Date: 06/24/2009
"Does this make my butt look big?" --Gaffney, SC
Voting has ended and the top 3 entries are listed below!
Thank you to everyone who submitted an entry and voted in the contest. Psssst, Our next contest is coming later this fall so check back soon.
- First Prize: The big win! A trip to Santa Barbara - airfare and hotel for two - and a $250 Toad gift certificate.
- Second Prize: Still a good haul! A great travel bag and $250 Toad gift certificate.
- Third Prize: Staycations can still be fun! A new point and shoot camera and a $100 Toad gift certificate.
CONTEST WINNERPostcards From the Edge
7/1/2009
Wherever you end up going we want you to send us a Post Card from the Edge.
CONTEST WINNERSame Face, Same Place
11/4/2008
Send us pictures of you as a kid, doing what kids do and then a picture of the same scene recreated in current time.
CONTEST WINNERInvent a Sport
8/10/2008
Invent a sport! Check out the new and inventive ways to have fun from the last contest.
CONTEST WINNERPet Lookalikes
4/30/2008
Do you look like your pet? These people thought they did. Check out the results of our Pet Lookalike Contest.
CONTEST WINNERShow us your Toad...
2/24/2008
In January, we asked you to show us your toad. Check out all the fun submissions
- Please no photoshop for adding/subtracting things from the photo.
- Please upload your photo using the link to the left. Please keep files to a maximum of 500k please.
- Provide your name and a lil' background of where the photo was taken and why it's worthy of the manta "postcard from the edge"
- Most importantly, have fun- let the road trips begin!
Enter as many times as you like. No purchase necessary. Sorry to say, we can only have this contest open to legal residents of the US and Canada. It's not open to Horny Toad employees either. Digital submissions only. By sending us a photo, you give us permission to use it, as does anyone else pictured in the photo, and agree that you are authorized to do so. We won't use the photo for anything not related to contest without contacting you first. One rating per entry per person. You can change the rating you give an entry, we keep track and count only the last one you entered. We try to discourage cheaters. The ratings from identified cheaters will not be counted. The rating period closes at midnight PST on the date shown. The photo with the highest rating as determined by legitimate ratings wins. Winners will be notified by email and posted on the site. Contest void where prohibited. Thanks for playing!