It's close...

...to Thanksgiving, relish the thought,
my last few posts are all things to be brought..
..to the table, for the traditional meal,
and so today, it's just more to add to the deal.

Cranberries have a place in this thing,
just as much as some bird on the wing;
small red fruit, it's a little bit tart,
but most people love it for doing it's part.

Top: The General Store on Great Cranberry Island, Maine.
Middle: Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park seen from the island.
Bottom: A Cranberry Island sunset.

There's a....

...place out in New Mexico that really caught my eye,
well it's the towns name - it has to do with pie!
Now, that's a perfect name, don't know why it don't catch on,
and you can even visit, oh, the pie is never all gone.

Pie Town, New Mexico, the celebrate the pie,
name for a company the dried apples 'til they're dry,
now it just another small town along the way,
with a big antenna aimed into space that's far away.

Top: Looking for a place to eat?  This is it!
Middle: One of the "Pie Festival" signs.
Bottom: The VLBA (very long baseline array) Radio Astronomy antenna.

Have you….

…ever wondered where you might end up?
If you were wandering around, just you and a pup;
would you go to the city or just a small town,
would there be other people to help your world go round?

Where would you live when you're done moving on?
What would you do if everyone was up and gone?
Well, the people of Dunmovin, California, have went,
and nobody knows where they pitched their final tent.

Not a lot to say "A picture is worth a thousand words."

It's that....

...time of year, with Halloween and Thanksgiving,
when pumpkins are used, and I'm not kidding;
use for pies, soups or decoration,
it becomes a favorite of the whole nation.

One things for sure, it tastes really good,
and as a decor it cheers like it should,
so we have a town, in Alabama, it gained it's fame,
where pumpkin is king, Pumpkin Center's the name.

Top: A sign tells the story.
Middle: Pumpkins for sale.
Bottom: And pumpkins to read by, or at least look at.

When they...

...founded the Town marked by axe cuts on a tree,
there was conflict about them, which set the mind free;
so they named the place Accident, which makes perfect sense,
so they didn't have two names - and a chain-link fence.

If you were to live here, or do if coincidental,
you'd be known quite commonly as an Accidental!
It's a small town in far western Maryland, the state,
but it has the County High School, which really makes it great.

Top: Sign at the Town Office.
Middle: The County High School.
Bottom: Zion Lutheran Church.
NOTE:  There aren't many public buildings in Accident.

It started...

...at a tavern, many years ago,
when boatmen went to drink, when the water was low;
the locals didn't like them, and so they would goad,
by saying they drank so much, they swelled up like a toad.

That's how the name of the place came about,
now it's celebrated, each year with a shout;
and I guess it has a bit of fame,
the story of how Toad Suck came to get its' name.

Some of the signs around Toad Suck Arkansas.

Have you...

...ever been told to go to hell?
This is a subject that I've learned well,
so here are some hells, you'll have a choice,
the next time someone has that in their voice.

There are more Hell's that can be found,
in the US, in Norway, or where ever you're bound;
just take your pick, which one do you want,
if you've been told to make Hell your haunt.

Top: Downtown Hell, Norway,
Middle: Looks like Hell, Norway is freezing over.
Bottom: Hell, Michigan is frozen!

Double Trouble...

...how's that for the name of a town,
it's part of a state park now, no need to frown,
it was, at one time, a true company town,
so, maybe there was enough trouble to go around.

The company had a sawmill and cranberry bog,
so you could harvest, or go saw a log,
in the Pine Barrens near the New Jersey coast,
the company folded, and the whole town was toast.

Top: A workers 'cottage', some buildings have been preserved.
Middle: A painting of one of the bogs.
Bottom: Harvest time for cranberries, the bog is flooded, the berries float and are sucked up with a vacuum.