Daniel Boone with a Fez, sort of

And another oddity that my son and I tracked down on our journey to the sunny South.  As before, we scoured the Web for roadside oddities, and while there were not as many as we would have liked (at least along Interstate 95), we did find some to help alleviate the monotony of the trip.  In Roanoke Rapid, North Carolina, which is actually pretty close to Garysburg (so you can take care of a couple must-see stops fairly quickly), we tracked down Daniel Boone with a Fez.  A fez?  Well, he was maintained by the local Shriners so there is some logic.  Undoubtedly he's actually Paul Bunyan, but Daniel Boone made more sense, I guess, in this part of the country. He needs a paint job, which would make the fez more visible, but I think the county needed the money for more pressing issues.

You can make out the Shriner's club in the background.

Gary took an instant liking to him.

It was such a gloomy day, that it was only by facing this direction could you get any detail in the picture.  Here you can more clearly make out the tin drum that made up the hat/fez.  And my son's long-suffering demeanor.