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Barry Bonzack
25-10-2006, 22:25
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i like dirt
25-10-2006, 22:31
Ahh yes. Good ol South of the Border, the signs with Pedro entertain you the entire way there. Although the giant chickens are a little creepy. lol
artdutra04
25-10-2006, 22:35
Pedro says...
Everybody's a weiner at South of the Border!
228 miles

If you've ever driven along I-95 through North and South Carolina, you'll know what how insane (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/images/sc/SCDILbillbd2.jpg) their billboards (http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~el389329/vacpic10.jpg) are.. ;)
KenWittlief
26-10-2006, 00:04
do they still sell fireworks there?
Starke
26-10-2006, 00:09
It is hard to tell but that picture almost looks photo-shopped :ahh:
Mike Schroeder
26-10-2006, 00:21
No, No its not photoshopped that just what South of The Border Looks like, Have you ever seen the Movie the Langoliers, its like that, everything south of the border is just stale




(with that statement i may have just started the 2nd Civil War (unless you think it hasn't ended yet))
KathieK
26-10-2006, 05:59
South of the Border is a must-see for anyone traveling the east coast by car. :p
Graham Donaldson
26-10-2006, 07:32
South of the Border is a must-see for anyone traveling the east coast by car. :p

I would've loved to stop there...unfortunately team 1676 didn't when we traveled to Palmetto (from NJ) and my parents didn't stop when we drove to Daytona two weeks later. That was a lot of driving... :ahh:

The Canuck
Billfred
26-10-2006, 07:33
do they still sell fireworks there?
Yep.
Rosiebotboss
26-10-2006, 10:12
South of the Border is a must-see for anyone traveling the east coast by car. :p

Why?? I can get better hot dogs at Coney Island Lunch in Worcester. (They are the BEST) :D
Richard Wallace
26-10-2006, 10:13
Yep.I am amazed by your restraint, Billfred. Most SC folks have formed strong opinions regarding SoB. :rolleyes:

My parents grew up in Darlington. I went to HS in Florence, just a half hour down I-95 from South of the Border. Let's just say most of my neighbors did not consider the place a source of regional pride.
JaneYoung
26-10-2006, 10:20
I'm getting a little confused.
Why is there a hotdog stand in front of a sombrero tower and it is called South of The Border?

Are there ever any Mariachis?
Jane
Richard Wallace
26-10-2006, 10:31
I'm getting a little confused.
Why is there a hotdog stand in front of a sombrero tower and it is called South of The Border?

Are there ever any Mariachis?
JaneThis link (http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/SCDILsob.html) may help clear up your confusion, Jane. There may have been Mariachis at some point in the history of this unsightly roadside attraction, but I've never seen them.
Billfred
26-10-2006, 10:58
I am amazed by your restraint, Billfred. Most SC folks have formed strong opinions regarding SoB. :rolleyes:
Well, I'm about two hours removed from where I-95 meets North Carolina, a route that I've never driven personally until I went to Duel on the Delaware. (I've been in the car on family trips and the like as a youngster, but I usually find myself taking I-95 South to go to all of the various Florida events.) Somehow, I managed to avoid actually pulling off the road for some twenty years, until a certain nut case in an umbrella hat suggested it.

And sadly, it does seem like the reports at the bottom of that roadsideamerica.com article have some truth to them--the place does seem a little rough around the edges. Might be the end-of-summer slump (and we didn't really do much while there), but I can't say for sure.
Cynette
26-10-2006, 11:08
South of the Border is a must-see for anyone traveling the east coast by car. :pWith all the "see the sites" threads we've been having these days, its almost as if we need a new category of "FIRST Site-Seeing Locations," or "FIRST Travel and Tourism."

I want a database... team XXX is located in City,State and here are the best things to see when you go to visit them.

A sombrero on a tower on the NC / SC border, who would have thought!?! :yikes:
JaneYoung
26-10-2006, 11:10
There may have been Mariachis at some point in the history of this unsightly roadside attraction, but I've never seen them.
Oh, roadside attraction, that makes sense.
No, no Mariachis would be there. Thank you.
Jane
Starke
26-10-2006, 11:31
No, No its not photoshopped that just what South of The Border Looks like, Have you ever seen the Movie the Langoliers, its like that, everything south of the border is just stale




(with that statement i may have just started the 2nd Civil War (unless you think it hasn't ended yet))

I have been there a couple times in my life. I must say that it is a neat place. I hope no one took offense to what I said, I was just making an observation. I said it, knowing that it was not true. South of the Border is an interesting place in the least.
Rich Kressly
26-10-2006, 13:49
you two + fireworks = bad idea
;)
KenWittlief
26-10-2006, 14:12
I dont know how long they have been there, since the 50s?

I stopped there back in the 70s when I was in the Coast Guard in WPB Florida, driving either way back home to Buffalo. It makes a good milestone pitstop, being right on the boarder between states, because you tend to gauge where you are on a long trip by the state lines.

And also because you could buy fireworks in South Carolina, but not in North Carolina.

How many countless thousands of parents, taking their kids to florida on Route 95, had to listen to the kids in the back seat, for 100+ miles

when they started seeing the billboards: "CAN WE STOP AND GET FIREWORKS? CAN WE STOP AND GET FIREWORKS? CAN WE......"
Kyle
26-10-2006, 16:58
I love the MOE shirt under the jacket, its impossible to keep the green hidden :)
anna~marie
26-10-2006, 17:05
*scratches head*
I had no idea such a place existed....
Jay H 237
26-10-2006, 17:42
Of all the times I've driven back and forth to Florida, I can't remember stopping there once.

It's even more funnier when you're driving around and seeing all the vehicles with the South of the Border bumper stickers. From Baltimore to Boca Raton it's like every other car has one! :rolleyes:
Barry Bonzack
26-10-2006, 18:18
you two + fireworks = bad idea
;)


Tell me about it. Attached is a picture of a hole I burned in my team 45 shirts from shooting bottle rockets off at my friend's grandmother's house in Pittsburgh. Shortly afterward I managed to fall through a fence. Not over the fence, through it. I am a man that knows how to humble myself. However, the grandmother was still proud of us nonetheless.
nparikh
27-10-2006, 15:31
'Twas amazing when we stopped at South of the Border on the way down to the Palmetto Regional two years ago. Originally, our coach was adamant about not stopping there...until the 30+ of us started chanting "PEDRO, PEDRO, PEDRO" and he was forced to reconcile. But no fireworks for us :(.
Rich Wong
28-10-2006, 10:34
Aha.....I see you found the Bilfred statue next to that moose and bear at the chili and burger place. Those Bilfred statues are popping up at all the rest stops along I-95 promoting FIRST. ;)

Yeah, South of the Border is one of those places I love to hate. Been there five times during the weirdest hours of the day and night. I tell myself not to buy any cheesy souvenir but my dashboard is full of them.