Stopped by Pedro-Land again as I may my way north from Atlanta to Virginia. It was just after sunrise, I needed a break from my early start and decided to shoot a few pictures with my new Canon G10. The goal was to see how well the fill -in flash worked on this little wonder of a carry-around camera.

The camera can is very versatile and you can set your fill flash to minimal (as set here) or you can over-power the sunlight. The ability to sync at higher speeds is going to be very useful when I am shooting in Haiti and want to not look like a pro with the big guns or the Leica hanging off of my shoulder.

South of The Border is a campy roadside attraction just south of the North Carolina/South Carolina border. The wikipedia entry describes how it was started in the fifties.

Back in the early nineties, I shot a picture of a Sombrero ride that was published in the Communication Arts Photo Annual.

South of The Border is located on Route 301 where it crosses Interstate 95. For hundreds of miles (north and south), Interstate 95 is littered with dozens of Pedro Say’s Billboards…all written with a whacky expression to get you to stop. This place is bizzarro and I love its tackiness….just for grins.