Sometimes quirky can be a lot of fun. We visited the Ignite Museum of Signs. Their focus is on Neon signs, most of which actually use Argon. We saw all manor of signs — working, not working, large, small, and in all colors.

They have a few interesting things that aren’t signs. Here’s Danita with a Bendix TV. (Danita used to work for Bendix.)

When Neon signs were new, Tucson had a stretch of road they called the “Miracle Mile” that was loaded with flashing signs. Locals were proud of it, until Life Magazine did an article and called it the ugliest mile. Tucson wanted to get those signs off the road. They passed a law that once a sign was taken down, it couldn’t be put it back up. A couple of lawyers wanted to renovate a sign for a motel and sued Tucson. The law was amended to allow re-installation of signs if a duly appointed committee agreed the sign was of historic interest and would be appropriately renovated. Today, a few of the Miracle Mile signs are still up and working.

Our other activity was the Tucson Art Museum. It had some interesting surrealistic paintings, including a Dali.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.