For some reason I found myself taking more pictures in bathrooms on my recent road trip than I think is healthy. So now I’ve decided to share my non-healthy apparent obsession with bathrooms.

The first one is from Ohio. It’s a sad state of affairs that such things are necessary at all. That said, I do have to wonder how many times these are accessed at rest stops along the Interstate. I suspect not often just because in most cases folks who are overdosing are in cities and towns. But overall, probably doesn’t cost much as a just in case measure.

These days I’m often surprised to see pay phones any place, let alone two of them. While strictly not a bathroom, this was at a rest stop. This was in Missouri.

At the same rest stop. Only one I’ve seen with a microwave. And honestly, the prices weren’t terrible for the microvable food in the vending machine. Had I not already eaten, I might have taken advantage of this.

Taken at a restaurant I ate dinner at in Texas. This was when I really knew I was in Texas!

I had mentioned how nice the rest stop/Visitor Center in Amarillo was. The bathroom itself was clean and had VERY tall ceilings. It was a bit weird, but kind of cool too.

This how I found the 1.5 Mile Rest House outhouse on the Bright Angel Trail. At about 3:00 AM in the morning. Seriously folks, do better!

From the Rim. From here you can’t tell what horrors await you when you step into the outhouse proper (as seen in the previous photo.)

Taken from teh same spot as the previous photo, but with the telephoto lens on my camera. This is beyond the 3x physical lens and includes “digital telephoto”. But I’m still very happy with it compared to my old phone!

This one is at Hover Dam. I took it for two reasons. For one, the unusual bowl shape. It recalls a woman’s urinal I once saw in a bathroom at West Hall at RPI. Yes, you read that right, a woman’s urinal. Far more practical (and apparently common) when women almost exclusively wore skirts or dresses. But this was the men’s urinal. Another factor that makes it interesting is the location. Along the edge of the top of the dam (where the original road crossing the Colorado was) there’s a walkway with some towers built in. One each contains a men’s and women’s bathroom. Interesting enough. More so, and the second reason I took the photo, because you have to go upstairs to access them (Hoover Dam built long before ADA bathrooms were a requirement). I was really hoping they had windows from the bathrooms overlooking the Colorado downstream but I was disappointed. No windows. But interesting urinals.

Seen at the Loop B restroom at Bryce Canyon. I mention Loop B because my camping spot was in Loo C. I was a little upset to discover the restroom at Loop C was closed for renovations. Loop B was far enough I drove over twice to use the restroom.

While I appreciate the warning, I do have to wonder if it’s still relevant and if so, perhaps they should update the sign a bit?

This was taken at the Meteor Crater Rest stop outside of Winslow Arizona. Also a very tall ceiling.

And that’s it for bathrooms on this trip.