Slow avocados ahead
San Diego County produces over 60% of the avocados sold in the United States, making it the nation’s largest producer of avocados and allowing the County to call itself “The Avocado Capital of the United States.”
Interstate 15 from Escondido north is known as the Avocado Highway because of all the avocado groves on both sides of the freeway.
There are roadside signs telling you all about avocados, such as this one:
I appreciate that avocados like to go slow, but the speed limit is 70! Maybe some higher octane gas?
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Posted on March 17, 2013, in Manmade, Photos, Picture of the Moment and tagged avocado pictures, funny roadside signs, roadside sign pictures, slow avocado ahead pictures. Bookmark the permalink. 33 Comments.
Are there fast avocados, too? lol xoxoM
Hopefully not going faster than the speed limit!
That is a crack up. I always thought avocados were a little daft.
Could they be a little slow in their thought processes? Perhaps they can’t cross the road as quick as other fruit. I remember a sign on a main road years ago, an old people’s home was nearby, it read ‘Slow Old People Ahead.’
LOL You wouldn’t want avocado road kill, so slow down.
Yes, and they’re slow to ripen too. Love them. How lucky you are be in their heartland.
lol Funny.:)
Do they have a hunting season for those slow avocados? I love funny road signs and this one is great!
It’s been umpteen years ago, but I’ve been through there many times. Guess back in the “old” days, avocados were much speedier.
I think we all slow down with old age……….lol
LOVE that sign.
Makes me appreciate punctuation all over again.
Surely it’s the speedy avocados that would be ahead.
I don’t know. Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare?…….lol
Ah, that is true
I heard that Tom Selleck has an Avacado Farm in California too…didn’t see him on your travels did you? HA, slow avacado’s, should send that one to the Ellen Show.
I have heard too, but we don’t have maps to the stars like they have up in Los Angeles………..:(
Nothing worse than getting stuck behind a herd of slow avocados, though farther north, slow artichokes run a close second. Or is that crawl a close second?
I love this!
made me larf & larf….
That’s because they are TOO fast!……lol
Cute! Do they grow on trees?
They do. Trees about the size of your standard apple, pear, orange, lemon, lime…… Hmmmm. I wonder if the avocado is a citrus fruit.
Avocado belong to the laurel (are they hardy?) family which includes bay and cinnamon.
Dearest Sand Diego thank you for my Avocados! They are YUMMY!
You’re welcome! Just don’t expect us to make guacamole out of them, too!……lol
HA HA I make so many wonderful things out of Avocados!
I’ve known a few slow avocados in my day….
I need sugar and milk to stop over there in avocado highway lol
too funny!
I can’t imagine life without avo’s. Never tried slow ones.
.. lol.. Now I understand why they reach the Netherlands completely overripe..
LOL made me laugh