Signpost Made of Pallet Wood

by ScavengerChic

Have you ever been on vacation and noticed a signpost pointing to another city hundreds of miles away. They let ou know that if you walk 1700 miles in a particular direction you should eventually trip over a lake ....more or less.

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The first signpost above was on the beach at a restaurant in Boca Grande, Florida where my youngest brother was married.

The second , which I haven't been to, is located at the signpost forest in Alaska. With 65,000+ signs , it may be too many signs to try to recreate.

The third one is located in Key West, Florida. You would think that all the signs would be pointing north...

So, with all those signposts in mind, I thought it would be fun to make my own signpost with places that our family has vacationed to or places that have some special meaning in our lives. First thing I had to do was to gather my wood. A nice assortment of weathered wood, thick and thin, so of course I had to use my stash of pallet wood. The only problem with my pallet wood is that it is currently buried in my garage.

A. I can finally see my stash of pallet wood

B. Picked out about a dozen pieces of random width pieces

C. Used a mitre saw or chop saw to cut the pointy ends of my arrows. Used a handheld jigsaw to cut a fish shape and the indented part of the arrow

D. Cut pieces quickly add up

E. For specific pictures or lettering I penciled in my shape first to make sure it fit

F. For variety, I painted a background color on a couple of my arrows. The crab was for Ocean City MD. Before using the ones with the painted backgrounds, I took my palm sander to them to make them look a little aged.

After calculating the distance from my house to my cities or places, I was ready to paint.

Signs were painted with acrylic paints, the kind available at any craft store.

With decking screws the signs were attached to a 4 x 4 post.

I know, that whenever I look at my signpost, I will be reminded of some fantastic vacations and time spent with my family.

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Nancy Flemming on Apr 07, 2017

Love, love your sign post what great memories. Just a little history though, the second sign post forest is not in Alaska but on the Alaska Highway at Watson Lake Yukon, Canada. It was started in 1942 by a US soldier who had to repair and erect the directional sign posts, he added a sign in the direction of his hometown Danville, Illinois and people from all over the world have been adding to it since.

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- Debbie/Dragonfly Treasure on Apr 07, 2017
  Yep, we have 2 there - one on the way transferring to Kodiak and one transferring back to CA. :) It's humongous! ♥ Love your sign post. It's on my to do list, to different areas of my yard where my Grandkids play.
  
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- Nancy Flemming on Apr 07, 2017
  Thanks, I have not seen those ones, but lived in the Yukon for 36 years, so very familiar with the one in Watson Lake.
  
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