While enjoying a too-short vacation in northern Iowa, my family and I spent two nights in downtown Dubuque. On the pretense of picking up a couple glasses of wine for my wife and I in the hotel restaurant, I slipped out the lobby door and traipsed the cobblestones of Dubuque's riverside area until I found this gem of a sign, winking seductively my way in the midwestern twilight. According to encyclopediadubuque.org the Miracle Car Wash has been keeping Dubuque's automobiles clean since 1960. For a photographer like myself, keeping their neon sign lit for nearly 60 years is a more commendable and visually enjoyable achievement. And I still made it back to the room with two glasses of wine before any questions were asked.
