The Happy Burger Album Cover Collection

Here we have the Happy Burger Diner, located on the edge of town in Mariposa CA. 

According to their website, they have "the largest restaurant menu in the Sierra".

While TSG can't confirm that boast, we think we can safely say they do have the largest collection of LP covers on display outside of a record shoppe in California. To say the walls and ceiling are covered in covers would not be an understatement. Take a look:

 

 It's simply impossible to fit them all in an image or two (or three, or...). So we've attempted to consolidate as many as possible into this slide show:

 

Today's Moment Of Zen

 

Seasonal Skeleton Spotted In Sierra*

 (*Well, okay...the Sierra foothills if you want to get technical)

These days the Yosemite gateway town of Mariposa is decked out in patriotic garb, with an abundance of flags and bunting on display all down the main drag. 

And topping it all off...what could be more patriotic than a flag-festooned 12ft skelly and a canine bony canine companion? 

 Our old pal the Willow Glen seasonal skeleton may have gone the way of all flesh (so to speak), but it's nice to see the tradition being carried on in rural California.