Gribblenation Turns 20

On January 17, 2021, Gribblenation is proud to celebrate its 20th anniversary, starting with its humble beginnings as gribblenation.com as a joint venture between Adam Prince, Brian LeBlanc and Doug Kerr We've been expanding on the experiences ever since, because after all, every road tells a story. From the sign galleries and state highway end scavenger hunts of yore, to state feature pages, Flickr, the Sure Why Not blog (which expanded to the gribblenation.org of today) and now Facebook, Instagram and the Gribblenation Roadcast podcast on Anchor.fm. While some of the Gribblenation contributors have changed over the years, it's always been fun sharing the stories of the roads in which we travel. With Tom and Dan contributing articles to Gribblenation these days along with Adam and Doug, we get to tell stories and show off what we've seen from coast to coast.

Adam and Doug recently looked back on the past 20 years with an episode on the podcast as well. You can check it out at: Gribblenation 20th Anniversary Podcast at the Gribblenation Roadcast.

So sure, why not take a look back at the first logo used for the Gribblenation website, along with a logo created by Doug's brother that we used for many years and finally a new logo that we've introduced to our Facebook and Instagram pages just last week. A great thanks to everyone for riding along with us the past twenty years! We hope you'll join us for twenty more years and then some.

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