{"id":3327,"date":"2014-09-01T20:49:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T20:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backpackingbear.com\/blog\/?p=3327"},"modified":"2014-11-18T03:51:02","modified_gmt":"2014-11-18T03:51:02","slug":"joe-louis-bowls-a-strike-in-the-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backpackingbear.com\/blog\/joe-louis-bowls-a-strike-in-the-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Louis bowls a strike in the desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Born out of frustration in attempts to find the portapotties at night, the Bathroom Beacons Project helps light your way to bowel and bladder utopia. The Toilet Bowl is one of the project\u2019s installations and has a sign illuminated high above the portapotties to indicate the presence of restrooms nearby. Upon arrival at The Toilet Bowl bathroom seekers are pleasantly surprised to find a two-lane, regulation size bowling alley equipped with a shoe rental counter and classic alley seats.<br \/>\nThe Toilet Bowl was inspired by classic American bowling alleys from the 1940s. The Toilet Bowl sign is a replica of The Wagon Wheel Bowling Alley sign in Oxnard, CA. Similar to classic alleys in the 1940s, there is an overlay ball return and manual pin re-racking. 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