Cactuseaters review: Glaum egg vending machine. Aptos, California.
The Glaum chicken farm egg vending machine exceeded expectations, combining good nutrition with wholesome family entertainment and overall dollar value.
Here's what you should do: drive down Highway One from Santa Cruz and take a left on Freedom Boulevard, then take another left on Valencia. Soon, on the right, you will see the chicken farm, and signs pointing to the vending machine, which is open all the time. Seriously. You could drive up there at three in the morning.
Anyhow, make sure to bring three crisp dollar bills (no quarters.) Insert the bills into the machine. Suddenly the curtain (blocking a small window) will go up, and 10 dancing chickens will emerge. They will sing. They will dance. They will wiggle their small, feather-covered butts to the tune of a loud Benny Goodman song. The song will go on for a very long time. You will notice that some of the chickens are dressed in patriotic colors. Then, when the song is over, the nearby vending machine will give you 24 huge eggs, which is a good deal. On the down side, the machine will hand the eggs to you on a large and awkward pallet without any cover, forcing you to drive home very carefully, watching for speed bumps, lest any of those eggs rolls out and splatters all over you.
I give this tourist attraction four out of five stars, though some people seem to disagree with me. I saw a grouchy woman pull up, slam her three bills into the machine, grab her eggs and drive off, leaving those robot chickens singing and squawking into the nothingness.
I will post pictures at the soonest available opportunity.
2 comments:
Is it possible the vending machine can cause Alektorophobia? I didn't make the connection until I read your post. You can see my blog for other theories as to what may cause fear of chickens in a 16 month old.
Thank you for writing in. Lately I have been concerned about Alketorophobia, and I saw a startling example of this phenomena yesterday at a local level. On the other hand, the Alketorophobia-inducing chickens were loud and oversized (and kinda smelly too). I can see how they would frighten just about anyone.
Post a Comment