My hunch is that it was an old roadside attraction, say 1930-1960. Something along the line of the old Mushroom Rock in the years before it toppled over. Just a pull out and a redwood sign, maybe a picnic table type of thing.
DAW
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.