Back from the Country
Hey, the photograph, it’s behind you!
In the interest of brevity and making good travel time I photographed this road from the rear view mirror. I’m hoping I didn’t break any laws by doing this, because here’s the evidence right on my website. There probably aren’t any laws about camera use in the car, there are far fewer cameras than cell phones and there aren’t many people who try this kind of crazy stuff. I really liked the light on the road behind me.
I spent a few hours helping my son move out of his house in SW Virginia and when we went to get the U-Haul I was amazed by the characters who were working in the gas station. None of the men who came into the gas station while I was there stood up straight or had healty looking skin, they may have spent too much time in the coal mines. There are mountains of coal under the mountains in SW Virginia and if they could figure out a way to use it as automobile fuel it would be the richest section of the country. Right now there are miles and miles of empty roads and people who’ve seen better times. At least I hope they’ve had better times.
It would be hard for me to live in the mountains down there. Anywhere you stand you are surrounded by peaks that block the sky and the sun and make you wonder if there is a way out. I prefer the flat land or rolling hills where there is more sky and less shadows.