Wednesday, August 17, 2011

August 11, 2011 -- New Lebanon, West Virginia

Road trip from Chicago to Richmond.  We entered a bucolic, rural area on a two-lane road linking as yet unfinished super-highway. We found ourselves in a part of America that is both familiar and is "home" to most of our citizens.  Folks, all of this nation is not New York, Chicago, LA, Atlanta, Houston.  If you can escape the city, this is what you see. And the smells: clear, clean air; grass, floral essences.  And, yes, almost forgot -- quiet. exceedingly quiet.


f5 | 1/500s | ISO 80 | Lumix


Sadly, however, there is also rampant poverty in these areas. Young people leaving farms and communities to make it in the big cities. Here is one example of lost enterprise.


f5 | 1/500s | ISO 80 | Lumix





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