I came back!
Appalachia, yeah ain't it a bitch. Quit showing all of those pictures or we'll be overrun with strangers wanting to ride our roads.
Dean
I'm keeping this quote on file and will trot it out with great pleasure next time you give away some of our roads!!
BPR, great travelogue. When I ride these or similar roads in VA/WV/TN, I'm always struck by the transition that's so obvious from conditions when I was a young lad to the conditions now.
Back then, there were actual "communities" where people lived and worked and had their own mini-culture and their own unique things. Between the number of cars, and the crookedness of the roads, people didn't just whiz 35 minutes down to the Walmart like they do now; there were actual stores and active churches and community centers that served a particular area.
Now it's all sort of "homogenized". Everyone is pecking on smartphones, there's a line of chain stores you have to pass to get to almost any town or county seat .... I grew up the old way, and I do miss it sometimes ....
But we'll enjoy the scenery while we can! Thanks!
Lannis
