Summers

Sketches from Appalachia - June 2012

1. Cody and Emily, Pipestem Drive Inn. Pipestem, West Virginia. 2. Sign along Route 20. Pipestem, West Virginia. 3. Lilly Bridge, Bluestone Lake. Hinton, West Virginia. 4. The New River, Summers County. Hinton, West Virginia. 5. Mr. Larry Owens of The Apple Barrel market. Lerona, West Virginia. 6. Flowers and fresh produce at The Apple Barrel market. Lerona, West Virginia. 7. Picnic table on the hill at the Appalachian South Folklife Center. Pipestem, West Virginia. 8. Andy W. Blue's painting at the Appalachian South Folklife Center depicting the tragedies of coal mining and the struggles of labor organizing. Pipestem, West Virginia. 9. iPhone montage (from top to bottom, left to right): 1) Welcome to West Virginia, I77 North coming out of the East River Mountain Tunnel, 2) Dipping my feet in the New River, 3) Sandstone Falls at the New River, 4) Pipestem Drive Inn, 5) Picking black rasberries in Elgood, and 6) Morning light in Elgood.