A Few Photos From My Recent West Virginia Small Town Wanderings; Part II

My photographer friend and I rented an Airbnb near a tiny town, more of a wide spot in the road
than anything else, and found this in the side yard?  Luckily we had indoor plumbing!  Lol
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If you have been reading this blog over the past two weeks, you know that I met up with a good friend and fellow photographer to spend a few days wandering around the back roads, small towns and mountains of West Virginia.  Previously, I had published blog posts about specific aspects of the road trip here, here and here, with some additional random images I found interesting here.  

While wandering around with my camera, I tend to photograph things that catch my eye.  Now, I know my 'photographic eye' is not like most others in that I tend to see the unusual and ordinary.  I often photograph things that others either don't notice or just pass by.  But, that is one of the extraordinary things about photography.  We all get to exercise our unique visions.  We can and should photograph to please ourselves.

Here are a few random images from my recent excursion to West Virginia.  

On a wall in an alley in Hinton, WV.  Just for the color and patterns. (click to enlarge)

Bruce Springsteen's original tour bus?  Before the money started rolling in?  Lol
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Hmmm?  Evidently the used car market is so hot there are none available. (click to enlarge)

A long way to deposit your trash. (click to enlarge)

No kidding. This was a 'window display' in the front of a closed retail store on a main downtown street.
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I don't remember seeing such an ornate lockset in the recent past.
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"Stand Together in Solidarity" — but 6 ft. apart!  Not quite together, is it? (click to enlarge)

A working telephone booth in Marlington, WV.  Wow!
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Last but not least, an iPhone 14 Pro Max image (in the pouring rain, no less!) of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.  Famous as a resort but also the location for decades of a super secret underground bunker in which members of the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government could safely survive a nuclear war.  The bunker is massive and for a fee you can take a tour.  The secret was revealed in a 1992 Washington Post article.  The bunker's construction and secrecy was called Project Greek Island.  It is quite a fascinating story.  You can read more about it here.  Since this location was revealed you know there are a couple of more locations not too far from Washington, D.C. that are still secret and can serve the same purpose.  But where are they?  

The front lawn of the Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV.  This is an iPhone
image made in the pouring rain.  What I won't do to please my readers!  Lol (click to enlarge)

I hope you enjoyed these random photographs.  I always enjoy just wandering and photographing anything that catches my eye.

Join me over at my website, https://www.dennismook.com.  

Thanks for looking. Enjoy!  

Dennis A. Mook  

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