Bishop. California and Route 6 northwards

What a glorious start to our cross-country trip, but not in these rust buckets.

Lamberts Cove,Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts

This video was taken of the empty Lambeths Cove, Marthas Vineyard, Massachusetts durintg the few days after Christmas 2009. Enjoy

Click on the "arrow" to roll the video of waves lapping the shore line of Lamberts rocky cove. Beautiful!

Barns along Route 11 between Lexington and Staunton, Virginia

Whispering Pines Farm in Virginia

This is the only green barn and outbuildings I have ever seen. It is located on US Route 11 between Lexington and Staunton. These pictures were taken 4-11-2009

Boswell Tavern, Louisa Virginia

Boswell Tavern is located at the early formed Zions Crossroads in the late 1700s. This tavern was a welcome sight to weary travelers from all corners of Virginia.

We took these pictures this past Sunday. Unfortunately for history this once beautiful tavern is in dire need of lots of repair and restoration.

The following site is the newly formed The Journey Through Hallowed Grounds of important historical sites along Route 15 in west central Virginia.

http://www.hallowedground.org/component/option,com_jthg/theme,region/task,view/county,Louisa/Itemid,1/id,81/

Main Street, Louisa, VA..They don't make them like this anymore!

Old Rexall Drugs sign on Main Street in Louisa, Virginia. I wonder how old the sign is? I am sure it is fast becoming a relic of the past of any Main Street anywhere in the USA.

Main Street...Louisa Virginia

Having lunch at Obrigado on Main Street in Louisa, Virginia. We talked with the chef and a couple of customers about our love of traveling and taking pictures. Here I am showing off two local artist's rendition of perhaps barns in Louisa County. We were told of an architect who has done a recent article on barns and the need for preservation of them. I am keen on preservation, but that is not always possible as some barns are so far gone. I am keen on pictures of all barns as the way to record this rapidly vanishing period of our rich American farm history.

US Route 40...National Historic Road...Richmond, Indiana

Law office

Bed and Breakfast

Gennett Mansion

National Historic Road sign...US Route 40

Today's journey shows a few photos from US Route 40, also known as the National Historic Road. We are going through Richmond, Indiana on this route. It pretty much runs parallet to boring I-70.

Newport, Rhode Island grand homes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Bell_House
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edward_King_House,_Newport,_RI.jpg

The top picture is of the Edward King house.

The third picture is of a grand home across from the Isaac Bell house on Bellevue Ave. The picture just above is also on Bellevue Avenue toward the end of this street. Newport is so full of nautical homes and history. Probably many a sea captain build his grand homes as a result of many long voyages to all parts of the world trading this and that which started to make our world smaller and smaller.

For more information on the many mansions of Newport visit ...http://www.newportmansions.org/

Barns on old US 35 Greene County Ohio

We think that the structure directly above is an octagonal shaped barn which is very unusual, but it may be a Native American sweat lodge as we have seen another one and it looks similar.

The top picture is of an old barn along this same route. I purposedly made it in sepia as I think it adds to the aged effect. This barn won't be around much longer which is why it is so important for me to capture pictures of these old barns right now.

Winter driving extraordinaire!

Just click on black arrow in left hand corner of video screen to start our video. Enjoy the ride!!

Lonely dog on a lonely road

We were in Nelson County, Virginia, with the Alberta Clipper snow squalls coming down when we spotted this dog trotting down the middle of the road. It was a strange ride for us and a lonely walk for this dog.

I love old wooden barns... today's collection is found in West Virginia

The above picture is of a shed type barn.

These mainly Dutch style farm barns are still found along US Route 35 along the Kanawha River flood plain.

These are all in West Virginia.

Colorful houses and American barns

Colorful houses in Boomer, West Virginia traveling on Midland Trail, US Route 60 west.

US Route 35 between Fraziers Bottom and Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Pouch_Tobacco_Barn

This is a Dutch style barn. This barn above and the one below are also on US 35 along the Kanawha River flood plain.

This style of barn is known as the gable.

Abandoned motel...Dublin, Indiana

We are fascinated with some old buildings....one being old-fashioned motels. This abandoned one was found in Dublin, Indiana. We were traveling west on US Route 40 instead of taking Interstate 70 which runs parallel pretty much to route 40.

Every man's dream combination

What else can you say??

These all are Garth Road in Albemarle County, Virginia. This empty long road made our Sunday afternoon drive on the way to Devil's Backbone Brewery in Nelson County so enjoyable. Car travel on side roads is the ticket to joy for my husband and I.

Brooklyn New York to Wood's Hole Massachusetts

As is true in life, sometimes telling a story backwards makes more sense than forward. In this case I forgot that blogger loads its pictures in reverse order of the way you intended. So this trip starts with the bottom pictures of my husband and son commanding the controls (as always) with me sitting lonely in the back seat trying to capture a view in whatever way I can.

But, low and behold, unbeknownst to me, we stop at this wonderful, one-of-a kind pizzeria, in New Haven Connecticut, complete with beer to wet the palate. The pizza was excellent in case you were wondering

Then back on the road to Massachusetts and it is a lonely road indeed since it was 2 days after Christmas.

Our own house icicle