Friday, July 13, 2007

New River Gorge beach front property.

West Virginia is a mixed bag of architectural oddities and natural beauty:


GRIST MILL. The operator of this mill had a system set up where the unsuspecting customer would pay twice if their corn was of high quality. The miller would detour a certain amount of the milled corn into a secret bin, and then charge the customer the normal flat rate for the rest.

This is or was Thurmond, West Virginia; the downtown district is as you see it. Store front, steps, gravel walkway, railroad tracks, and creek.

Grand Victorian—

Two story house with mobile home addition.

Mobile home with single story house addition. (Front)

Backside. Note the theme of uniform windows.

Bridge with one way traffic for cars on the right and trains to the left--no exceptions.

Water moccasin—primitive footwear

Firefly/lightening bug—bioluminescence buttocks.

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