The Knotty Pine

Front Royal, Virginia 

Every time I drive through Front Royal, I see this restaurant and think I will stop and take a picture of it some day. Earlier this month I finally did it. It looks like the kind of place that used to be common in small towns. There are not many left.

Hope you will stop by on Sunday for our regular Third Sunday post. In the meantime, have a good weekend and thanks for reading Photography In Place.

Side door

View from the tracks

Pleasant Valley, Virginia 

Pleasant Valley is a small railroad town just south of Harrisonburg, Virginia. The Shenandoah Valley Railroad operates trains several times a week between Pleasant Valley and Staunton, Virginia. I stopped by there last Sunday afternoon to photograph the lovely old wooden train station that still stands but is no longer in use. The picture above was taken along the tracks just north of the station.

Gray house

Shenandoah County, Virginia 

I came across this empty old house in the Shenandoah Valley as I was on my way to Timberville earlier this month. It's a lonesome looking place that appears to have been unoccupied for a long time. There is a "For Sale" sign in front

Morning on the Shenandoah River

Shenandoah River State Park - Bentonville, Virginia 

Outline

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia 

Last week I camped for a few days at Shenandoah River State Park, near Front Royal, Virginia. I drove up to Harper's Ferry one day while I was there and spent the day photographing the town.

My trip also included a trek through the upper Shenandoah Valley and a visit to the town of Front Royal, as well as long walks along the Shenandoah River. Over the next couple of weeks I will be sharing more pictures taken during my recent travels.

Moss bank

Greene County, Virginia 

Small worlds—moss growing over the edge of a muddy bank.

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Stone face

Shenandoah National Park 

It may be just the way the light strikes this outcropping, but I see a sad, patient stone face, eyes raised to the sun, bound forever to this ancient rock.