On the Road:  Part 3

Sunday morning I dropped off M and L at L’s mother’s place in Baltimore for their trip to New York, tried to leave town, and promptly got lost by following the JFX (I-83) into downtown, where it died and stranded me.  Rather than try to struggle around the Inner Harbor, I went back out the JFX to the Beltway, then around the Beltway and out I-70 to Frederick.  This was the long way around to get to Frederick, but it was one I knew would work.  At Frederick I stopped for a few minutes to figure out where I was going next.  Continuing all the way to Hagerstown seemed to go out of the way, given the list of places I wanted to go that began in north central Virginia, so I concluded to pick up US 340 and cut across to Front Royal, Virginia, then start from there.  From Front Royal, my first stop was Luray (“See Luray Caverns”—although I didn’t), and I immediately hit pay dirt.  At the south end of town I found the bridge that was the site of one of his iconic images.

Hawksbill Creek Swimming Hole, 1956

Hawksbill Creek Bridge, 2012

A few miles down the road I found Stanleyville, and immediately identified the site of another of Link’s pictures.

Ghost Town, Stanleyville, VA, 1957

Main Street, Stanleyville, VA, 2012

A few more miles and a few more villages along, I found the community of Grottoes, and another scene.

Grottoes Volunteer Fire Department with Train No. 2

Grottoes VFD building, 2012 (note fire whistle still in place at left)

And at the end of the day I got to Waynesboro, where I found the N&W station and yard buildings were all demolished.  So instead here’s a picture of the moon that evening.