N. CAROLINA HIGHWAY 158, PT. 1 (Mark)

Returning from a quick trip to Virginia, Cheri was navigating using one of our large atlases. 

We were on Highway 158, rolling along in no hurry.  As I have said before, this is our favorite travel method.

As we came around a corner we saw this, and we found a spot to pull off the road.  It seemed like a good time to drag out the camera and walk around.

If you look closely, you can see this barn utilized several different types of construction.  It would be very interesting to know why the decision was made to build it this way.  Cheri would have had a field day reviewing the construction documents; though I'm not that any were used when this was built!

It amazed me that with all the time, settling of the structure and weather, some windows still had glass in them.

This building is a smaller outbuilding near the barn, and is has settled just a bit further into the ground:

In another month this ivy will have sprung back into green, and will continue to crawl across the building:

It's funny how the remaining shape of the vine looks just like a tree!

I believe this is all that is left from the main house, about 600 yards from the barn structures.  The fireplaces are both two sided, and must have been built at different times.

Further down the road I pulled over here for two reasons.  One is I am a sucker for S-curves in country roads:

The second reason was to get a picture of this shed:

Next time we drive this way it may not be standing.