Rock Castle Gorge, VA, USA
A photo, or combination of photos — in this case three, taken during a recent pleasure drive to the nearby mountains. Lovely clouds on this particular day!
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Nice view from this ridge. What would it be like to wake to such a scene as this each and every day? You did a good job on this on!
If this was the scene from the porch or deck of my house I’d probably be sitting there every morning and evening with a silly smile upon my face. :-)
This image really benefits from the larger view. A wonderful sky above this huge vista. What a view!
I stood there taking this view in for a while both before and after photographing it.
Great image! Is there a reason people don’t live there now?
Chris, there are some single family residents in the valley now but none of the original settlement farms have survived. I believe even at the time the standard of living they were able to scrape out was tenuous at best and better opportunities came along for future generations — the same story for so many of America’s farmers. Thanks!