{"id":386,"date":"2012-06-13T20:58:01","date_gmt":"2012-06-13T20:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2012-06-16T15:44:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-16T15:44:37","slug":"a-brief-photo-essay-on-driving-into-appalachia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=386","title":{"rendered":"A very brief photo essay on driving into Appalachia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendant\u00a0sense of freedom from whatever is low; on the sense of purity and of romance. And it is about as nauseous to find “Bitters” or “Worm Syrup” daubed upon the landscape as it would be upon the lady’s brow.”<\/p>\n

— P.T. Barnum, The Humbugs of the World<\/em> (1866)<\/p>\n

Barnum’s romantic analog to womanhood may seem dated, but it also seems to hold up over time, in its essential point.<\/p>\n

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I don’t mean to get uppity but I agree with the author\u00a0of\u00a0this well-researched article (link above)<\/p>\n

\u00a0The humble photos below were all taken from a car traveling at highway speeds.\u00a0I wasn’t quick enough to capture a number of stunning mountain vistas that suddenly appeared on our flanks as we whizzed by. These Appalachian scenes bring to mind the so-called \u00a0“God’s country” of Southwestern Wisconsin,\u00a0but at a rather magnified scale.<\/p>\n

Countryside in the Clinch River Pass seems to have an intimate relationship going on with cloud formations above (Bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys hail from this region) —\u00a0photos by Kevin Lynch (courtesy, Sheila Lynch<\/em>)\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Roadside signs like these (below) hardly offended like the billboards stuck in the most scenic Appalachian settings\"\"<\/a>Vine-tressed rock on the highways add an enchanting aura to the Kentucky-into Tennessee drive.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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