Don’t be here, when the sun goes down tonight.
Our neighbors here in the backwoods of Indiana are friendly, but I don’t know about their dog.
Happy Halloween and stay safe,
Ken
Trick or Treat 2024
Tag: Rural America
Indiana Fall 2023, Part 4 – Old Country Home
I found this old, abandoned house just a short distance from the cabin in which we were staying in the fall of 2022.
I returned this fall (2023) to photograph it again. Â The fall leaves had mostly fallen the year before, when I found it. Â This year the fall color was good and not yet peak.
The house is little changed since 2022, but the weeds around it were taller and thicker, as if the lot is more neglected now.
More Indiana Fall to come,
Ken
Cuervo, New Mexico, March 2023, Part 6
In rural U.S. it is not unusual to see bullet holes in abandoned objects and road signs. Â This is perhaps a sign of the U.S. love affair with guns. Â Shooting at such objects as this abandoned vehicle could put other in danger, since there are still a few people in this area and many vehicles pass through on I-40.
One can see in the image above an indication of the traffic along I-40 through Cuervo. Â I usually tried to wait until there was no traffic in the background of my shots, but sometime that required more time than I had the patience for.
I made the shot of the kitchen area of this abandoned house through an open window, I think (or doorway, I don’t recall which).
I made this last shot as I walked back towards my vehicle.
This concludes this series on the mostly abandoned community of Cuervo, New Mexico. Â More history of this ghost town can be found here.
Thanks for following,
Ken
Cuervo, New Mexico, March 2023, Part 5
To be continued,
Ken
Cuervo, New Mexico, March 2023, Part 4
More photos of abandoned houses in Cuervo, New Mexico, taken as I was passing through, returning from another landscape photography destination.
To be continued,
Ken
Cuervo, New Mexico, March 2023, Part 3
Cholla cacti converts this abandoned washing machine into a planter. Â This image was chosen by Flickr for its Explore page.
To be continued,
Ken
Cuervo, New Mexico, March 2023, Part 2
This is the old church that first drew my attention to Cuervo, New Mexico, as I drove by along I-40, some years ago. Â This time I took time to stop and photograph portions of this mostly ghost town.
To be continued,
Ken
Cuervo, New Mexico, March 2023, Part 1
Cuervo, New Mexico is a small community along interstate I-40 in New Mexico. Â It is mostly a ghost town, having been established as a railroad stop in 1901, then drying up when the railroad chose another stop in Tucumcari, NM.
I’ve driven this stretch of I-40 past Cuervo numerous times, first making a mental note of this place, when I spotted an old, picturesque church as I drove by at 75mph, thinking that someday I might want to stop in to photograph that old church.
I had spent the night near Gallup, NM, waking up to a snow covered vehicle and campground with temperature in the low 20s. Â I drove through intermittent snow and rain that heavily overcast morning. Â I figured the overcast sky would create the perfect environment for photographing in Cuervo, so I determined to take time to stop here today. Â Atlas, as I drove along not paying attention to where I was, I drove past the only east bound exit for Cuervo. Â I had to drive 7 or 8 miles to the next exit, make a U-turn and backtrack to Cuervo. Â By the time I got back to Cuervo, most of the overcast had cleared and it was mostly bright and sunny. Â But I was here and decided to walk around the small town, photographing the abandoned homes, anyway.
The old church is still somewhat maintained, at least. Â The roof appears to be relatively new.
To be continued,
Ken
Road Trip Photography Between Destinations – Part 5, September 2022 – House of Eight Gables
This is a continuation of September 2022 road trip photography.
This old, abandoned block facade house, sitting in a wide open area along a gravel roadway was visible for some distance from the highway I was traveling on in Kansas. Â It is impressive enough to justify a detour to check it out.
Until the next adventure,
Ken
Road Trip Photography Between Destinations – September 2022, Part 4 – Rural Abandonment
This is a continuation of road trip photography of September, 2022.
To be continued,
Ken