A Trip to Danville Part I

Got back early this morning from a three-day trip down to Danville. The main purpose was to attend public meetings about my project down there, but I also went into the field to check on the status of some sites we want to work on. My schedule was not tight, so I also had time for some exploration. It was the peak of Fall color and all three days were glorious, plus the meetings went well, so it was a great trip.

Plantation house ruin.

This crumbling factory must have been hidden by trees before, because it is on the road we drive from our hotel to the work site, and I never noticed it until Tuesday morning.

The hotel cat, which tried to come into my room when I opened the door one morning.

A cool graveyard just a few miles from our work site, which I explored for the first time.

Corner of an old house foundation.

A tenant house I suspect was built in the 1910s.

Two old barns. Finding this stuff in the middle of 3500 acres of woods was a great thrill. Even now that I know they are there, I still get a charge out of hiking a mile through the site and seeing them emerge from the vegetation in front of me.