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A group of whispy trees stand guard over a field of black volcanic rock at a rest area along I-15 in California.
First rest stop over the Ohio border. I didn't actually use the rest stop, just wanted to get the picture. I drove from New York to Pennsylvania to Ohio last night after the movers came to pick up all of my stuff.
"Why didn't you get a shot of the moving?" you ask. "Wouldn't a shot of all of your worldly posessions stacked into boxes have been more interesting than this? Or pictures of the guys from the moving company? Or a shot of the truck? Or something else?"
Yes. Yes it would have.
In my defense, I was so stressed out about moving that I wasn't thinking about photography.
Maintained by a private contractor.
This IS Texas -- land of "let private business do the government's job" -- after all.
Service animals only.
Not sure which rest area...but maybe somewhere in Maryland or Virginia. The first times I had ever seen Chickens at a rest area...
In previous years, while travelling in some parts of the country, I discovered that if you see a sign that reads "Rest Area" it means just that: it is a place to pull off the road to rest. Other facilities may be primitive or non-existent. In my part of the world, particularly in Washington State, rest areas are much more civilized. There are clean, spacious toilet facilities, and in recent years, when renovations were done, they even built little buildings for the various organizations who serve free coffee and cookies to weary travellers.
In western Washington, the rest areas are also shaded by rather impressive tall trees--which I think is the main reason I took the picture.
This is a sign inside one of the rest stops in Wyoming; part of the Wyoming State Highway Department. If you view the original size you can read how the passive solar design works.
