I had been driving for a couple of hours and started to pass large lakes surrounded by pine forests. At the head or foot of each lake was usually a small town. many had made the lake front into a small park with benches. Often the church and graveyard would be slightly up the hill from the park. It was easy to stop the car as there was very little traffic and wander down to the lake shore. There was no one around and I circled the churches on foot. They were all closed. The towns and the landscape reminded me of upstate New York; wooden buildings painted reds and yellows, pine trees, white fences and good roads
I had been driving for a couple of hours and started to pass large lakes surrounded by pine forests. At the head or foot of each lake was usually a small town. many had made the lake front into a small park with benches. Often the church and graveyard would be slightly up the hill from the park. It was easy to stop the car as there was very little traffic and wander down to the lake shore. There was no one around and I circled the churches on foot. They were all closed. The towns and the landscape reminded me of upstate New York; wooden buildings painted reds and yellows, pine trees, white fences and good roads
