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Picture of the day -
May 18, 2006
A Mule-Drawn Wagon In Damascus, VA
Last Saturday the beautiful town of
Damascus, Virginia kicked
off this year's Appalachian
Trail Days celebration with its annual
Town-Wide Yard
Sale, and I spent much of the day walking up and down the streets and alleys
taking pictures of anything and everything that interested me. Today's picture
features one of them: a mule-drawn wagon waiting at a stop sign alongside a line
of cars and trucks.
There's no telling what you might see in Damascus during Trail Days. Of course
there are the hordes of friendly hikers walking around town with their trusty
dogs and the thousands of tourists who show up each year to enjoy the
festivities, but there are also quite a few things going on that are out of the
ordinary - like the guy at last year's Trail Days who was leading a dog with a
cat riding on its back - with a rat riding on the back of the cat! A rat
riding a cat riding a dog... Talk about
making peace among enemies!
But actually, the scene depicted in today's picture isn't really all that uncommon
in the Damascus area. Horses can be seen trotting along the
Virginia Creeper
Trail on a daily basis and old-style wagon trains travel the region's
country roads fairly often. Yes, horses and mules are frequent sites in southwestern
Virginia. They can be seen at most any time, anywhere in the area...even in
downtown Damascus, Virginia!
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