Me N Scratch took a drive to the river bottoms yesterday looking for interesting shots of old buildings...what a gem. This abandoned old church sits down near the Oakville bottoms,an area that has been ravaged by flooding for several years now.
The levies just can't hold back the Iowa River anymore,
too many floods...do you think we're seeing weather changes...?
What a homestead...this old relic just looked so forlorn, as the Chinese elm tree dwarfs it,
so typical of abandoned homes on the river bottoms. Scrub trees run rampant, decay sets in and
folks tired of the floods move to higher ground out of harms way.
so typical of abandoned homes on the river bottoms. Scrub trees run rampant, decay sets in and
folks tired of the floods move to higher ground out of harms way.
Having served it's term, the barn stands as a monument to farming everywhere, no longer useful because the new equipment doesn't even come close to fitting through the doors,
so they sit, filled with rusting implements past their prime...
Boy, would this American Picker love to go through these old steads.
Speaking of American Pickers...Mike Wolf is a friend, Lorie and I rented a shop from him in LeClaire, Iowa...the shots of me on the Harley over at The Wild Thing blog is one of Mike's bikes that he dragged in for me to see...he has a great eye for the good stuff...always like to see the new stuff he acquired every week....
PICK ON AMERICA!!!
