Category Archives: backroads

Get Right With My Soul

Posted on February 29, 2020 by Ray V.

A few years ago, I started writing occasional posts entitled “Take The Backroads” Here Here Here Today, I took a ride up through Edgefield County, SC, The Peach Capital of the World, (Edgefield County I am told, produces 300 … Continue reading →

Posted in backroads, Uncategorized | Tagged avoid the interstates, rural roads, take the backroads | 6 Comments

Simple

Posted on November 6, 2019 by Ray V.

The world has more blogs than you could ever read in your lifetime, so it is important to pick good ones. My friend Kurt Harden provides a good starting point with his 25 Blogs Guaranteed To Make You Smarter. … Continue reading →

Posted in 25 blogs, backroads, bloggery, Blogs | Tagged 25 blogs guaranteed to make you smarter, Happiness, Jim Harrison Gallery, The Hammock Papers | 1 Comment

Report From The Back Roads

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Ray V.

A little over a year ago, I told a story entitled “Take The Backroads” which described my desire to get from point A to point B using rural roadways, as opposed to the Interstates. Fall has made its way to … Continue reading →

Posted in backroads | Tagged driving, fire lookout tower, NJ Turnpike, rural roads, smell the roses, take the backroads | 1 Comment

Back Too Soon

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Ray V.

Starting in Lexington, SC, 14 May 2019 The last meeting is over at 8:30pm, twelve hours after the day started and sixty minutes to go before I can shed these Allen-Edmonds. Entrance to the Interstate is close by and would … Continue reading →

Posted in backroads | Tagged backroads, childhood, driving, King George Inn, memories, relax | 2 Comments

Low Tech In South Carolina

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Ray V.

This week, following my Take The Backroads philosophy, I’ve already traveled about 100 miles on roads that I have never been on before. The picture below was taken less than 8 miles from where I live. I thought this was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Aiken SC, backroads, Technology, Uncategorized | Tagged drive easy, take the backroads, The Weather Channel, weather, weather stations | Leave a comment

Two Seconds

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Ray V.

Earlier today, I was witness to something that I have not seen in several years. I watched a man take his last breaths and die. But for two seconds, it could have been me, right there with him. Lucky day … Continue reading →

Posted in backroads, Fate, Uncategorized | Tagged distracted driving, fatal accident, lucky, mortality | 13 Comments

Report From The Back Roads

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Ray V.

Once a month, I make the 111 mile trip to our state office in Ladson, SC. I have a choice of two, basic routes. One is 138 miles of Interstate driving and the other is 111 miles of back roads. … Continue reading →