Rural Georgia on a July weekend

It was a hot day during the July 4th weekend when my friends, Clay and Mike, and I headed out for Meriweather County, Georgia, where we were looking for an old mill and a covered bridge. We found both-Jones Mill, an early 20th century grist mill and Red Oak Covered Bridge built in the 1840s by freed slave and bridge builder Horace King. One of the last surviving covered bridges in Georgia, it is the oldest and longest wooden covered bridge in Georgia. In the early morning light, the water under the bridge reflected the intense greens of the trees bordering Red Oak Creek.
After shooting these two unique spots, we traveled on to downtown Zebulon, Georgia, where we visited A Novel Experience-a wonderful bookstore in this interesting little town and county seat of Pike County. A Novel Experience is owned by Chris Curry, one of the organizers of Slow Exposures-an annual exhibit of photos of the rural South. When she found out we were on the quest for great photos, she told us about a decaying elementary school which just a block away. So, of course, we had to go and check it out. We could just imagine what school was like "back in the day". While Clay and I clicked away, Mike imagined what a great place this would be for a horror movie and by the time we left, he had the outline of a screenplay in his head!!
See more of Meriweather County and Zebulon Elementary on my website. http://www.myrtiecopephoto.com/galleries/current-projects/rural-south/ OR http://www.myrtiecopephoto.com/galleries/current-projects/urban-decay/index_2.html