The Woods Behind

In earlier posts I've mentioned the wooded areas near our Yarmouth house where my siblings and I played. If we kept walking East through the woods, we came to a clearing which overlooked the Royal River. I have found an old, and I mean old, photo of one of our dogs, Major, sitting and staring at the river. Here it is:

I love this photo. Eventually, 

we were cut off from our woodland playground when the State put in a new section of I-95 right in the middle of it. I have photos showing that monstrosity in the process of coming to life.

This one shows Nicky, my younger brother with Major. We used to wander the area on the weekends when the construction crew wasn't working. I can still picture us standing on the completed road before it was opened and being amazed.

After the highway was finished and our father took us for a ride, we had difficulty believing it was the same place, until we looked through the trees and saw the back of our house. We had mixed feelings about the change in our playground, but mostly kept our thoughts to ourselves.