life [my weekend]

Monday, November 14, 2011

We took a drive out to Centralia, PA which is an abandoned town because of a mine fire burning since 1962. It was amazing that it’s still burning. We kicked over a half buried rock and smoke was pouring from underneath. All homes were demolished at some point because we didn’t see any structures, just traces of the town like parts of the sidewalk and driveways leading to nothing where you knew once stood someones home. It was sad and completely abandoned. Billy flip videoed the whole area while I took photos. He made me pose for the last shot up there.

Then we drove south, stopping at any thrift shop we saw, to Reading, PA to realize that there wasn’t much there either. It took use exactly 12 hours, we left the house at 8:40 and got back at 8:40. Billy also found a fireworks warehouse in a small town in PA and of course since it’s illegal here in NYC, he had to pick some up. He’s actually out in the park lighting them as I write, I can hear them going off. It was an awesome day.