Service Station

After leaving the stone house Hailey and I drove around some backroads for a couple of hours.  Eventually we found ourselves at an abandoned service station in a small town.  The camera gear came out once again and we both photographed this Art Deco style building and the old gas pumps out front.  The owner came out and chatted with us for a while.  He said the the pumps were not in use when he bought the building 40 years ago.  The government certification sticker on the pump was dated May 1976... exactly 44 years ago.  The last price on the pump was 52 cents per gallon, which would have been about right for the time, as I recall.  The owner was happy to chat with us for a while and told us all about the town and the fact that he has had lots of people attempt to buy the pumps from him.  He insists they are not for sale, and he is leaving them right where they are.  After he left, and we finished shooting, we packed up our gear and hit the road once again.