The trouble with travel

In a 48 hour period, I drove well over 1000 miles total. Some of it was beautiful and almost serene. Some of it was ugly and hurtful. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera. I don't have any pictures to post this time. There are too many wooded areas that used to be part of National Forest land or abutted said NF land which are now subdivisions. There are new houses which the Mountain Protection Act would have prevented. There are farms where there should be grasslands and riparian zones. North Georgia is still beautiful to me. It is still home. However, it is changing for the worse. Sic transit gloria mundi.