{"id":760,"date":"2016-07-02T19:10:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T19:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/?p=760"},"modified":"2022-12-29T01:18:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T01:18:25","slug":"freddys-mart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/freddys-mart\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddy&#8217;s Mart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve discussed in previous posts how my in-dash GPS likes to take me on nail-biting, white-knuckle journeys down roads better suited for ATVs than my silver muffin low-rider. A few weeks ago the GPS decided to take me down a crooked snake of a road called Bear Creek Road in Garrett County, Maryland. <\/p>\n<p>While the road was a harrowing one-lane adrenaline ride, the view was gorgeous: beautiful forest and bubbling streams. Another case of &#8220;do I enjoy the scenery, or do I focus on not dying&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26881810444_0b2c59c874_c.jpg\" alt=\"Garrett County Maryland\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26881810444_0b2c59c874_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26881810444_0b2c59c874_c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26881810444_0b2c59c874_c-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/26881810444_0b2c59c874_c-230x129.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3Qwf_a5SJPY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Along the winding way, I encountered Freddy&#8217;s Mart: a ramshackle micro-village of barn shacks encrusted and encumbered with all manners of Appalachian Plateau cultural artifacts. At the time I spotted the place I was being tailed by teens trying out for Fast n&#8217; Furious: Appalachia Drift. With no time to slow down to allow them to pass I had to keep going, likely never to see Freddy&#8217;s Mart again. <\/p>\n<p>In my mind, Freddy&#8217;s Mart became a legendary place, and I began to manufacture a history for it. I cataloged in great detail its contents: logs shaped like snakes, buckets of thread spools, pots filled with old spark plugs, camping detritus abandoned by soft-handed weekend sportsmen, half-used spools of Stren, roadsigns with shot holes, old glass insulators from telephone-wires, one-eyed dolls that granted wishes. <\/p>\n<p>By the time I shook the teens, it was too far and too late to swing back for an investigation. I had to settle for my imagination. Or so I thought.<\/p>\n<p>Headed back to Jersey a week later, my GPS once again took me down Bear Creek Road, providing me with a twice-in-a-lifetime chance to see Freddy&#8217;s Mart. Fortunately this time I was able to slow down and stop and take some photos. The place was closed, but seemingly just as interesting as I imagined. <\/p>\n<p>My pictures are kind of poorly framed, but the locals started to stare me down, and I didn&#8217;t want to outstay my welcome. I can say that the property is for sale, and if anyone wants to buy it, now might be the time. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650661_7ba409875d_c.jpg\" alt=\"Freddy&#x27;s Mart\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650661_7ba409875d_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650661_7ba409875d_c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650661_7ba409875d_c-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650661_7ba409875d_c-230x129.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419651301_184feff165_c.jpg\" alt=\"Freddy&#x27;s Mart\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419651301_184feff165_c.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419651301_184feff165_c-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419651301_184feff165_c-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419651301_184feff165_c-230x129.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650021_1ff01292f4_c.jpg\" alt=\"Jesus is watching you. Freddy&#x27;s Mart\" width=\"450\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650021_1ff01292f4_c.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650021_1ff01292f4_c-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.dancentury.com\/travel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/27419650021_1ff01292f4_c-230x409.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve discussed in previous posts how my in-dash GPS likes to take me on nail-biting, white-knuckle journeys down roads better suited for ATVs than my silver muffin low-rider. 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