I have been to these villages a number of times. My mother painted acrylics at an art center in Lancaster, a few years ago. Spent four years in North Carolina as a young boy. I included a video on North Carolina in this gallery: in the video, there is a river scene filmed by myself, and a black bear was watching me on the other side of the river; all images by Loran Joly, graduate New York Institute of Photography, member Sundance Collab.