M. R. O’Connor writes about Sam Correro, the creator of the TransAmerica Trail, and the pleasures of navigating what the writer William Least Heat-Moon called “blue highways,” the dirt roads of America.

September is here and it's a great time to get out and enjoy the cooler weather, autumn color and the quirky places that are down country...

Taken on a Cannon T1i with a 55mm lense, and color corrected in Photoshop.

Backroad are my favorite