In New England, especially where I live, there are a lot of trees, hills, and winding roads, but no ditches and very few sidewalks. My friends on the east coast find it amusing when I talk about where I come from having long straight roads, with ditches so deep they can swallow a whole car. As a child, my brother and I used to follow toy boats floating down these ditches for miles and fish used to swim in them.
In January of 2012 while visiting my parents in Michigan out in farm country, I had a chance to take a few pictures of a ditch near by to later show my friends.
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