Pendleton County, Where a road named after a creek will follow the creek. Where Starlink is the only service that works, on Tuesday at 2:41 in the afternoon. Where nobody is quite certain what a baker's dozen is, and nobody has needed to be. Where the library shuts on Sunday and Monday, and nobody minds. Where the pizza is upstairs and the view out of the window is Seneca Rocks. Where the guides have been taking people up Seneca Rocks for thirty-six years. Where maple syrup runs faster than the handyman, and more reliably too. Where there is a vet on North Main, which matters more than you think if you travel with a dog. Where somebody will stop, and they will not be in a hurry about it. Where four railroads were proposed over forty years, and not one of them was ever built. Where one of the campgrounds costs nothing and asks nothing of you either. Where the teachers know every student by name, in the whole county.