Mailboxes in the Middle of Nowhere

Route 66 in Northwestern Arizona is a pretty lonely road. Except for the tiny town of Oatman and its burros you seldom meet someone. The road goes up and down through rugged country and mountains until it flattens out into uninviting landscape. Dirt and some tough vegetation - and this:

There aren't any homes to see, no driveways except for dust roads that seem to go on unto the horizon. You really wonder where these mailboxes belong to.

Layered with kk_isobel that I first rotated 

and then blended in hard light at 42%; texture brushed away from mailboxes

Since it was December there were long shadows - I couldn't resist stopping here and taking some photos.

Some of the mailboxes were quite rusty which made me wonder how long they have already been here that they are in this condition in such a dry climate as this one.

Although rather late, I'm linking up to Kim's "Texture Tuesday".