Smooth gravel
Through sparse country
Makes me happy
Smooth Gravel, Sparse Country
High Rock Road
Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation
Nevada, United States of America
Taken during travels, 2022
Pic and a Word Challenge
Last week we were Waiting. I’m not sure what for, but we got three responses while we did. This week, let’s enjoy a Smooth ride through the countryside. Or find something else to inspire you in this photograph of smooth gravel through sparse country in Nevada, USA.
The Pic and a Word Challenge is a weekly creativity prompt offered Mondays.
With each challenge I provide a photograph of mine along with a single word. The challenge? Use the pic and/or word as inspiration to create something — a photograph, a painting, video, prose, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, longread or just a few words. You are welcome to use these two elements (photograph and word) literally, thematically or metaphorically. If you create both images and words, all the better.
To participate:
- Use any title you like
- Your response can be words and/or images
- You may use my image to illustrate your post, or any images you have created
- Mention that you are responding to the Pic and a Word Challenge
- Add a link to this post in your response
To help us find your response — whether on WordPress, Instagram, Flicker, Tumblr, etc. — you can also:
- Add a comment on this post to announce your response
- Apply the tag/hashtag “Pic and a Word Challenge” or “#picandawordchallenge” to your post
Each week, I’ll list the previous challenge’s responses at the end of the new challenge. I may also share some on my social media: Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.
The previous challenge was: Waiting

The word for last week’s Pic and a Word Challenge #330 was Waiting, along with this photograph taken from a moving taxi of a woman waiting for a tasty treat at a roadside restaurant in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia.
Three bloggers didn’t bother Waiting this week. Thanks!
- Pic & a Word: Waiting, by Frost on the Moose Dung
- Bus Stop, by Middleton Road
- Waiting in Early Autumn, by Mellow Curmudgeon
View all the Pic and a Word Challenges, including the current challenge, on the Pic and a Word Challenge tag page.
Happy Creating! ❤