Flashback Monday: Early Reston, From the Air

If you could build a time machine out of a hot air balloon instead of a DeLorean, and for some reason you decided to set the controls to 1966, this is what you might see before a squadron of F-4s shot you out of the sky: An earth-toned real estate development rising from the Virginia forest. Note the unpaved clearcut gash snaking to the top right that would become Wiehle Avenue. Otherwise, it's pretty much just Lake Anne Village Center, Lake Anne Elementary School, some single-family homes, the 'ole distillery near the lower left corner, and an unfinished golf course. We'll leave you to ponder a Reston without a Home Depot or Memco, much less a Macaroni Grill, the end.