Curvey mountain roads all day. Incessant rain all day. Excellent
roads, but their wet surface cramps my style a bit. I took only one
picture, and then had to worry whether my explicitly non waterproof
camera would be damaged.
At the end of the day, I was really getting worried about whether I
would be able to find lodging anywhere. Earlier, I did not want to
make a major detour to the closest interstate, so I hoped that if I
went to US 219, I would find something. Not really. Then I figured
the intersection of two US highways, 219 and 250, would be a better
bet. At first it looked that too was the familiar three houses and a
church. But then I saw a clean little motel with a nondescript
restaurant next door along the road past Huttonville. Room was fine.
Fries and cheeseburger were fine too. Not to mention not having to
drive many more hours in the dark while already tired in heavy rain
and mist on wet roads that every five minutes throw a surprise curve
at you.
