AgainstTheWind

Springdale Ark

Looks like we missed the major storm business, and we're off to hike in Devil's Den State Park just south of Fayetteville, Ark.

The drive here on I-55 was my first time playing around on expressways re-configured for counterflow. Tara was correct to assume that when we crossed I-55 from Hwy 190 we would not be able to enter the interstate. But the next entrance north was open, and we joined north and southbound lanes all flowing north. Most of the time we traveled at speed, but when we got to crunch and bunch north of McComb, the kids opted correctly to get off and follow old US 51 on north to Crystal Springs.

The hurricane report at 4pm which we heard at Utica made it unlikely that we were going to have a storm worthy of all this evacuation. But here we are evacuated.

All's well.... Thanks for your concerns.

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