A Long Ride

I'm in Star City, Arkansas now. There's a state park, and the campsite there was my backup in case I didn't make it to Hot Springs before dark. I was tucked in for the night, ignoring the possums scurrying around outside, but then what I thought was a rat went right past the edge of the tent (and my head). I hissed at it to make it run away, and it stuck it's tail up. Uh oh - skunk! It sprayed, but to my relief it waited until it was in an empty campsite two or three over. If it had left then, I would have gone to sleep, but it kept running back and forth really fast with it's tail up. I took the hint, and I spent the night in a Super 8 hotel.