
This reminds me so much of Desha County that it almost hurts. Except for the whitewashing, I mean. I am now convinced that I have never noticed square towers even though I’ve been seeing them all over the southern United States. That said, this is a nice red brick edifice. This is also a complete and total (well, maybe partial) audible. Darn my now practiced skills for allowing me to roll all night and getting me finished far before I expected! But why just stop in Searcy at dawn? Well, there were a few reasons and it wasn’t like I wasn’t going to be back up in the area in a few weeks anyway. But again, every county I can pick up earlier is one I don’t have to go back to for later. In the case of the impending trip, that means I should have a little time to go up to Missouri and back to that little corner of Kansas I didn’t have time for before. Hope springs eternal.

There’s always a cemetery. I originally planned to grab one in a nearby park, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it even though the D/T and hint seemed completely obvious. It’s possible that it may have been a regional thing that I hadn’t seen before or perhaps individual to the CO, but I didn’t want to put that much time into it. No matter. This was a few blocks away, a pill bottle in a tree. Simple, to the point, and easy. I headed over to a gas station to, well, get gas and avail myself of their facilities before continuing on to…