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Page B-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 ON THE ROAD same equals secure, new means u If motel soap gets any smaller, they will have to reclassify it as a moist towelette. Or "cleansing commu- nion wafer," since that's about the size of it. Sure, fork out $149 for one night's stay, if you need a basket of faux luxury soaps and sham- poos next to your twin sinks and blow dryer in its holster. For $149, you get a Barbie- sized bottle of questionable hand lotion. You get your tiny fridge, microwave, the $5-per- water-bottle courtesy bar, plus the customary comfort of a triangular fold on the end of your toilet roll - if you need secure, dependable lodg- ing, that's the price you pay at your bigger hotel chains. Make your own waffle in the morning. Enjoy your own copy of USA Today. Eat up. Pay up. Out the door. Down the road. The room is remade as if you've never been there. By MARK WOYTOWICH MOTEL MONOCULTURE Welcome to interstate travel in America. Whether on I-5, 1-70, or 1-80, traveler services at nearly all your exits are the same. Clarion. Hilton. Holi- day Inn. Motel monocul- ture dominates the four corners at the end of every exit ramp, right beside your similar, familiar choices in din- ing: McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King. In addition to the sleep-in- ducing rumble of big trucks rolling by, the searchlight logos of the fast food chains, beam- ing from hundred-foot poles, Create a harsh, constant moonlight pok- ing through your win- dow shades. Pity the insomniac. You can't tell dawn from artificial glare. DRIVEN So drive all night, as I did through Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. Throughout a long, long night in Ohio, I drove through band after band of thunderstorms, my wiper blades giving me half-second glimpses of truck tail lights before my windshield was del- uged on the downstroke again. From Cleveland to Columbus, cranking a rock 'n' roll station loud, and keeping a death grip on my wheel, I steered through 100 miles of "Big Rig Dodge 'era" as my tiny Toyota squeezed in and out of wet jet streams doing 80 miles an hour. I'd rather be an as- tronaut in a meteorite shower. They're pretty much the same. ORANGE CONES: AN INVESTMENT Sure, if you want to make time, then the in- torstatos are for you. In Texas, drive 90 miles an hour. Nobody's there to care. I had the bright idea to drive Interstate 40 all night through Okla- homa. Wrong, wrong, wrong. Nights are when Mer- cury Light Theatre takes over the interstates, featuring Bill Dozer and Steamy Roller in the lead roles, supported by hundreds of hardhat ex- ALLYN ] Case Inlet 3 2:21am .0.6 4 .2:59am .0.4 5 3:41am Thu9:10am 14.2 Fri9:59am 14.2 Sat10:47am 3:lOpm 7.0 3:59pm 7.3 4:55pm 7:55pm 11.9 8:34pm 11.4 9:20pm -0.16 3:28am 0.5 14.1Sun 10:39am 13.9 7.4 5:03pm 7.2 10.79:22pm 10.1 7 4:21am 1.1 8 S:20am 1.8 9 12:06am Mon 11:33am 13.9 Tue 12:25pm 14.0 Wed6:2Sam 6:15pm 6.6 7:17pm 5.6 1:12pm 10:41pm 9.7 8:05pm 9.8 10 1:26am 10.4 2.4 Thu7:29am 3.0 14.3 1:54pm 14.6 4.3 8:47pm 2.8 SHELTON I Oakland Bay 3 3:27am .0.5 4 4:05am -0.4 5 4:47am 0.06 4:34am 0.4 Thu9:54am 14.2 Fri10:37am 14.2 Sat11:25am 14.1 Sun11:17am 13.9 4:16pm 6.0 5:05pro 6.3 6:01pro 6.3 6:09pro 6.2 8:33pm 11.9 9:12pm 11.4 9:58pm 10.7 10:00pm 10.1 7 5:27am 1.0 8 6:20am 1.59 12:44am 9.8 10 2:04am 10.4 Mon 12:11am 13.9 Tuel:03pm 14.0 Wed7:31am 2.1 Thu8:35am 2.6 7:21pm 5.7 8:23pm 4.8 l:50pm 14.3 2:32pm 14.6 11:19pm 9.7 9:11pm 3.7 9:53pm 2.4 UNION I Hood Canal 3 1:20am 0.3 4 1:50am 0.55 2:35am 0.96 2:18am 1.4 Thu8:38am 11.9 Fri9:26am 11.1 Sat10:16am 11.6 Sun lO:08am 11.6 2:14pm 7.0 3:09pm 7.3 4:lOpm 7.4 4:16pm 7.t 6:27pm 9.9 6:57pm 9.4 7:34pm 8.8 7:26pm 8.2 7 3:10am 1.9 8 4:11am 2.59 5:18am 3.0 10 12:42am8.2 Mon 10:59arn 11.6 Xue11:46am 11.7 Wed 12:28pm 11.9 Thu6:23am 3.4 5:19pm 6.5 6:13pm 5.5 6:59pm 4.2 l:06prn 12.0 8:41pm 7.7 10:54prn 7.5 7:41pm 2.7 THE SUN and THE MOON 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Sunrise 7:00am7:01am7:03am7:04am7:06am 7:07am7:08am7:lOam Sunset 4:52pm4:50pm4:49pm4:48pm4:46pm 4:45pm4:44pm4:42pm Moonrise lO:20am 11:15am 12:01pm 12:42pm 1:19pm 1:53pm2:25pm2:57pm Moonset 7:53pm8:42pm9:37pm10:36pm 11:40pm 12:48am 1:59am First quarter November 7 SHELTON-MASON COUNTY Tidal Information courtesy NOAA I Astronomical Data courtesy U.S. Naval 0bservatqry' " Journal photo by Mark Woytowich No, these are not the world's largest baked potatoes. This is camping at City of Rocks State Park, in New Mexico. Dozens of camp sites allow you to snug up against giant rocks, where kids can stay in their very own caves. tras and millions of or- swer to interstates is to ange cones. The name of simply get off. long-rtmning perfor- I wouldn't have mance is up in lights, on driven a single mile of the blinking marquee: this two-month sojourn "Construction. Expect if I didn't have it in my Delays." mind to see America on Not as sexy as "Ham- her back roads. ilton," but you will be Yeah, rural America kept riveted - literally - is poor and ragged in in your seat. spots, but she opens up Okay, enough nega- to you with a heart full tivity. Here are two of trust, the way a total headlines from a pair stranger did to me on of billboards I thought the banks of the Ohio were especially funny. River. From Idaho: What In Bellevue, Iowa, Were You Inking? Tattoo overlooking the Mis- Removal. sissippi River, a young From Mon- woman spots me on the tana: Streaking Prohib- sidewalk and unlocks ited. Custom Windows the door of a microbrew- Installed. ery that is not yet open for business. INTERSTATE EXIT As she pours me STRATEGY free, unsolicited tastes, Perhaps the best an- she invites me to their AUTOMOTIVE 2033 Olympic Highway North • Shdton • 426-1467 grand opening the fol- lowing night. The result is a three-day stay and a microcosm tour of Iowa working life and entre- preneurism. In Fayetteville, Ar- kansas, a University of Arkansas professor invites me over to enjoy his breakfast specialty - fresh baked biscuits - which he claims are the best in the world. Interesting timing, the day after I had filled a journal entry on the best biscuits I had eaten so far across the states. Still the best biscuits: Chester, West Virginia. At Faywood Hot Springs, New Mexico, I soak with a man who says he is very im- pressed that I am sleep- ing outside, with noth- ing but my sleeping bag, under the stars. The following night I overhear him tolling another couple how he's. killed four rattlesnakes since arriving at the springs. I crawled under my bag carefully that night, but I still slept like an angel. It was a full moon. I turned on my side, one ear to the wind rustling the chaparral, the other ear pressed to the heart of America. Did we miss We strive to stay on top of all the sports that are important to our readers so if you know of a Mason C~)unty resident who is excelling in their sporting life, please let us know: 360-426-4412 • Mark Woytowich is a writer, photographer and video producer who lives in Potlatch. He can be reached at Woytowichdesign.com. .A le.Oell .Sony.IBM .Gateway ,Compaq.HP ,Toshiba & MORE BatteriesPlus. ÷