Westbound on I-40 through Arkansas at sunset was downright apocalyptic, what with them burning stubble off the fields along the highway. The above photo shows a particularly spectacular smoke cloud from a burning field in the distance. Either that, or the ChiComs nuked Wynne, Arkansas.
Coming home down the same section of interstate in the pre-dawn mists, I was particularly worried, because there were deer crossing signs everywhere, and I didn't want to wind up with Bambi's mom in the cockpit of my little Nazi roller skate with me.
There was a little municipal airport just north of the freeway whose runway paralleled I-40 about as close as an access road. You just know the Cessna and AgCat jockeys who fly out of there refer to the interstate as "Runway Four-Zero".
The thing that goes through my mind when I see that mushroom cloud is this: TEOTWAWKI means never having to say "I'm sorry officer, was I speeding?" Officer Fife's going to have his hands full with mutant zombie bikers and fallout to worry about speeders.
ReplyDeleteNext time through you have to go to smittys trading post. No visit to arkansas is complete without it. Between heber springs and little rock.
ReplyDeleteHeber springs also the home of a badass b&b that was cheaper than local hotels and very nice.
When I saw that cloud, I thought for a second you were headed towards Boomershoot.
ReplyDeleteBetter call Sean D. and ask if he could make up a T-Shirt that says "Am I the only one who didn't get a free Nuke from the DOE?"
ReplyDeleteGiven all the "Fast and Furious" and "grenade-walker" revelations lately, it could have been the Sinaloa's letting go of Obama's latest X-walker project.
ReplyDeleteLOL, I went through early am, and got buzzed by the AgCat :-)
ReplyDeleteYou know, had you been 15-20 minutes earlier, and a bit further north, that would have been a much more convincing mushroom cloud pic.
ReplyDeleteJust thought I would point out that would be runway 9R / 27L.
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