Chapter 39: I Once Was Lost...
Bobby drove out County Highway 188 toward Kidron Road. The wind had picked up again, and the snow was blowing hard across their path. Visibility was down to about a hundred feet, so they moved slowly, looking for markers. The roar of the wind was relentless, and the two men had to speak up to hear each other.
“There’s County Road 142,” Bobby said as they passed a crossroad where several trucks with flashing lights were parked by a barricade. “The wind blew down some power lines up the road. The power company wants to get in there, but it’s just too dangerous to try to put them back up.”
“It’s the same west of town,” Reuben said. “I had to backtrack at least three times to get home.”
“I wondered,” Bobby said. “You must have driven like a crazy man.”
“Let’
