Quite tired after wild goose chase last night, trying to find a friend's house in a little mountain hamlet. The first time I've been in that neighborhood since a new road was put in. This road, in contrast to the old main road, is fairly straight, well paved, lines are freshly painted, and other things which you don't usually see in those parts. Now, the old main road was the ONLIEST way to get around up till about a month ago. I figured it would be easy to find, but now it's just a little turnoff from the new big road. I drove around for about a hour in the country darkness, thanking bog that I'd filled my gas tank before embarking on this expedition.

After taking every possible wrong turn, I found the place. No one home...