Lost in Columbus

On our very roundabout route from Forsyth, Georgia, to Clanton, Alabama, on Thursday (see Paul's post), we got lost in the vicinity of Columbus, which is about halfway between Macon and Montgomery.  I mentioned the other day that I am reading 'The Heart is a Lonely HUnter' by Carson McCullers.  Well, Columbus was her hometown and was the setting for the novel.  I'd have liked to visit, but we hadn't scheduled a stop there as there wasn't really time, so I'd forgotten that we were even passing through.  As it happened, if we'd had adequate road maps for Georgia and Alabama (particularly Alabama) and had known where we were going, we could have stopped off and explored Culumbus and still made it to Clanton in bettter time (and better temper). As it was we lost and found Highway 80 several times and ended up in 'Uptown Columbus' by accident.  But of course we didn't have the time or opportunity to stop.  Columbus is a big, sprawling city and \I'm sure Carson McCullers wouldn't recognise it now!


I did have time to take a couple of pictures.

Advertising, alongside Highway 80 in downtown Columbus.

Street art in uptown Columbus (where we stopped and asked directions).