A Rainy Night With No Place to Stay

It was dark, and I was far from home.

Photo by Azka Rayhansyah on Unsplash

It was dark and rainy when the bus pulled into the station in Crescent City. It had been a long and uneventful day staring out the window as I made my way north. I started my day in San Francisco after leaving Los Angeles the day before. My plan was to make it to Ashland, Oregon, where I knew there would be a ride board at the food coop. My…