US-35 now officially ends at US-20. That would seem to be where it takes off toward La Porte in the third photo. But the sign assembly in the second photo is almost two miles north of there. Maybe it's just left over from the days when 35 went all the way to 12 or maybe not. An article at US Ends indicates that it really is as confusing as it seemed.

The day's second detour occurred at IN-1 a little west of the town of Economy. It was not, in my opinion, well behaved. It caused my to miss some eighteen miles of US-35 and was a big part of my ending the day where I did. I'm guessing there are guidelines about US route detours that involve using other US routes. This detour started with a four mile run back north to US-36. It then used eleven miles of US-36 to get to US-27 and a dozen miles of US-27 to reconnect with US-35.

Maybe you noticed the absence of motel pictures. The only photo that includes any part of the motel is one I took of the car to make a point of it being a gorgeous top-down October day. That's an oversight. The absence of an interior shot is intentional. I've stayed here multiple times and posted interior shots in the past. Since the room was as clean and comfortable as ever and looked basically the same, I decided I didn't need a new collage. Apparently I've thought the same things on other visits since the most recent interior view I can find is from 2008. Yes, the basics are the same but there are updates like refrigerators and flat-screen TVs. A more recent view would be good. Next time.