Sneaking through the alley
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Cape Girardeau has 13 miles of roads few people ever travel. Some of the purposes alleys were built for no longer exist -- deliveries of ice and coal, for instance. Narrow, mostly graveled and invariably poorly lighted, they get no respect in the era of four-lane highways and smooth hiking and biking trails.
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