We did not get to see the bats. We drove down the worst road in Christendom for 10 miles. Pavement gave way to rock to dirt, all broken up by cattle crossings. Sometimes it felt like driving off the edge of the world because you couldn’t see the road as it took a dip before you. We crossed creek parts and dried up waterways that were part of the road. We lost internet connection but the map kept going. We got to a place covered with water we had no notion how deep it was. We stopped. A high pickup that had followed us also stopped, the driver said she cleaned a house in the area and told us to follow her. It was less than 1,000 yards, but it looked too deep, so we turned around. We saw no bats.
