US-78 is a busy road without a lot of room on the shoulder. There were a couple of cozy moments with passing cars on the way into Heflin but I made it one piece. The center of town is a bit decrepit. Many of the shops are either struggling or closed. There's a Piggly Wiggly a couple of restaurants and a library on the main street. The P.O. is about a mile south of town on route 9. The only issue I had was that in their zeal to protect kids from online evil, the library blocks anything with a personal page. Unfortunately for me that includes blogger and, more importantly, Facebook. Beggars can't be choosers I guess.