Category Archives: USA 2008
One-Hundred Twenty-Two
Sidney, Nebraska I like Wyoming. I have a soft spot for Wyoming the likes of which I haven’t experienced since I visited Texas. I was never a western kind of guy. I’ve never seen a John Wayne movie. I had … Continue reading
One-Hundred Twenty-One
Cheyenne, Wyoming If you’ve got the right tour guides you too can see Denver in four hours or less. And what’s more, you can pack that visit with grand experiences. So what if the State Capitol is closed on Saturday? … Continue reading
One-Hundred Twenty
Englewood, CO Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Nothing beside remains: round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away. — Ozymandias, Percy … Continue reading
One-Hundred Nineteen
Laramie, Wyoming I actually backtracked through almost fifty miles of barren desert in order to see said barren desert, in daylight, with my own eyes. I must be crazy. Things are getting a little tight. I finally sat down to … Continue reading
One-Hundred Eighteen
Rawlins, Wyoming I’m tooling down US 30 East today thinking, “Hell, only 1,700 miles to go. Maybe I just finish things up today.” But then, dammit, the sun went down and I missed seeing 100 miles of rocky desert. Anyone … Continue reading