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It’s ALIVE!!!!!
Yes, I’m still here. Access to Teh Interweb Tubes has been hard to come by during the past two weeks on the road, and on the rare occasions when I’ve had a connection, I’ve been too tired to post anything. Now, however, I’m at my parents’ house in lovely (cough) Indianapolis, a mere two day drive from my final destination, and can, at long last, relax a bit.
The drive down the Oregon and California coasts was beautiful. The deserts? Not so much. Due to concerns about the ability of our fully loaded car to negotiate 10,000 foot mountain passes, we abandoned plans to drive through the Great Basin, and instead stuck to I-80 through Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. The only problem was that those states are currently, um, burning down. No, seriously, they’re on fire. For over a thousand miles, our view of surrounding mountains was obscured by an impenetrable haze of forest fire smoke. Around the Great Salt Lake, the smoke combined with steam and fog condensing from the lake in the hundred degree heat, forming a toxic, smelly, soupy muck that actually left a residue on the car.
By the time we reached Colorado, however, the smoke had dissipated, and we spent several enjoyable days camping in Rocky Mountain National Park. Then, the long slog across Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana; hundreds of miles of corn, silos, and billboards informing us that abortion is evil and Jesus loves us. Yargh.
Anyhoo, once I have a chance to sift through the hundreds of pictures on my laptop, I’ll post a big set. For now, here are a couple of silly sign pictures.
You’re welcome.
UPDATE: I suddenly got motivated. Here are the rest of the pictures so far.
