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down to Utah Averting vehicular catastrophe in Wyoming, we’re entering a region of the country rife with past catastrophes – both human and geological. The Wasatch Range forms a rampart between Salt Lake and the rest of the world. Contrary to common sense, we don’t go up into the mountains; we descend into them. …
crossing Colorado and Wyoming – ground blizzard in Wyoming direct video link Music: Peter Biedermann “Circles” Laurie Lewis “Trees” The Whistles and the Bells “Mercy Please”
Crossing Wyoming – Time Lapse Sample direct video link The six hours it takes to cross Wyoming will be the most treacherous of the whole trip. Wyoming is the least populated state in the country. It also has fewer people per square mile than any state except Alaska, which is 7 …
Front Range in morning light It’s 11:32pm when Colorado finally rolls under the wheels, supplanting stubborn Kansas. Except, it’s really 10:32pm, because it’s now Mountain Time. We’ve been up for 17 hours, driving almost non-stop for 15 straight, and still have a long way to go. Dash Cam
direct video link Missouri then Kansas. The red lights you see in the dark are windmills. Music by: Peter Biedermann “Christiana” Dredg “Brushstrok: An Elephant in the Delta Waves”
Kansas Leaving the city of Kansas, which is in Missouri, lands us in the state of Kansas, which is not in Missouri. The weather improves immediately, as though meteorology obeys cartography, which follows geology, or at least topology, which all actually makes sense. The sky becomes blue again, and thus begins one of the …
With access to the hotel wifi, it’s now possible to do things like post to the blog and, oh right, check the weather, which reveals a new front moving up from the South in a big arc, carrying sleet and freezing rain. The forecast puts it shy of the due west …