The Road

Dig out. Point south. Don't look back.

• Dug out before 7am — left early
• DC through the windshield, monuments in fog
• Last hoagie at Wawa, eaten in the car

Short drive. The longest day.

• EJI Legacy Museum, Montgomery
• Ferry across the Alabama River
• Sculpture garden — 40 degrees, outdoors

Hwy 190. Two lanes. Almost nobody.

• Highway 190 — two lanes, almost no other vehicles
• Menard · Eldorado · Iraan · Fort Stockton · Alpine
• Hill Country into Chihuahuan Desert

Sky island to sea of desert. Terry Klein at the Starlight.

• Window Trail — 5 miles, sky island to sea of desert
• A challenging hike. Took our time.
• Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive to Santa Elena Canyon

The desert thins. The Pacific smell arrives.

• Sonoran desert running out beneath the tires
• Salton Sea flat and strange
• Lunch with Denis — a familiar face