1875.5 MILES: There are miles and miles of ground like this along the way: aftermath of recent fires.
Scorched earth
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Number seven!
July 14, 2007 by
1847.8 MILES: Welcome to Idaho. Signs say watch for smoke. I don’t know how well it shows up, but I can see several fires working across that mountain. God bless the men who suit up to fight them.
Plains majestic
July 14, 2007 by
1823.3 MILES: I’m gaining a greater sense of all we are as Americans in this journey west. The sense of scale taking in this view, or yesterday’s in Wyoming, provide an awe-inspiring underdstanding of all we have.
Especially for Zuzu
July 14, 2007 by
1804.8 MILES: Just had to send this one along for my Zu. Moo cows are for milk. keeps this truck mooovin; just read what it says on the back of it.
Run for the mountains
July 14, 2007 by
1797.3 MILES: What a view. Locals probably take all this for granted. It’s a far throw from the loft peaks of Houston’s highway interchanges. Just 4 more hours to Boise.