just lookin’ …

… at the Sun Tunnels near Lucin, Utah.

remnants …

… at an overlook of Eagle Canyon on the Colorado Plateau.

isolation …

… in the desert in western Utah.

framing …

… in a former Pony Express station in the Nevada outback.

abandoned …

… in my deserted ancestral homeland of Wilkins, Nevada …

the answer is …

… blowin’ in the wind (in this case, southern Wyoming).

where there’s wind …

… there are windmills … in this case, in southern Wyoming.

the albino leaf …

… not really. I’m just warming up for leaf season.

Horn

1968 Jeep

4 Wheel Drive

1968 Jeep

above the treeline …

… at 9,000 feet in the Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming.

it’s a long way …

… to Jimmy Lee’s Triple L ranch in eastern Nevada.

Tsé Bitʼaʼí …

… or “rock with wings” is a volcanic monadnock near Shiprock, New Mexico, that is sacred to the Navajos.

Engine No. 2

Classic fire truck at Colorado Concours…

no name …

… a shot-out sign of an abandoned motel and bar in rural Nevada.

relief …

… at least mentally on a hot August day.

solstice gunsight …

… one of the Sun Tunnels in the dry, ancient, glacial lake desert near Lucin, Utah. I’ve driven there four times now — and I’ll keep going as long as I can … (Explainer.)

another day in the desert …

… watching a storm in western Utah.

‘riders on the storm’ …

Dark, ominous clouds hover over the remains of a Pony Express station (built circa 1860) in eastern Nevada …