Window on the West

abandoned …

… in Cisco, Utah. I bought fuel at this long-dormant station for about 35 cents/gallon in 1968.

another long driveway …

… in the Nevada outback off Route 93.

Henry …

… on the side of a defunct motel along Route 93 in eastern Nevada.

the cat …

… in a street-side window in Austin, Nevada, USA …

 

storm ahead …

… on Robinson Summit (7,559 feet) in eastern Nevada along Route 50.

what won the West …

… the railroad. Here, along Route 233 in northeastern Nevada.

big backyard …

… an isolated ranch east of Scipio, Utah …

abandoned …

… in Cisco, Utah. This was once a gasoline station where I bought fuel in 1968 en route to Alaska (the long way) for the first time.

remnants …

… of automotive times gone by in an arroyo in the deserted village of Wilkins, Nevada.

burial …

Last spring, a close friend expressed growing stress and anxiety over an undertaking yet to come. I asked her to write her stress and anxiety on a small, white card and sign it. I put the card in my wallet. A few weeks later, at semester’s end, I drove to the Sun Tunnels in northwestern Utah. I buried the card there. My friend completed her undertaking brilliantly.

Mesquite Dunes Sunrise

Sunrise at Mesquite Dunes, near Stovepipe Wells, Timbisha, CA.

South Tufa at Sunset

South Tufa, Mono Lake, at Sunset

Ladder on Adobe

Ladder, Santa Fe, NM

Fastest

Peregrine Falcon, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

Near Rocky Rapids, Moab

Rocky outcropping, Rocky Rapids, Moab, UT

Trio

Tree, shadow, and reflection. Middle Earth Waterfall, near Moab, UT

a bridge …

… I decided not to drive across because research argued it was more than a century old.

unless you can swim well …

… because it’s several thousand miles to the next solid ground.

the beverage tree …

… on Route 233 south of Montello, Nevada. This tree has looked like this for years.

once upon a time …

… an old corral off Route 10 near Carbondale, Utah.