… even a nondescript vista of the West can be mesmerizing.
clouds
experimental?
… at Table Rock, Wyoming.
messages …
… along I-80 in Table Rock, Wyoming.
a lookout …
… in Table Rock, Wyoming.
the monolith …
… housing the theater in my university’s center for the arts.
grafitti …
… along I-80 east of Winnemucca, Nevada.
outpost …
… along Route 93 in northeastern Nevada at a former Pony Express station.
storm …
… over Mount Monadnock in southwestern New Hampshire.
rising …
… over Mount Monadnock in southwestern New Hampshire.
collision …
… in the sky above I-80 in southern Wyoming. From my 2015 trip, re-edited.
color lives …
… in Badlands National Park in South Dakota.
care for a stroll …
… through the Badlands?
long gone …
tough terrain …
… in Badlands National Park. For scale, note the two people near left edge of image.
weathered …
… off Route 305 north of Austin, Nevada.
Kara’s cabin …
In 1992, I slept beside this abandoned cabin along Route 305 north of Austin, Nevada. I remembered it. It became a pivotal scene for Kara, the female protagonist in “mapping Utah,” my first novel. I revisited the cabin this summer.
remnants …
… along Route 395 in south-central Oregon north of Lake Abert.
the Big Sky …
… of Montana over the Big Horn Mountains.
bleak …
… in Badlands National Park.
the high desert …
… in south-central Oregon off Route 395.