… a gathering storm along Route 93 south of Wells, Nevada.
Nevada
road hazard …
… along Route 140 near the Oregon-Nevada border. A cowpoke and three dogs drove about 50 head of cattle up the highway from State Line Valley 1,000 feet below to Antelope Butte.
a bit of bad weather …
… along Route 50 west of Ely, Nevada.
Nevada …
If you drive along I-80 in northern Nevada in the USA, this is what you repeatedly see: shadows of clouds on the mountains, virga (rain that doesn’t hit the ground), and isolated farms or resource-extraction sites.
tired …
an old pickup along Route 93 in Nevada, USA, near a once-upon-a-time Pony Express station …
basin and range …
… in northern Nevada. See larger image.
desert rain …
… over Route 50 in Nevada, oft-billed as “the loneliest road in America.”
storm …
… off Route 50 in Nevada, USA. [see larger image]
a little prick …
… near Lake Sevier on the Utah-Nevada border. Beyond Lake Sevier is the Confusion Range.
outpost …
… along Route 93 in northeastern Nevada at a former Pony Express station.
the storm …
Sometimes when you’re driving in the West, you see a thunderstorm. It’s far off, still nascent, an indistinct dark smudge on the horizon perhaps a hundred miles away.
In the East, you don’t see a storm so far ahead. That’s because you can’t see the fullness of the storm until it’s literally over your head. In the East, the sky is smaller — topography, tall buildings, and trees obscure the horizon.
In the West, you keep driving toward that still-small gray mass. You look to the side through the driver’s window and see blue sky dotted with puffy cumulus clouds. You look out the passenger window; you see the same pastoral placidity. There’s psychological comfort in those little white pearls floating in the blue sky beside you. But in front of you?
artifact …
… of a time in northern Nevada long, long ago, off Route 50 .
wired …
Route 93 about half way between Wells and Ely, Nevada …
nowhere …
… looking west of Route 93 between Contact and Wilkins, Nevada.
the shoe tree …
repetition … repetition …
“Repetition” as a title, you ask? Hmmmm …
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