an image from years ago re-edited much better … [embiggen]
road trip
life, death …
… on a dune north of Winnemucca, Nevada.
windblown …
… grass in a field in western Minnesota.
the Badlands …
It’s 4 degrees and snowing where I am. Hence a needed break … my favorite image of Badlands National Park.
Oregon’s high plain …
… on Route 395 near Long Creek south of Pendleton.
there’s always hope …
… in western Colorado along Route 789.
‘You’re not in Kansas anymore …’
Mailboxes along Route 305 north of Austin, Nevada …
Utah …
… along Route 128 in Professor Valley, looking southeast through Castle Valley to the La Sal Range in the distance.
rays of hope …
… in Green River, Utah.
banded …
Strata in Badlands National Park in South Dakota display horizontal layers that reflect different depositional conditions. Says the National Park Service: “Different environments—sea, tropical land, and open woodland with meandering rivers—caused different sediments to accumulate here at different times.“
the shoe tree …
a little prick …
… near Lake Sevier on the Utah-Nevada border. Beyond Lake Sevier is the Confusion Range.
emptiness …
… at a defunct bar and motel at the site of a former Pony Express station along Route 93 between Ely and Wells, Nevada.
dune …
… on Route 95 north of Winnemucca, Nevada.
now, this is RED …
… along Route 140 near Denio Junction, Nevada.
a river runs through it …
… in Yellowstone National Park.
isolation …
… in southeastern Oregon.
home, home on the range …
… even a nondescript vista of the West can be mesmerizing.
death by Interstate …
… in Table Rock, Wyoming.
which way?
more ouches …
… at Bob Scott Campground in Toiyabe-Humboldt National Forest just east of Austin, Nevada.
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