Part 7 Tonight, I wake up with a start. We are in an antiseptic Motel 6 outside Barkeyville. I remember vaguely the movie I fell asleep to: Adam Sandler and Kevin James are pretending to be gay so that they can sidestep civic red tape that prevents the James …
Part 4 Down out of the Berkshires, winding on 84 still desperately seeking I-80, down towards the Hudson River which I announce so that the man-boy will see the important geographical features of our trip. “Cool” he says in response. “Cool.” Someday, I think. He will remember all …
Part 25 July 2010, The Uinta Mountains, Utah At Wanship, Utah the freeway curves so sharply below the escarpments of canyon walls that the speed limit drops to fifty miles per hour. We’ve left the original pioneer trail to deviate down Parley’s Canyon, past Park City. Many pilots and flight …
We manage to get to Southington, Connecticut by 9 p.m., and, since this is Connecticut, there will be no cocktail or glass of wine tonight. By law, we can’t even buy beer as it is after 8 p.m. This is not hospitality even by my Utah standards, especially for …
