Part 24 John and Sean Lennon North of Evanston, not far from Freedom Arms, my Grandfather Butler would have descended, as we now are, towards the last long stretch of the trail. Today, the road west—actually southwest—is calm, the drifts seemingly stilled by the persistence of the late-morning sun. This …
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 …
PART 15 As we re-enter I-80 in Omaha the detritus of American culture piles up fast and furious. “Donate your pop cans to the new Library” “Unwanted Pregnancy?” (On a black and white billboard, a close-up of a youngish woman looking into the camera with a slightly quizzical look.) …
