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Dispatch 6: A (non)finality
After my second rodeo, I drove nine hours east through the rest of Montana, arriving in Custer, South Dakota by way of the Little Bighorn battlegrounds…
Dispatch 5: A liberal went into Trump Country, you WON’T BELIEVE what happened next
Before I'd left Pinedale, Wyoming, an old rancher at the Corral Bar gave me a tip. You want to see one of the last real cow towns in the West? he asked…
Dispatch 4: Into the wild
We traded Utah’s reds and oranges for Colorado’s blues and greens, setting out on a long hike to reach a series of glittering emerald lakes on our first…
Dispatch 3: This is my first rodeo
There’s an event at the rodeo called Mutton Bustin’ in which a metal gate swings open and an armored toddler is immediately thrown off the back of a…
Dispatch 2: Emerging from the desert
Last Thursday I woke up in Junction, Texas, and began the drive west towards Marathon, but I didn’t get far before my car started groaning. I’d logged…
Dispatch 1: A very long trip
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 10th, I’ll be packing my car to its brim, coaxing Dorothy into the front seat, and heading off on a seven…
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