Winter’s Haven

That almost rhymes! Anyway, this update comes to you from Ogden, Utah. I’m told it’s pretty, but right now it’s just dark.

Yesterday I drove across Washington and Oregon, and saw my mom and brother on the way. Leaving Oregon today, I discovered that southwestern Idaho is completely blanketed in smoke from the Murphy complex fire. I’m not sure how close I got to the fire itself, since the visibility was on par with a bad day in Claremont, California. I lunched in Boise. I haven’t previously been to Boise within the span of my memory; I thought it was a surprisingly nice city. The rest of Idaho and northern Utah was a blur — it’s all dead grass and sagebrush (with some occasional juniper). Having grown up in Pendleton, Oregon that sort of terrain is so familiar to me that I tend not to give it much attention anymore.

My bicycle is on top of my car. I wrapped the forward-facing parts in plastic (held in place with duct tape) to prevent it from getting splattered with 1200 miles of insects. It looks very ghetto, but it works.

I should make Albuquerque tomorrow evening.

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