We get mooned by some backseat kids on a parochial school bus. Twice. Different buses. One of us blames their parents. The other blames the political climate. We argue from Twin Falls to Jackpot, Nevada. This highway is the most dangerous in America. At Cactus Pete’s, we take up smoking.

(Originally published in Blink-Ink, Print Issue #40: Road Trip, 2020)