The Vastness of America at 10 MPH
17 Aug 2005 in America, Movie Reviews by Garrick
One of the reasons we drove to Boulder was to remind ourselves of the vastness of this great country. Miles and miles of little more than telephone line. Maybe a house. Maybe a gas station. Dirt road intersecting the highway.
Even in the most remote areas, someone has a house. With electricity and a phone.
The fact ribbons of highway run multiple directions through every state with phone and electrical line spun even tighter is a remarkable feat. Something we take for granted far too often.
If you haven’t yet, check out the trailer of Hunter Weeks and Josh Caldwell 10 mph Segway journey from Seattle to Boston.
Kansas at 80 mph was a long day. At 10mph? That’s plenty of time to think.
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[...] This country is vast. “Miles and miles of little more than telephone line”, I wrote last summer after half-cross country road trip. [...]
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