Neb. The bad news is that this country is bigger than it looks on a map. I've go so many suggestions and ideas from readers on places to stop and now I'm running out of days and columns. I've got to be in Los Angeles by this coming Sunday for the convention. After the convention I'll be able to hit a few more reader suggestions on the way back to Tampa. From here you can look at the Hot Creek Range in the distance.
Death Valley is beyond that, and then a few traffic jams later, there's the City of Angels.
The Democrats get started Monday, although it already looks like a morality play that includes everything from a president looking for redemption to a party at the Playboy mansion that has cost one delegate her spot on the speaker's platform. After driving through Nebraska, Wyoming and Utah this week it is clear that the Democrats are not the biggest thing going on in the West. I'm not referring to the fires ravaging so much of Montana and Idaho. I'm talking about the annual motorcycle rally in Sturgis, S.D. Organizers were expecting more than 600,000 visitors for the weeklong rally, which makes it not only the largest outdoor event in America, but makes for a lot of motorcycles on the road. At every rest stop, every small town, every gas station, the cycles were lined up.