As some of you know, I am in love with America and road tripping through strange/bad lands. One day I plan on taking the Trans-Mongolian railway from Beijing, through Russia to St Petersburg (wearing only a floor length fur coat and thigh high boots.) But for now I battle my urges to become a girlfriend of a biker and gamble my life on a motorcycle. I do have a vintage Harley singlet with cat eyes on the front, which could have done some loops around Vegas…
In fact, I did wear it in Vegas, which as far as I’m concerned, should be crushed to the ground by the dinosaurs they ought to have let free from Jurassic Park, which is probably a more interesting theme-park, at least with a little more adrenaline running around. See Vegas once, and leave before your foot gets stuck in quick-sand. The demons at the bottom of that hole will suck your brains out.
On a less deadly note, the following is from a new Perth magazine called Silver. It arrived like a good traveller on news stands yesterday. I think it is only available in the Wild West. The Silver Dollar Inn was the name of a Wyoming saloon we went to on this road trip. So, such is a fitting name for the magazine that carries the article I penned for the lovely people there. Enjoy! To end, I offer you some of my favourite Cowboy Wisdom: “Don’t worry about bitin’ off more’n you can chew; your mouth is probably a whole lot bigger’n you think.”
“Always take a good look at what you’re about to eat. It’s not so important to know what it is, but it’s sure crucial to know what it was.”
And remember,
“Don’t squat with your spurs on.”
Very important.
If your eyes are being punished, click on the images a few times to enlarge the print.
“Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance”
(Quotes are from the Cowboy’s Way, a great place to learn Cowboy know-how, such as how to stop a saddle from squeaking…)
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Great story. I recently discovered ur blog I really love the way you write.
Just a small tip for scanning magazines (or other printed material): select ‘descreen’ in your scanning options to stop the dotty effect appearing on the scans (unless that’s the effect you were going for!)
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Genuis!
all i have to say it
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Thanks Jo, I’ll look out for that. Glad you’re enjoying the blog: I have to get it out somewhere…or I’ll go completely bananas.
ps. Danny… Ru-fee- oohhhh! Awouuuu!
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Sophie, Love the story, photos, and your writing style! You have a gift, girl. Keep up the writing! P.S. Thanks for the “high” version; my eyes were definitely being “punished” by the magazine print.
I’ve been dying to go on a road trip since forever, and I think I’ll need to start planning one as soon as I’m legally an adult.. I kinda love this big, bad country too. Your road trip sounds like it was such a blast!
This looks like one hell of a lot of fun, I’m definitely going to get reading this tomorrow to find out about your adventures, great blog by the way, such wonderful pictures and I <3 the layout…
The picture below is wonderful, my dad walks around the house with a head torch on which can be a bit annoying, but I must say you are making it look very stylish!
x
I grew up traveling via the open highways to every place you visited on your journey. Road trips were the most important and amazing times in my childhood, when we went up and down the western US. Thank you so much for reminding me of everything I love about it!!