Look at that, my friend’s wife (who is also my friend) said from the driver’s seat.
I looked around and didn’t see anything in the grey-blue light of dusk.
It’s light, she said. It’s 5:30 in the evening and there’s light.
West to east
The drive across the country took six days. I left Seattle on a Monday night after picking my son up from school and spending the afternoon with him, the dog and I making good time to Spokane. I was pulled over, speeding through eastern Washington, but the state trooper seemed to take pity on us driving to Maine and let me off with a warning. We didn’t see much once we got past the mountains, driving in the dark across the plateau. We stayed at a soulless roadside hotel; they allowed dogs, which was enough.