A long highway drive

Distant blue mountains crawl by

Towns unvisited

The desert changes

Cactus gives way to dead grass

Bared rock dark and red

Stone bones in the hills

Banded earth heaved on its side

Painted history

Nowhere a flat view

Mountains distant, hills close by

Canyons and mesas

Here it is greener

Shrubs and grass rule the high land

Valleys filled with trees