Category: On the road
The confused, fragmented and leaderless red-right
by Wade Rathke January 14, 2021 Little Rock Once you breakout of metro Atlanta and hit interstate 20, the hills start rolling towards Birmingham, and then interstate 22 moves through northern Alabama towards Tupelo until…
Rathke: End of the year notes on the road
New Orleans Since 1975, I’ve been on the road, one way or another, pedal to the metal or wheels up, anywhere between one-third and more than a half of the year. I always make a…
The West stays weird
by Wade Rathke New Orleans We humped the highway back home through Texas. It was a great trip. It was time. We have some observations for what they are worth. We read that the governor…
Driving through the Pandemic with Antifa
by Wade Rathke Decatur, Texas In the predawn, the three-week long veteran night clerk at the Motel 6 along Highway 287 in Decatur, Texas north of Dallas confirmed, “it’s rough out here.” Looking for a…
The Cimarron Cutoff and the BSA
by Wade Rathke Springer, New Mexico Breaking camp on the East Fork of the San Juan River, we dried out our gear and were off again. Chaco caught and released a small brown trout in…
The Unique and Extraordinary Chaco Canyon
by Wade Rathke Durango American national parks and monuments are one of the special things about the United States, but there is no park more unique and extraordinary in innumerable ways than Chaco Culture…
Cibola County in the crosshairs of pandemic and depression
by Wade Rathke Grants, New Mexico No camping allowed at Chaco Canyon or what is more formally known now as Chaco Culture National Historical Park, nor could we cross the Navajo Reservation to get there, given…
