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here .” Have the passport stamped in the five towns along the route and you get a letter of commendation from the governor .
It seems premature . The dust devil is out there waiting .
U . S . Route 50 is mostly flat and straight as it crosses basins
( valleys ), then climbs and curves as it crosses ranges .
DAY THREE : INTERSTATE 70 I start the day at Mom ’ s Café in Salina , Utah , talking to two Canadians on their way home after riding the Great Divide Trail from Canada to Mexico on 650cc dual-sport bikes . We share the news the old-fashioned way , face to face , over coffee . Later that morning I will meet a rider towing two Moto Guzzis to a national rally in Utah . He ’ d survived the regional rally in Minnesota , where 30 inches of rain fell in