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FALL 2019 ISSUE 02 / VOL . 04
MAP BY BILL TIPTON / COMPARTMAPS . COM
DAY ONE : Crossing Wisconsin we pass franchises offering excitement to flatlanders . Extreme fireworks . Victory fireworks . Old Glory fireworks . Shockwave , the adult video store . Plowrider , wave surfing at an indoor water park . Such and such Harley- Davidson . This is familiar territory , the stuff of weekend escapes . We pass through towns so small everyone makes the football team . Crammed between the river and the rock bluffs , every town has a roadhouse , saloon or café , an auto body shop . Harleys
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nurse curbsides in litters . A sign hanging on a wagon parked roadside states simply : Pleasant Surroundings .
We look for rhythms and omens . Nearing the Mississippi we are transfixed by a sense of vast wingspans , whirling hunger — three blue herons circle above the hills .
Gentlemen , choose your weapons . One of these motorcycles made it across Canada , down the Rockies and back to Chicago . The other one looked like the author felt .