Van awakes from her winter slumber on The Cape and sets off for the opposite coast once more! First stop is the milky frozen banks of Niagara.
In Cincinnati I pick up my co-pilot, MOM! Good timing brings us through the middle of the spring Sandhill Crane migration in the Central Flyway of Nebraska, aka Nowhere.
We savor views of cherry blossoms and the snowy peaks surrounding Salt Lake City from its majestic Capital Building. We trudge across sunny salt flats to the lapping edge of the Great Salt Lake.
We fly our Space Ship Van past Star Wars cities, colored rocks, graffitied trains and desert dust storms.
We arrive at last in familiar Casino dotted Reno. Through Donner Pass we follow the cascading banks of the Yuba River and descend to the industrial sunsets of Oakland.
With Van finally packed to the gills, practically bursting at her seams, I set off once more – solo this time – back towards the East with the setting sun casting a shadow before me, leading me HOME!
