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Outside Magazine June 1999

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The Here-Comes-Summer Fever and the Four-Wheel Cure


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THE PAVEMENT ISN'T REALLY THE POINT. It's the wind in the hair, the feet out the window, and the mapless quest for a random grail. So rev up and slow down for our guide to open-highway and big-country fun.

Mississippi: My Delta, Myself
Way down south in the land of cotton, where the horizon is wide and the Big Muddy is boss.
By Ellen Gilchrist

Utah: A Little Good, Clean Lust
And there appeared out of the redrock desert a golden-tressed apparition (Cue Mormon Tabernacle Choir.)
By Mike Steere

Maine: Wave Good-bye to the Fiberglass Moose
In search of the real Maine, the tough Maine, the land of eight-track tapes and Stephen King scenarios.
By Peter Nelson

Montana: The Dry Run
Brace yourself for Swan Valley with a pair of aces and a huckleberry shake.
By Bill Vaughn

New York: Birch Bark in Excelsis!
Summer in the Adirondacks means Kodachrome picnics, vintage mountains, and bears on the lam.
By Jo Ann Beard

Florida: I Break for Spelunkers
When the lazy river calls, the only question is, Sink or swim?
by Bucky McMahon

Oregon: Borne-Back Blues
Along the Columbia River Gorge, a hautned road revisited.
By Timathy Egan

Indiana: Honk If You're Irrational
In which two lunatics set off in pursuit of a few good place names, notably Floyd's Knobs. (Hint: Ask "to see them.")
By Marshall Sella

PLUS: On-the-fly mechanics, roadside weirdness, and traveling tunes from Michael Stipe, Wilco, and more.

Next Page: You can go home again—so long as home is the blacktop along the mighty Mississippi