Nomad of Mid-America
Desert Dawn
6:35 am. It's just moments after sunrise, desert air cool and dark, as the first traces of light rise above the rocky hills sprouting up haphazardly amidst the barren plains of the Mojave. As the sun makes its first entrance onto a new day, peering its lazy eyes over the horizon for the first time, cool lavender-like hues greet the desert landscape--starting at the tips of the geographic formations before rapidly descending the mountain slopes toward their bases. On the floor at Hector, 32 miles east of Barstow, CA, the sun has yet to bask the valley with its presence, but the Needles Subdivision has already woken--in fact, it never went to sleep--as BNSF Z STOWSP7 13L shoots across Main 2 with hotshot cargo for Chicago, one of the countless Zs that make this former Santa Fe racetrack a crucial artery for the conveyance of goods in the United States. In less than a quarter of an hour, the lowly lineside sign identifying the mostly forgotten station of Hector will warm from direct rays of the sun as a new day gets underway and the Mojave officially rises from its slumber.
Desert Dawn
6:35 am. It's just moments after sunrise, desert air cool and dark, as the first traces of light rise above the rocky hills sprouting up haphazardly amidst the barren plains of the Mojave. As the sun makes its first entrance onto a new day, peering its lazy eyes over the horizon for the first time, cool lavender-like hues greet the desert landscape--starting at the tips of the geographic formations before rapidly descending the mountain slopes toward their bases. On the floor at Hector, 32 miles east of Barstow, CA, the sun has yet to bask the valley with its presence, but the Needles Subdivision has already woken--in fact, it never went to sleep--as BNSF Z STOWSP7 13L shoots across Main 2 with hotshot cargo for Chicago, one of the countless Zs that make this former Santa Fe racetrack a crucial artery for the conveyance of goods in the United States. In less than a quarter of an hour, the lowly lineside sign identifying the mostly forgotten station of Hector will warm from direct rays of the sun as a new day gets underway and the Mojave officially rises from its slumber.