The Burroughs File chickenscratchings of the Master Songs for the Open Road Poems of Travel and Adventure Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Robert M. Pirsig - audiotape On the Road Jack Kerouac testing out the borrowed Mavica before we leave. our first picture on the road. multnomah falls (left), the tallest in oregon, in the Columbia Gorge (that's Washington on the left of the river, and Oregon on the right of the columbia river - right). the last of the fog over the gorge drifts off, we cut through washington and meander into idaho. time for lunch - a picnic with a view of some lake and a bunch of kickass bluffs. after only about 50 minutes of driving, we cross into montana. just over the border, we roll into whitehall, and we hit my favorite RV campsite in the world, the Pipestone Campground, where they offer a stilted outdoor hottub with a view of the snow-capped mountains (right) we'd cross tomorrow. they also had an ice cream social (bring your own spoon), a pool, A MODEM HOOKUP we didnt even use, and, yes, that's a tetherball post (left) next to the seesaws. we woke up to this view (left), and i made josh pose by the rental car (2000 Oldsmobile Intrigue -right). plowing through montana, which, in case youve never driven through there, is incredibly fucking beautiful. "our lady of the rockies" outside of butte, montana - huge statue of the "virgin" mary ontop some crazy bluff-mountains. i catch some groovy clouds in the rearview mirror. josh's knee and splattered bugs. this is what i stared at the last few miles of montana. another cool dome. we cross into south dakota - a state josh hasnt been in before. its beautiful. we love this country. on the right is our first view of devil's tower on the horizon. closer and closer. ominouser and ominouser. we got a treat on the way up - PRAIRIE DOG TOWN! josh took some sweet pictures... josh and me and the tower of the devil. sorry, we just couldn't get enough of this thing. after spending the night at the day's end campground in STURGIS, SD, we cruise up to the crazy horse monument. (you can see where they've drawn out the horse's head!) we saw goodbye to the snow-capped mountains and drive deeper into the badlands. mount rushmore, where they piped the national anthem, yankee doodle, and grand ol' flag over speakers so loud you could barely talk, and some 16 year olf nerd dressed as abe lincoln told us about the blacklight t shirts in the gift shop. ugh. a little more wildlife on our way out of the park... we saw this mountain goat on the side of the road. when another car drove past, he hiked about 20 feet straight up this cliff and stared us all down. click here to go to the next page.