Here's what it's like to drive across the country in a pandemic:
I thought about the Donner party, 87 souls who mostly walked west along the route we were tracing East, about how relentless sunshine and heavy snow had cut their numbers in half. We live in a developed world, insulated from the rawness of nature that they struggled through, protected only by wool and canvas. But nature, was always bigger than our cars and our houses, our hospitals and schools.
“I know how that is,” the young ponytailed man replied. He rang up our purchase with hands encased in blue disposable gloves. truck stop in Lincoln to pull back our seats and open our laptops. Using Zoom and mobile phone hot spots, we conducted meetings and replied to emails before resuming our trek. We reached Iowa City by nightfall and the streets, normally abuzz with university students, were completely deserted, the city now an eerie ghost town.
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