Easter egg unlocked · Road Trip Mode

Four years, two home bases, one very patient car

2007–2011 · the drives I still measure other drives against

• Rochester, New York 2007 Home base one. Lake-effect snow and a master's degree.
• Niagara Falls 90 min The first drive, taken within a week of landing, in the wrong jacket.
• Boston → New York City 2008 I-90 east is still the road I picture when I say "road trip".
• Los Alamos, New Mexico 2009 Home base two. A lab on a mesa, 7,300 feet, and the clearest night sky I've stood under.
• Santa Fe & the high desert weekends Green chile on everything, which I maintain is correct.
• Grand Canyon 2010 Arrived at the rim at the wrong hour and stayed until it was the right one.
• Las Vegas → Los Angeles 2011 The last long one before the flight home.