Four-Wheel Cure

May 2, 2004

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Outside magazine, June 1999

The Here-Comes-Summer Fever

AND THE

Four-Wheel Cure

White-line liberation awaits, linking the oceans to the mountains, the streams to the trails, and you to the adventure you seek. So pack the car, fill ‘er up—and be sure to save enough time for the World’s Biggest Tortilla and a
beer-swilling goat.

Mississippi: My Delta, Myself
Way down south in the land of cotton, where the horizon is wide and the Bug Muddy is boss.
By Ellen Gilchrist
Utah: A Little Good, Clean Lust
And there appeared out of the redrock desert a golden-tressed apparation. (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 Brake 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 haunted road revisited.
By Timothy 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 form Michael Stipe, Wilco, and more.

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