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Riding With The Ghost Of John Wayne, Part II

Posted by J. Joshua Placa | Jul 26, 2024 | Rides & Roads | 8 |

Riding with the Ghost of John Wayne

Posted by J. Joshua Placa | Jul 4, 2024 | Rides & Roads | 2 |

Riding With The Ghost Of John Wayne, Part II

by J. Joshua Placa | Jul 26, 2024 | Rides & Roads | 8 |

The badlands will change you. It can elevate your wanderings into something spiritual, or it can turn you savage. It is an unforgiving world with small tolerance for error or idiots. It will make you feel like the first to touch a new planet. It can uplift you to heights unimagined, or make you fight for your life.

Riding with the Ghost of John Wayne

by J. Joshua Placa | Jul 4, 2024 | Rides & Roads | 2 |

I saw the nearly life-size cardboard cutouts everywhere- restaurants, saloons, souvenir shops, even gas stations. Wherever I wandered through “John Wayne country,” a place of sprawling red deserts, towering buttes and mesas and bone-dry ancient seabeds. It’s harsh and inhospitable to most creatures that don’t have scales or stingers, but there he was, ready to draw. Saddle up, pilgrim, it’s going to be a hot, dusty, spectacular ride.