We are relieved that the sun is no longer an apocalyptic scarlet but is now its usual white-gold self.
A billboard advertises a "Trucker Toy Shop." Do they sell typical toys with special discounts for tuckers or do they sell particular toys that would appeal mainly to truckers?
To our left is a large truck stop, actually, the sign indicates it's a Truck Plaza. Nine miles ahead is a place called "Stewart's Petrified Wood and Meteorites." Loren wonders about the point of advertising Dodge Neons on this stretch of road used mostly by truckers. We force Jon to sleep.
We pass Goodwater, Arizona. We don't know what they have there. Maybe water of some sort.
The highway is being resurfaced. I think we've passed up wherever Stewart sells his petrified wood and meteorites. Oh, there it is! The sign has a painting of a meteorite entering Earth's atmosphere.
We put on The Cranes Les Mouches.
Mr. Chicken asks if we can stop at the Petrified Forest but Loren says no.
Loren makes some convoluted connection between a nearby sex shop just off the highway and the Petrified Forest. Meanwhile, Jon seems to have fallen asleep, how long will it last? Mr. Chicken sways to the music.
