Westward hoboes

A narrator and her companion undertake an extended automobile tour across the American West, blending practical motoring adventures with evocative sketches of landscape and local life. The episodic travelogue traces dusty roads, steep grades, sandstorms and mechanical mishaps while moving through southwestern pueblos, missions and canyon country, and on to celebrated natural landmarks and national parks. Anecdotes about camping, roadcraft and humorous setbacks accompany descriptive passages about indigenous ceremonies, adobe villages and dramatic geological formations, producing a lively mix of travel observation, personal reflection and practical guidance for long-distance touring.