Phoenix, AZ → Grand Gulch Wilderness Area, UT
We leave Phoenix as the temperatures climb and Beltane begins. Dogs in the truck, camping gear loaded, and a thousand-song playlist humming in the background.
This is the first dispatch of a long weekend on the road: sunrise walks with the huskies, the quiet decision not to stay put, and the growing sense that where you end up is often better than where you meant to go.
Full essay + photos:
https://www.endlessamericanroad.com/p/mile-marker-day-one-in-utah-phoenix
More literary dispatches from the haunted American margins:
