" We’ll go coughing and bouncing down to Mexico; it’ll take us days and days. " I looked over the map: a total of over a thousand miles, mostly Texas, to the border at Laredo, and then another 767
miles through all Mexico to the great city near the cracked Isthmus and Oaxacan heights. I couldn’t imagine this trip. It was the most fabulous of all. It was no longer east-west, but magic south. We saw a vision of the entire Western Hemisphere rockribbing clear down to Tierra del Fuego and us flying down the curve of the world into other tropics and other worlds. " Man, this will finally take us to IT! " said Dean with definite faith. He tapped my arm. " Just wait and see. Hoo! Wheel "
I went with Shephard to conclude the last of his Denver business, and met his poor grandfather, who stoo
