Civilization is so overrated. All the men with bad haircuts, erecting ugly offices and debating the best way to define marriage, screw the schools and rape roadless areas--it's about enough to drive a news editor to the bottle. That's why, for my summer vacation, I'm heading to where the sidewalk ends--not to mention the pavement, plumbing, and electricity. Out in the sagebrush sea of Southwest Idaho, Oregon and Nevada, men wear mesh hats, roads are indistinguishable from fields and the really important questions to debate are, "Is it illegal to crack open a cold beer when you hit the dirt roads?" and "Are you a 'real man' if you don't?"
Ten years ago, when my car didn't actually …
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