"I visited Memphis, made a wrong turn into Arkansas, and it was eerily desolate. It felt like a horror movie set, so we turned around fast. No idea what happened to a car with a shattered windshield and body bag we saw."
"Nouakchott, Mauritania; a poorly planned capital with dirt roads, pervasive sand, loose goats, street camels, and omnipresent beggars. No notable architecture, but a short drive reveals stunning beaches and sand dunes."
"On a trip to Oregon, I stopped for gas in a reservation town in Wyoming. Drugs had ravaged the town; broken windows, burnt buildings, security-barred gas stations. The desperate, tragic atmosphere drove me to seek gas elsewhere."