air

the good and the bad of owning a jeep without air conditioning

it was sooooooo hot on my last trip through nebraska to the black hills i tied back my hair and used enough clips to capture stray ends to hear messages from mars. because all the windows were open and when you are going 60+ the wind winds your hair into mesh if left free.

but as a consequence of all that air rushing about i could smell corn ripening in the field. i think if i wasn't deaf i could have heard the cells popping out new cells. i could smell the water in the air over irrigated fields. when the coal train went by i could smell and feel micro coal dust in my nose. i could smell air unadultrated by concentrated auto fumes, heat rising from acres of concrete, and the neighbors cooking whatever.

the best part was driving through the black hills....the long route.... through little scattered rain showers. the smell of water washed by pine ..... no one yet has reproduced that

i didn't mind that the wind was blowing mist on the inside of my windshield making wipers pretty much useless.