Out Driving

Out Driving

The spoken half of the Out Driving journal. Road essays and conversations with the kind of people who point a car at the horizon and go find what they love.

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October 6, 2026 • 7 mins

Some places we go because somebody we love went first, or tried to. My dad drove all the way to Mount Rushmore when he was younger, and the morning he got there it was fogged in. So he's been to Mount Rushmore. He just hasn't seen it.

This week: the roads we inherit, why the trips that go wrong are the ones that get handed down, how to drive in fog (low beams, more room, and patience), and a postcard from Karen, who has sixty-five y...

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On the way home from Montana, I had one stop planned in South Dakota: Dignity of Earth and Sky.


I wanted to stop. I had planned to stop. And somehow, as I got closer, I still caught myself wondering whether I should just keep driving.

That small moment led to this week's Conversation: Why do the things that make a trip memorable sometimes start to feel like they're getting in the way of the trip?


We also talk about keeping you...

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