The Hundredth Meridian

"And the weather's perfect," she saidrnhappily.rnBeyond the forest edge was a burnrncaused by a Hghtning strike, where after arnfew years the pine and juniper trees wererngrowing back among the blackenedrnsnags, the grass, and the wildflowers.rnRiding across the openness that coveredrnthe ridgeline we viewed nearly the wholernof the . . .