I’m going to Colorado
to unload my head
I’m going to New York City
and that’s in New York,friends
I’m going to Arizona
***** on the rocks all warm and red
and we bled
and the writing in stall said
“we write our maps in the stalls”
I’m going up to Alaska
I’m going to get off scot-*****-free
and we all did
This truckers atlas roads the ways
the freeways and highways don’t know
The buzz from the bird on my dash
Road locomotive phone
I don’t feel and it feels great
I sold my atlas by the freight stairs
I do lines and I crossed roads
I crossed the lines of all the great state roads
I’m going up
going over to Montana
You got yourself a trucker’s atlas
You knew you were all hot, well
Maybe you’ll go and blow a gasket
Start at the northwest corner
Go down through California
beeline you might drive three days
and three nights to the tip of Florida
Do you speak the lingo?
Oh No. No no
How far does your road?
Oh no, you don’t know
I’m going to Colorado
to unload my head
I’m going to New York City
and that’s in New York, friends
I’m going up to Alaska
I’m going to get off scot-*****-free
And we all did
And the writing in the salt says
We ride on out to the stars
I’m going to Arizona
***** on the rocks all warm and red

By the time the song was over Bette was asleep again. Unfortunately for her the rest of them were wide awake and they all decided to stop at a roadside gas place to reload and get slurpees. While they were out Bette woke up. Looking around and wondering where the ***** everybody was Bette got out. It didnt take long to find the gang huddled around a curve magazine inside the store. Among exclamations of how progressive this station was they all had slurpees in their hands. Tina also had a blueberry bubble tea for Bette, which was her guilty pleasure. Alice looked at Bette and disgust wondering why chewing on booger-balls was her take on a good time. Bette wouldnt talk to Alice for hours afterwards. Shane bought the magazine and all filed out. By the time Bette got to the car the bubble tea was gone, out of anger she slurped the whole thing up so Alice would stop bugging her. However the blueberry stained Bettes mouth a deep blue. Pushing Alice out of the way Bette declared loudly she was going to drive now. She was still a little groggy but as the minutes went by Alices comment was bugging her more and more. Getting an eye load of Bettes mouth Alice screeched with gleeshouting that Bette looked like an inverted smurf. Faced with the entire gangs giggling, including Tina, Bette got in and slammed the door. Driving fast and furious she kept her mouth shut, her mind screaming curses at Aliceat them all. Shane seemed to get her mood and shut up pretty quick, staring out the window at the horses instead. Alice and Tina on the other hand were still laughing at Bettes blue mouth. Putting on a Delfonics album Alice slapped her thighs in rhythm, Bette immediately turned it offAlice turned it onBette turned it offAlice turned it onBette was reaching to turn it off when a coyote sprang in front of the road. Bette didnt see it and with a loud thud the coyote hit the vehiclescreeching to a stop on the side of the road al humor left. Alice was screamingshe was convinced it was a human and attached herself to Bettes arm. Tina was rubbing her forehead where Bettes seat hit her and Shane unhooked her seatbelt. Quickly getting out she ran to the front of the hood. Bette was trying to detach herself from Alice, who was holding on to Bettes arm like a little leech. By the time they all got to where Shane was standing five minutes passed. Alice still had a hold on Bettes cuff but let go when she saw her vehicles hood. Blood was sprayed all over it and the coyotes body was stuck on top of the tire. Tina went over to Bette and put a hand on her back.

Later on in the car the mood was somber. Bette let Shane drive and got into the backseat with Tina who stroked her hand. Alice felt her head droop till she was asleep. The vehicle drove on while the sunset drenched the sky in an orange hueBette sighedand then smiled when she thought all the trouble and fun they were going to have.