There seems to be more to the story. Why wasn’t she allowed into Canada?
maybe there's some sort of clue in the story:
What to Know Burke had arrived in the U.S. during the Joe Biden administration for a backpacking tripping trip of North America. During it, she had stayed with a host family in Portland, Oregon, exchanging domestic work for accommodation. She said she was refused entry into Canada to stay with another host family on a similar arrangement, and was informed that she should have applied for a working visa rather than a tourist visa.
my guess is that the u.s. wound up agreeing with the canadian assessment.
holly: well, the thing about a black hole, its main distinguishing feature, is it’s black. and the thing about space, the color of space, your basic space color, is it’s black. how’re you ‘sposed to see ‘em?
It’s quite disorienting at night as well since there are quite a few twists and turns up around the top and all you have are your headlights from a rental car.
Indeed. I've driven it. I live in the valley to the west of Panamint Valley; driving through Death Valley adds a whole 30 miles to the trip from Vegas.
One holiday weekend, driving through Death Valley saved me nine hours on the trip home due to traffic problems on I-15 (as reported by a co-worker who drove home via I-15).
I had to open the hood and let it sit there for a while to cool down. I always brought water with me when driving in the desert, so once the radiator cooled down, I refilled it with water and got the heck out of there!
These days, there are strategically placed tanks labeled "radiator water" along the drive up and out of Death Valley.
Absolutely no one around on that lonesome road 190 and no sign of civilization anywhere until you could see down into the adjacent valley to the west.
Last time I visited Death Valley, I picked up one of the official maps at the visitor's center. The mileage along the road up Panamint Valley (the valley to the west of Death Valley) was listed as "zzz".
I’m a trained, touch typist, and I need the spring back and the travel of a keyboard to be accurate.
I'm also a touch-typist, but my favorite keyboard at the moment is one of those Apple thingies that has almost no key travel; just enough to keep my spine happy.
That being said, the nicest keyboard I ever used was on an IBM Office System/6 word processor. Looked, sounded, and felt exactly like a Selectric.