Reflections on Midwest Summers

"The tired feeling wears off completely and the wind and sun feel good now, making it real. It's happening, just from the warming of the sun, the road and green prairie farmland and buffeting wind coming together. And soon it is nothing but beautiful warmth and wind and speed and sun down the empty road."

--From the counterculture classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Minneapolis-born author Robert Pirsig