[thaumaturgy]

Did you get a chance to drive around Nevada much? It's nearly as large as Germany, but has only two metropolitan areas, and outside of those ... very nearly nothing at all. There are signs warning that there's no petrol available for 160+km.

Also some of the best night sky in the country, and some areas are eerily still and quiet.

[omnibrain]

When we drove from Zion to Las Vegas in the evening it was fascinating, that we started to notice the "glow" of Las Vegas from ~100km away.