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Soon after crossing the border into Texas, Cosmo and Silvia encounter an unusual and striking landmark: a 190-foot-tall freestanding cross. Located in Groom, Texas, a small Panhandle town with fewer than 600 residents, the cross stands as a

Cosmo and Silvia reach the western edge of Oklahoma and spend the third night of their journey in a small motel near Texola, Oklahoma. This nearly abandoned ghost town, perched on the Oklahoma-Texas border, dates back to the early 1900s. Texola

On the second night of their journey, Silvia and Cosmo arrive in Memphis, Tennessee, where Silvia has a friend, Clay, a talented Blues musician. When Clay explains that he moved to Memphis to study the Blues, Cosmo initially assumes he is

After a near-fatal accident involving a Mack truck shortly after entering Virginia, Cosmo is profoundly grateful to be alive, his senses heightened to the physical world around him. As they drive through the Blue Ridge Mountains, he is struck by

At the start of the second chapter, Silvia picks up Cosmo, and they’re ready to begin their journey—or so he thinks. Silvia realizes she forgot her phone at their father’s house in New Jersey, forcing them to return there before hitting the