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- [Voiceover] Passthrough
winter's canyon.

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Very narrow road.

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Stream with beautiful
falls, 1,000 feet below

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and high granite
walls on each side.

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A grand sight.

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I never went through
such country in my life.

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(peaceful acoustic guitar)

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- I think an early
automobile trip

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would be about the most
fun a person could have.

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It was a visceral experience.

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The landscape coming
at you as it did.

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Especially when you
had no windshield

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or top to block your
view. It's all around you.

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It's no wonder it appealed
so much to Jackson

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because he, like everyone else,

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had ridden trains
most of his life.

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Enclosed, cramped,
stuffy railroad cars.

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What a difference
that would have been.

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- [Man] "Mount Shasta, which
for days had been in view

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"off and on like a guide
post," Jackson wrote,

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"now faded completed
from sight behind them,

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"as they came down
out of the mountains,

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"and headed for the
town of Alturas,

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"in the northeastern
corner of California."

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- [Voiceover] My darling girl,

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we have crossed the
mountains and don't expect

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to come to any more
until we get in to Idaho.

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We have proven that my
machine can do or go anywhere.

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I feel confident we can make it.

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How I wish you were
with me, and that it was

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possible for you
to take the trip.

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With a barrel full of love,

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I am as always,

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yours.

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Nelson.

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(hawk cries)