Hands over a half-unrolled map on a wooden table at dusk, with a candle and a beer bottle

Vegas Then Bozeman

December 1–11, 2010

October first: Drew mailed the crew that he’d booked Vegas for December to hang with a friend out west. Exit row both ways. Delta Pay with Miles.

total cost $7.40 + 35,000 miles

Hashtags on the same line: #HGTCo. High Gravity Travel Co, already speaking as if the vehicle had a name.

November 4, Max Withdrawal sent the full domestic loop under the subject High Gravity Travel 2010 MEM>LAS>BZN>MEM. Wednesday, December 1 — Memphis to Las Vegas. Saturday the 4th — Las Vegas to Bozeman. Saturday the 11th — Bozeman home to Memphis. Delta segments all the way; seats confirmed on the Orbitz printout.

Vegas was three nights in the middle of a longer Montana week. The $7.40 fare is what still gets quoted. The Bozeman days never needed a second email to exist.

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