The Painted Desert is about 300 miles from Vegas. If you ride there on the back of a Greyhound it takes 13 hours. Unlucky 13. 13 steps to death in Gallows Town, 13 whispered lies against God. The Painted Desert is in the badlands of Arizona and leads eventually into the Petrified Forest. Route 66 … Continue reading Tom shines a light on the strange fruit swinging by America’s tracks of hatred