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As we skidded off the main road and onto a mud path maintained only by tire treads, lines began to blur. Flanking our two-track trail were a series of parallel lanes no more than a foot wide, which forked, merged, and crisscrossed our own. In the distance, I saw what looked like a ghost train, … Read more
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