West of Joseph City the sun drops over a hundred miles of open ground, and the interstate carries its long line of headlights past town all evening. Travelers see a narrow strip of this place at sixty-five miles an hour, and a green, freshly cut lawn is most of what registers. Love's Travel Stop keeps that ground in order: mowing, edge work along the curbs, string trimming at the posts, and trimmings cleared off the pavement. Pride here looks like clean curb lines seen at speed. The horizon does the rest.