out there

after wendover few cars head south past the sign for ibapah, the goshute tribal headquarters 30 miles over. a lady with the health department called this one of the most frontier areas of the country, where clouds smother the mountaintops that hug the vast expanse of snake valley. huddled beyond dozens of miles of white salt flats there is a sense that this area of our young state is more untouched and left to breathe but also removed from the attention of those who direct funds, economic development and social services to its people.