Nevada is vast and sparsely populated.
It's nearly three times the size of Ningjiang, yet has a population of only three million.
And of those three million people, two million live in the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, in southern Nevada.
The rest of the state is mostly desert. You can often drive for dozens of kilometers before seeing a small town with any signs of life.
The sun beat down as the pickup truck drove along the desolate highway.
The ochre desert stretched as far as the eye could see.
Inside the truck, Peter lay quietly in the back seat.
The girl, however, was chatting enthusiastically with Jamie, telling him how she had spent the last two years traveling all over, visiting many places.
She also shared her future plans: first, explore Nevada, then head to California, to the Bay Area. She'd work for a while to save up for a boat ticket, then take a ship across the Pacific to travel the world.
