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Beyond Sterling City the highway follows a wide, dust-filled gully that was once the North Concho River. You are staring at this dead watercourse, trying to imagine what the river must have looked like before ‘The Day’, when a road sign flashes past. You stop the car and turn back to read it. It says:
BROOME—2 MILES
If you possess a CB Radio, turn to 220.
If you do not possess this item, turn to 46.
