Highway robbery, when done by the man is known as civil asset forfeiture. In the contest to see who can get away with the most, highway patrol and DEA tend to come out on top since the law allows them to steal your money, cars, and other stuff. After doing her time, Trinity goes to Takashi–her most favorite place to eat–gets a surprise for her birthday and a lesson in how those assets are spent.
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Trinity talks about trying to get through the metal detector in Provo and instead gets into a fight with a cop. Trinity has a problem with authority and it manifests itself at the worst times. She reminisces about the day the Feds busted into her home, took Bob away, and she was arrested. Davis County jail is a good place to make goals.
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Dreams of a drug runner. Trinity reveals her goals and aspirations that are so much more than just money. Burning Man, the Emerald Triangle, celebrating her life, dancing under the stars, and creating a sustainable future that is so much more than just a working farm.
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Our couriers aren’t in Kansas anymore as they venture outside the Emerald Triangle. Come along with Trinity on the yellow brick road to a field of poppies in Shelter Cove, through a gauntlet of living speed bumps in Lassen Forest, into the onion-domed wonder of St. Orr’s resort in Gualala, and the danger that awaits traffickers on the cliffs of the Mendocino Coast.
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Garberville is the heart of the Emerald Triangle. It’s also where many of the Mormon raised weed dealers reside and farm. Meditating buddhas, cartel breakfast meetings, and kingpin hangouts are hidden in plain sight among the Redwoods and heavily thicketed Douglas Firs.
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Finally, Trinity and Bob drive the very last part of the Triangle to make it back to SLC. Utahans love to speed which causes many travails of hiding the load and blending in with the pack on I-15. Once the load was delivered into town there were certain procedures they followed in their trade craft to keep it and themselves safe. They delivered the load to safe houses all over town. How the distributors deliver the product once it arrived.
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Driving through pastures, fields of potatoes, and rural Idaho, Trinity’s convinced the state is a hot bed of sophisticated hicks and rocket scientists. Escaping an Amber Alert, parking the load next to a K- 9 unit at Wendy’s, and surviving the state bowling tournament in Burley, Trinity talks about Bob’s childhood in Idaho and her in-laws who still live there.
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Driving the load through a snarl of traffic on Portland’s 205 Beltway is no easy task and Trinity gives advice to wanna-be singers practicing into their hairbrushes. She regrets never having gone to Voodoo Doughnuts and pontificates on her son’s ability to offend yoga students. They drive the load along the mighty Columbia River stopping for hot chocolate at Multnomah Falls, stopping for lunch in prison towns, and getting past snoopy security guards.
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Getting the load and driving it home. Hidden cops wait for unsuspecting travelers on Highway 199. Stopping at Hiouchie’s Café and dealing with friendly servers. Oregon has lots of strange idiosyncrasies, from the full-fledged bald mountains caused by clear-cut logging, the baby lambs on I-5, and no self-service gas stations. In midst of it all, Trinity decides to walk home from Seven Feathers Casino.
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Riding up the Redwood Highway and reminiscing about her application to become a courier, Trinity admits she’s one of those who are driven, not one of those who drive. Before leaving, the boys kiss her goodbye and send the load down the mountains with their prayers. She and Bob make their way through the steep switch backs of the Coastal Mountains and heavy fog of the Redwoods.
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