January the 20th: Highway 95 North (11:59pm)

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Trio of semis trucking south.

Median of cement and forest, woods glazed with snow.

Cars and trucks: BMW, Lexus, Corolla, minivan, Escalade. Bumpers and back windshields coated in grit from salted roads.

Car trailor truck carries a Porsche, one busted Explorer and a new one.

Road signs: Bel Air, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Havre de Grace, Port Deposit, Rising Sun.

The highway is dry and white like bone.

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"[January the 20th] is a scheme to replicate the great British documentation/ethnography project of the '30s, mass observation. I don't know who's launched this remake but it's a great opportunity to build up a picture of the actual America--not Bill Kristol's, not Jon Meacham's, not MSM's. Teachers, put your students to work! Journos, tell everybody!" -Todd Gitlin, Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Columbia University

Please note that though we have taken inspiration from their original concept, we are not officially associated with the Mass Observation Archive. They can be found at http://www.massobs.org.uk