The first 200+ words - Revisited

So here are the changes made to the first two hundred and fifty words of Shadows.  The previous first 200 have been moved to a different location in the novel.  See what you think :)

Rachel Brackett once again whisked away the tears which blurred the road signs and white lines that marked Highway 93.  She shook her head with the slightest of motions, weary of the torturing memories.  Relief, pain, sadness, excitement – a concoction of feelings brewed within her.  All the emotions she hoped to sort out and get under control.  Some day.  But not just yet.  She still wanted nothing more than simple avoidance.  She sunk the memories deeper within her consciousness, and then pushed a button on the driver’s side window.  Fresh mountain air wafted through the car.  That was what she needed. Fresh air, time and as much distance from the past as possible.

She glanced out the window, and returned her eyes to the road, thumbs thumping against the steering wheel.  There was no denying how captivating the drive had been since leaving the city.  Winding curves shimmered in the high afternoon sun while they twisted through rich jade broadleaf and evergreen trees. Alongside, rushing rivers snaked through deep gorges and under occasional white stone bridges.  Their shores were decorated by wild flowers, and more than one fisherman stood knee deep in their waters while lines danced in passing wakes. The alpine peaks of the Sapphire Mountains to the west and the Bitterroot Mountains to the east jutted were snow-covered, even in mid-June.  And the further south she traveled, the closer the mountains edged towards the road, their cliffs laced with trees and trickling water.