Ella is in Oregon in the early 2000s, driving back from Thanksgiving at her parents’ house, when suddenly a flash of blinding light startles her. Within a couple of minutes, her Jeep hits a patch of ice, skids, and ends up in a snowdrift. When it won't restart, she hikes to the nearest town, past a welcoming sign stating “Visitors, turn back. Leave now.” With no other options, she continues walking and gets a room at the Keystone Inn. The next day, she discovers that Keystone is a bit strange. Ultimately she learns that it was plucked out of Colorado in 1951. The light flash occurs every few days, and the town jumps to another location and time—sometimes in the past, sometimes in the future.
—Tandy Ringoringo
Since she couldn’t recall having passed any cabins within the last several miles, she decided to plunge ahead into the strange, foreign landscape glittering in the cold. Because, when in doubt, go towards the creepy Twilight Zone landscape.

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  1. Pancakes and Poison by Ami Diane (Amazon Digital Services, October 2018) [e-book].
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  1. [font=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Year Notes—Per Will, Keystone's first jump was to 1932, outside of Boston. So it has gone both back in time and forward in time.  As of "now" Keystone has been travelling for 10 years.  There are a couple people living here from the late twentieth century. They use their technology to connect to any sat-lights [satellites] in orbit—if there are any.  Two residents from 1850s. maybe a Viking and maybe a Neanderthal. They have also visited Southern Africa in 1740.[/font]
  2. Debut citation—from Goodreads.