We received an awesome email from J.  He's not one to waste time on drivel - so he gave us a bulleted list of things he'd like to know about.  Awesome.  We're accepting more input. A lot of J's questions...

Sitting at the top of Nevada we had a decision to make: take Rt 80 to Reno where we could go through the Donner pass into California and then head south to hit Yosemite OR turn south in Reno and head...

I turned to Evie {seriously}, "If those monkeys get in here, you are going to throw your ice cream and run like hell.  Got it?"  Evie, with large eyes {equally seriously}, "Yes mommy.  Got it.  If those monkeys come in...