Literally as we fired up the Chief to drive away from Reno I checked the website and the chains restriction was lifted on Donner Pass.  Until I saw that, we had been planning to head to Lake Tahoe, overnight and then...

Nate and Grammie Denise roll into San Fran on the 11th of Nov.  We are... officially... ahead of schedule!  Ah yes... I remember you, old friend.  "Ahead of Schedule".... I've missed you.  You make my type A, always-wear-a-watch, show up 2...

It was all funny until it wasn't.  I'm hardly an expert but these matters but it was fairly obvious these folks weren't high on life.  Scott specifically asked me to shelf the D.A.R.E speech for the foreseeable future.  When I...