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...
I dropped off Scott at the airport and took a deep breath. I did some of that Oprah motivational talking to myself. For the first time, I became Captain Traci. “You can do this. It’s going to be fine.” By noon, we...
I woke up to the sound of Scott moving with purpose. Usually if he’s just going to the bathroom I don’t even wake up. But it’s a different sound when someone is being discreet, direct and diligent. Whatever part of my brain is...