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've never been so excited.... so giddy... to hang out at a truck stop.  To the uninitiated (read: me), I thought they were "gross".  No more thought beyond "gross", just "gross".  All that nonsense stops today.  These places are fascinating....

Despite my best intentions and a lovely picture in my head of hopping around the globe with nothing but backpacks and a sense of adventure, not having a local "home" is rough.  That $%^&# is hard work!  If Thailand taught...