Twelve hours alone in your car gives one plenty of time to reflect. HC takes his first extended holiday in 2025 with a road trip from the sonoran desert to the mojave desert along the scenic route 395.
Going along at a leisurely pace, HC day dreams of the future when his whole life will be filled with lazy days on the road during retirement. But that time is still seven plus years away.
As he comes to the Eastern Sierra nevada mountain range, he dreams of climbing Mount Whitney. HC remembers 2015 and his first time being out here, but that seems like a lifetime ago. Even further back, in 2006 was his first time coming to Yosemite on a solo road trip from Utah, back when his sister would answer the phone to delight him with her cheerful nature.
His eyes become misty as he reaches Lee Vining and the eastern entrance to Yosemite…..
