Better late than never?

Okay, so I'm a little late to this CLA Blog, but laptops were in high demand over the weekend, so I'll try to catch up. The drive up to Sacramento on Thursday was pretty uneventful. Vivian was, as any of you who know her could probably guess, as pleasant and undemanding traveling companion as one could hope for. I was a bit worried when I arrived in Rancho Thursday morning and discovered it was one of those characteristic windy fall days, but the truck handled it well. We were only almost blown off the road a few times--mostly on the way over the Grapevine. Other than a traffic accident near Stockton that slowed things down, we made great time and arrived about when we expected. We did stop for gas and found that, shockingly, $99 (the pump cutoff amount) didn't quite fill the tank. Lunch was at Taco Bell and, I swear (really! I'm not making this up!) it wasn't my idea. Vivian suggested it, but I think she was just humoring me. Wess did a great job loading, as nothing was flying around in back. All in all, an easy, if very long, drive.