Stops became harder and weirder while the road became more and more comfortable and compelling. It seemed like it only took a half-hour or so to reach Sacramento and from there we could switch on the auto-pilot. We passed a burning building in Davis and watched lightning flash in the distance. We'd been treated to lightning shows every day for over a week. One final stop for gas and sodas and we flew home in what felt like 15 minutes. We hit Walnut Creek at 3:30am after 17 hours of driving. We came home, went to sleep, and lived to tell about it.
If you've stayed with us to this point then you hopefully have a good idea of what being on this trip was like -- step by step, day by day, moment to moment, station to station. You also have shown an abnormally high level of perseverance. (Or you're incredibly bored and saw a good chance to kill a couple hours.) Maybe you should have come along with us.
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