I waited to feel incredibly embarrassed, but the feeling didn't come. It was more like a small victory, a secret to everyone else but me.

I know,' I said, thinking about the trip my mother had wanted me to take, and the trip we'd ended up taking, and how much better ours had been.

Nothing worth doing is easy," frank said. "Especially not in the beginning. But I'm not about to give up.

In a well-ordered universe...

In a well-ordered universe...camping would take place indoors.

The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them.