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Hello Daniel
By Curtis Johnson

I have driven on snowy and icy roads in Wisconsin and Illinois. In the summer’s heat of the Sacramento Region, I have driven in cars, vans, and bobtails without air conditioning. I have driven the curving two lane road of highway 49 through Jackson and all the way to Twain Hart past Sonora. I have driven through floods and forced to spend a night and a day at a Red Cross facility in Marin County, Ca. In the early winter season of Sacrament, I have driven through the foggy nights, wondering if I would really reach my destination. Though I gained some skill at driving on snow and ice, I don’t want to spend any winters in those states again. The Sacramento heat wearied me; the curves cautioned me; the floods made me patient; the Red Cross made me grateful; and as other vehicles passed me on cool foggy nights, I always wondered what they saw that I could not. Many sped ahead as I slowed to a crawl.
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