Chapter 7
“And I want to sleep with you in the desert tonight
with a billion stars all around.”
the Eagles


It was Saturday afternoon about 3:30 when I pulled my
car into Robinson’s parking lot in Mission Valley. I
waited for a few minutes until Shaun arrived and pulled up
along side me. We decided to drive Shaun’s car because it
had more trunk space for the backpacks. Shaun’s Honda
headed east along Highway 8, towards the gathering
thunderheads.

Shaun and I were the only members of our car pool who