Advice from a small town girl

I’ve been thinking about my “bucket list” lately. Of course, I don’t actually have a written list, just a sort of idea in my head of the things I’d like to do before I kick it. The bucket, that is.

The first item on the list is to go to the Grand Canyon. Don’t know exactly what I’ll do when I get there, but I need to GET THERE.

I tried to get there years and years ago, when my older brother and sister and I decided we’d all like to go. We piled our camping gear into my brother’s pickup truck and off we went. And went.

What you need to understand is that my brother doesn’t see any point in stop...