March 28 – April 3 - Death Valley, CA (100’s) → Isabella Lake, CA (70’s)  → Barstow, CA (80’s)  → Lake Havasu, AZ (80’s) I’ve been looking forward to posting this week’s adventures; it was an amazing week. This week was special. Not only because of where we went (although Death Valley National Park certainly delivered on that) but because, for the first time on this trip, we didn’t experience it alone. Gretel & Steve joined us.  Death Valley: Better When Shared We’ve visited

March 21 – March 27 This was a different kind of week. For the first time on this trip, Don and I split up. He flew back to New York to spend time with his mom and take care of checking in on the house and mail, while I stayed on the road with Lucky. It was a nice reset for both of us, good in many ways, challenging in others, and full of a few hard-earned lessons. LAX: When Things Get Real, Fast We never planned to go to Los Angeles, but Los Angeles International Airport was