This road trip to see W and visit family was epic.

I've been working on getting the full version down for months. This story is a teaser, where I tried to take one day of seeing her, and render it emotionally, how it existed for me.

For this version of the story, I've made two difficult cuts. (Cuts where, perhaps, a more skilled writer would have been able to navigate other solutions.)

1) I cut the meta story where wei and I spend an hour laughing with two londoners regale us with their travels through Vancouver. (This you may have noticed.)

2) I cut the fact I'm in an open relationship and my partner was also on this trip.

There is a beautiful story, and a handful of essays I can see in my mind, where I go into how one navigates open relationships. Or at least how my partner and I navigate ours.

However, this story, for me, was about my best friend. I wanted to focus on this single 12 hour period. It is my hope, you read this and feel you were there with us, almost as though you were inside my mind.

Your attention is valuable, your constructive feedback over the years has been incredible. Thank you for reading and all your support.