On July 29, 2022, I flew to Arizona to meet my best friend Jacob and his friends Maggie, Matthew, and Alex.

We spent two days in the dessert, and at 9 pm on the third we began our drive.

Nine hours of driving through the night is not easy, especially with five people packed in an SUV. I had the two hour sunrise shift through LA which led to a breakfast stop in Ventura, then our first destination: Morro Bay.