Well, it likely won’t be the last time I head down the freeway, but it certainly marks the end of an era, so to speak. It has been a long time since I have written a piece, partly because a lot of my free time was absorbed in helping a friend that I made in May of 2022. Unfortunately, this story is not one that ends happily, at least on the surface. The person in question passed away unexpectedly on December 22, just days before Christmas this past year.