One of my favorite scenes in The Grapes of Wrath is the all-night crossing of the Mojave by the Joad Family. The Joad's old, overloaded truck can't handle the heat of the day, so they make the run to Tehachapi in the dark. I was thinking of the Joads when I overloaded my own old truck for a desert crossing this week. Of course, there really are no similarities. I was headed east, not west; my old truck can run all day without overheating; my old truck has air conditioning; and none of my family members died during the trip.
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