CHAPTER
21
Even though I’d stayed up much later than planned discussing the days’ events on the phone with Tally, I rose at the c***k of dawn the following morning, energized, filled with hopeful anticipation and was at my desk by six o’clock. In between my daily duties, I made sure to download the maps to my phone per Burton Carr’s suggestion. I’d been heartened by the news that my parents seemed to be having a terrific time. They’d enjoyed the peaceful charm of Flagstaff and were predictably blown away by the ever-captivating beauty of the Grand Canyon. Tally reported that having the time alone with my family was probably the only way he would have ever gotten the opportunity to know them better and vice versa. I wasn’t surprised to hear that my mother and Sean were still feuding,
