Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must come and
see the daffodils before they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour
drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. Going and coming took most of a day - and I
honestly did not have a free day until the following week.
“I will come next Tuesday,” I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third
call. Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove
the length of Route 91, continued on I-215, and finally turned onto Route 18 and
began to drive up the mountain highway. The tops of the mountains were sheathed
in clouds, and I had gone only a few miles when the road was completely covered
with a wet, gray blanket of fog. I slowed to a crawl, my heart pounding. The
road becomes narrow and winding toward the top of the mountain.
The Daffodil Principle
Several times my daughter had telephoned to say, “Mother, you must come and see the daffodils before they are over.” I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead. Going and coming took most of a day - and I honestly did not have a free day until the following week.
“I will come next Tuesday,” I promised, a little reluctantly, on her third call. Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove the length of Route 91, continued on I-215, and finally turned onto Route 18 and began to drive up the mountain highway. The tops of the mountains were sheathed in clouds, and I had gone only a few miles when the road was completely covered with a wet, gray blanket of fog. I slowed to a crawl, my heart pounding. The road becomes narrow and winding toward the top of the mountain.