Evening Drives

Beginning in mid-June and ending with the beginning of rifle deer season, Donna; Sage, her small dog; and I set out nearly every evening on drives sometime following the 6:30 news. Sage initiates these drives by sitting up and giving Donna "the look," telling Donna to get me ready to go.

There are only a few roads out of Williamsburg. I usually take whichever one Donna decides she wants to travel. We take her car when we're riding on well-maintained macadam roads; my 12-year-old Ranger when we're heading for gravel roads or a couple of Catharine Township's challenging back roads. Sometimes we...