Hang on!

Do you need a thrill? Something that will make your heart pound and maybe even make your palms sweat? Well look no further! Hey Moms! All you need is a thirteen year old. A thirteen year old behind the wheel of your new pick-up truck!

And I will even admit it. It was my idea. I thought to myself how much fun it would be for him if we handed him the keys, showed him where to place his feet on the pedals, and where to place his hands on the steering wheel.

He did great! Really, he even reversed with flying colors! He easily learned acceleration and braking. The only problem was he tended to wander around in the road, and especially making me cringe as I was in the passenger seat and he kept rubbing my side of the truck into the sagebrush...

We were never in danger though... because this is where we were!

Yep. Nevada looks like this

and this

and this.

In an entire afternoon of playing around in the countryside, we never saw another soul.

Later Gabe said: "It is so quiet, what am I doing wrong?" To which I replied "You're doing just fine, don't worry if there was something wrong we would tell y-EEEEEEEK! Get over to the left, Ah. You scared me! No, it's ok, you're doing just fine.

But the heartwarming moment was the next morning when he was getting ready for school. He wrapped his arms around me and gave me a puppy dog smile, and said "That was so much fun driving yesterday Mom. I can't wait to tell my friends. It was more fun than warcraft!" And if you know my son, you know that is saying something huge!