When first reading this I thought right away about how these two people know each other. The story gave me no insight on how they knew one another except that they were driving companions. I felt like I needed to know more about the characters backgrounds. While reading this story I first felt like I didn't get it. I didn't know what the point of this was. I imagine others reading may have felt the same way. At the end of the story I felt like Ruthie was just making the best of their trip as it must have been a long one. Where in the world were they going because it seemed like they were driving a very long distance. It did tell us Ruthie was from Ohio and that they had been in Indiana, Chicago, Fargo, Twin Falls and Spokane. After