The sky had a wonderful red glow as the sun was rising in the horizon. It was clear except for a couple of Altocumulus clouds far ahead. We had the road to ourselves. The radio was tuned to a station playing non-stop old Country music. It felt like we were the only two people left on earth. Just Erica and I. Alone. On an empty highway.
Erica was driving, I was in charge of the map. She had one hand on the wheel and one hand on my tigh.
Our day had started a couple of hours before sunrise. [Caroline](https://www.reddit.com/r/eroticliterature/comments/t0o3t1/a_pleasant_chat_mastsoloff) had suggested a [hiking trail](https://www.reddit.com/r/eroticliterature/comments/tk9ezi/the_weekend_prologue_ffbath) they had talked about trying for a while. It was about a three hour drive from their home, but for us it was a little more than four hours – without stops. Therefore, in order to get a good start before the morning-rush began, we headed out at 5AM. We just had a yoghurt and a cup of coffee before hitting the road, and planned on finding a diner to eat breakfast after getting off the highway.
The traffic had become a little more dense when we turned off the highway and headed up the mountains. There was a small town ahead where we would stop for breakfast.