Because no matter how many times I've done this, and no matter how many lists I make, there's always one more thing I need for the part of the remodel that's happening right now.

So join me, won't you, on another Big Box adventure, driving home this time, again through coastal California in its (mostly) raw form.

Pretend you've got the window open and aong with the brine of the sea, there's sage and campfire smoke and (this one's purely in your imagination) sun-warmed skin touched with Coppertone.