Claire Donald

It seems like Joan maybe did that as well.

Yeah, so her mom... So her family traveled with the Donner Party, but they parted ways when the Donners insisted on taking the uncharted shortcuts.

They were like, fuck no.

They're like, you guys are crazy.

You guys are wild for that one.

So Joan's family, thank God, carried on and they eventually made it to California.

But her mom would tell her these stories when she was younger.

So then she is like, death.

She's like, let's talk about hypothermia.

Went through so much.

So she is a true California girly.

Like her family has been around in California since the Donners.

Well, you know, I love that.

Yeah, I know.

That's why I feel like you're going to feel connected to her.

Oh, I already do.

She was very into reading and writing when she was younger, and she would type out Ernest Hemingway's work to learn how his sentence structures worked.

That's intense to go through.

Well, I also was like, wow, that's amazing.

What I could get done if I didn't watch TikTok as I log on to TikTok.