On a cold winter's night in 1952, my father, mother, brother, sister and I became snowbound in the family car on a stretch of highway in Northern New York State. AWe spent all that night in the car. The following morning, local residents shoveled their way to our car and took us into the home of a nearby resident. We spent the day waiting for the snowplow to clear the highway while we got to know the other travelers who were stranded with us.