All stories have a beginning, and this one is no different. The first story set in the Anachroverse follows a girl of 16 years old, named Liza, and her newfound friend and compatriot Russ, as they walk and hitchhike their way from one end of Route 66 to the other. Neither of them has a home or family to speak of, nothing tying them down, and it is a stroke of spontaneous whimsy on Liza's part that starts them on their journey of almost 2,500 miles. Their part of this tale spans the years from 1955 to 1956, and sets in motion the sequence of events that would lead the Anachroverse to be so very different from our own.