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On the final evening of my journey, from a placid camping spot in the heart of California wine country, I plan desperately for my return tri...
It is my belief that every human being has a natural rhythm, a pace at which he prefers to move. For me, that natural rhythm is the chorus o...
Four days of isolation take their toll on my determination. Between Yellowstone National Park and the Oregon border, the emptiness and bruta...
Vegetable oil attracts bears. I’m well aware of this fact as I lie in a cold tent at Yellowstone National Park, smelling like my unconventio...
Stands-And-Looks-Back, whose Wasicu name is Jim, finds me in Wood, SD, and talks to me through his car window for over an hour. The subject...
From its thoughtless lack of bathrooms to its unrestrained wildlife, South Dakota does everything it can to kill me—and then it actually com...
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After my reenergizing weekend in Wooster, I drive north to meet another college friend, Rob, who lives in a considerably less-thriving place...
The womb is an incredibly noisy place, so much so that newborns aren’t accustomed to silence until several months after birth. At Cherry Spr...
There is hope for mankind in Wooster, OH, where two of my best friends from college join me in my local-only vows; as it turns out, their su...
Jeff Szymanski is an ex-military man gone veggie-burning blueberry farmer who lives near Olean, New York. I found him on the internet, and h...
Watertown, New York was once known as “The Great American City.” Now, its paper industry is collapsing, its economy is dependent on the mili...
After leaving the familiar womb of New England, I travel through eastern New York and up into the Adirondacks, over 2.5 million acres of whi...
Vermont is the perfect starter state for someone taking on the BFE*. There are self-described radicals willing to provide lengthy interviews...
A car full of stuff, a mind full of ambition, and three hours of planning: the perfect foundation for a trip! The first essay (of fourteen)...