HeyJaredGila’s Nomadic Life
Welcome! As a travel storyteller and an artist, I share my journey on the open road with an honest heart and a creative soul. Through stunning landscapes and meaningful friendships, I strive to create a bridge to a kinder, more beautiful world.
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The Gift Within the Squeeze — Returning Home (opens the original)
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I promised myself that I would keep an honest diary. Over the last four years of writing and sharing my thoughts, my emotions, my triumphs, and my falls, I have learned that my words are benefiting others. Not to mention myself, as writing can be a very healing tool.The last three months on the open road have challenged me more than I thought I could take. I kept going with the notion that it was all temporary. The weather would change, hopefully. But instead, it kept draining me, slowly but sur
Back in the USA, Back to the Mountains — Maine and New Hampshire (opens the original)
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Back in the USA!When most of us think of Maine, what comes to mind are its many beautiful tourist destinations. However, it is only when you drive through Maine that you realize just how rural and remote much of the state really is.I had the opportunity to travel through much of Maine for two weeks in 2020, and I know firsthand how incredibly beautiful this state is. It is not just the coast that is stunning. Inland Maine, places like Moosehead Lake and Baxter State Park are breathtaking, too.<s
Goodbye, Canada, Until Next Time (opens the original)
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Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. 6:00 a.m.This spot is okay in the dark, but in daylight I feel exposed. I drive to the parking lot of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, where I know I can have the privacy I need for my morning routine.I am so glad I came all this way to visit the Fortress of Louisbourg.It took 20 years to rebuild much of what life looked like here in 1744. They were able to create the reconstruction thanks to incredibly detailed archives found in France. (Taking the gui
When Things Fall Apart — Cape Breton, Nova Scotia (opens the original)
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Meat Cove, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Wednesday, August 5, 4:00 a.m.When I travel, I usually use an eye mask so I do not wake up too early. This time, I do not. I do not want to miss the gift of witnessing the birth of a new day.By 8:30, I am on my way to Gampo Abbey, a Western Buddhist monastery.My admiration for Pema Chödrön’s wisdom began soon after I left on this life-changing journey in 2022. I do not remember how I came across her teachings, but her book When Things Fall Apart became my bib
Learning to Surrender, Again — Honoring What I Need, Nova Scotia, Canada (opens the original)
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Dear diary, it is Monday, August 17. I am in a small cabin on a farm in New Brunswick, Canada, not far from the border of Maine. In a few days I will cross the border and slowly get back home.Yes, I am jumping a bit forward, but I will make sure to fill in the gap in my travel shortly. I just had to sit down and write what is going on in my heart. It is so overwhelming right now inside my little body and soul.I fell apart!After so many weeks of extreme weather challenges and not finding simple a
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