HeyJaredSeasons of the Soul
Stories from a migratory snowbird…on retirement, the places we go, and reflections on beginning my eighth decade of life. Come along for the ride!
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Missing My Semper Fi Sisters to Canvass for One of Our Own (opens the original)
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While scrolling through Facebook last week, I saw photos of the Women Marines Association 2026 Convention being held in Frankenmuth, Michigan. Names and faces I recognized. Photos I wasn’t in. A ballroom full of the Semper Fi Sisterhood, and I wasn’t there. Memories of past conventions…Denver, Kansas City, Washington DC, Atlanta…filled my mind.The FOMO hit hard.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nRbt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fs
Back to My Old Stomping Grounds (opens the original)
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I’m halfway through telling the stories of our epic five month motorhome travels this summer, but I’m happy to report we arrived safely back home in Tucson on September 5th. We have lots of chores and a mountain of memories from our travel but it’s time to put my feet where my mouth is and hit the local canvassing trail preparation for the November 3rd election. But back in June…<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vHDp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:ste
The Trail That Humbled Me (opens the original)
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During our 2022 travels, we listened to the audiobook “Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail.” The book tells the story of Emma Rowena Gatewood, born in 1887, who would tell her family she was “ going on a walk.” Her family wouldn’t hear from her for months. Living within a couple of hours from Ohio’s Hocking Hills, the hills were her favorite place to hike.Since I’d visited Hocking Hills twice when I lived in Michigan, I knew Kate would love t
From Wonder to Weight: Falling Water and Flight 93 (opens the original)
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After a week in Maryland in early June, we were on the move again headed back to North Dakota. We stayed at Outflow Campground in Confluence, Pennsylvania, another Corps of Engineers site on Youghiogheny River Lake. The 4.4-square mile Youghiogheny River Lake is a reservoir formed by the damming of the Youghiogheny River near Confluence. The dam is operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to facilitate flood control provides hydroelectric power to 8,000 homes.<a class="image-link im
What the CCC Left Behind (opens the original)
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Have you ever been to Buc-ees, that Texas-based gas chain with the grinning beaver mascot with billboard advertising hundreds of miles away? After leaving Hilton Head, we stopped at a Buc-ees in Florence, South Carolina and it was a zoo. Gas pumps as far as the eye could see and a line for the bathroom that wound around the store the size of a small airport terminal. We stopped because the pulled pork and bbq brisket sandwiches are to die for. This sign gave us a giggle.<a class="image-link imag
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