HeyJaredStories from the Road
Essays and opinions about places I've been driving around the country in my van Clementine 🍊 50 states, 100,000 miles, and 48 National Parks later 🚐💨
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Portland, Maine (opens the original)
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My mother wanted Maine for her birthday. Like every water-loving Cancer I’ve ever known, she fell in love with the “magical” state on a trip a few years ago and booked a stay for the week at a farmhouse with little cell reception and fewer screens. We did the week right with a puffin tour out of Boothbay; hiking Mount Battie for a view of Camden; and lots and lots of lobster. In the evenings, we sat on the back porch surrounded by tall pine trees and watched the sun
What I'm celebrating when I celebrate America (opens the original)
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It’s the week of July 4th. Our 250th year of nationhood. The official celebrations from cage matches on the lawn to a stolen, sparsely-attended festival feel more like the finale of a show that jumped the shark seasons ago than a party. I’m not sure I’ve expected anyon
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