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Mosquito Lake, Colorado
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Amarillo by someday I guess.
Watch now (1 min) | I don’t usually paywall posts. When I do, it’s not because I think this is extremely good shit and you should pay me to read it. I…
Jun 7
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Dwight Yoakam is not from Bakersfield
I feel like he lied to me. He didn’t. I don’t even know the guy. But I was rolling towards Bakersfield, past signs for pistachios, then almonds, then…
Jun 4
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Sometimes the trip takes you
I should’ve had a bad day. Woke up to a very bad day but Woody knew I was awake. He’d been staring at me for seconds or hours, waiting for me to open my…
Jun 2
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California, the part in the middle
Thousands of people are killed in California every year by falling pine cones. This isn’t true, not that I know of. But it might be. The pine cones here…
May 29
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Switchbacks
Elizabeth McCracken’s been writing these early morning swim reports. Elizabeth McCracken is a name I drop whenever possible. I don’t know if you know…
May 26
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10,000 miles
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May 21
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The other thing Steinbeck didn’t have to deal with
One of the things I enjoy complaining about is “Steinbeck didn’t have to deal with fucking email or updating his fucking Instagram this week.” I enjoy…
May 14
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Don’t pick up hitchhikers
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May 12
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A river runs through it
My dad hates that movie. Hates it. More than I think you should hate a movie that’s objectively beautiful, starring a baby Brad Pitt when he still…
May 11
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Not exactly great clips
I’m waiting my turn outside a Greatclips in Helena Montana because my therapist told me my homework was to try to take better care of myself. Stay in…
May 10
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This isn’t an essay
I keep ending up in states I meant to skip. I mean you, Indiana. I haven’t been looking at the map. I just wanted to go around Lake Michigan, not to…
May 4
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