American Road Trip, Part 1
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The Height of Privilege: Seattle, Coeur d’Alene, Bozeman, Sun Valley, Jackson Hole, Park City, Aspen.
Bear Attack & Bimini Islands
2,524 Words. 10 Minute Read.
We didn’t even know how to get the damn thing out of the harbor, but cigars were lit, Barometer Soup by Jimmy Buffett was playing, and come hell or high water we’d be chasing Hemingway’s ghost in the Bimini’s. We had several gallons of rum, sundries for two weeks (or so we thought), and two pistols with ammunition.
24 Hours in Mississippi
1,365 Words. 5 Minute Read.
I’ve visited Hemingway’s grave in Sun Valley and Hunter Thompson’s fortified compound in Aspen, but Rowan Oak is in a league of its own.
Getting into Brown University
1,611 Words. 6 Minute Read.
We were broke, surviving off canned goods, and had nothing to our names but cigarettes, a fly rod, and a few sleeping bags. We bathed in the Snake River when need be, drank beer for breakfast, and spent our days playing Frisbee, reading thrift store paperbacks, and listening to music.