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Angle to Key West: The Chap Freezer (9/17)
Brainerd, MN – September 17, 2012 “Let’s see what we got,” Jess said. She led me out of the bar and through a pair of swinging doors into the back of The Chap, a restaurant on the outskirts of...
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Angle to Key West: La Crosse Maze (10/6)
South of La Crosse, WI – October 6, 2012 The sun rushes to the horizon when you’re lost and cold. It doesn’t hesitate. It doesn’t linger. It mocks your doubts and moves decisive and swift, falling...
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Angle to Key West: Fuel (10/8)
Lansing, Iowa – October 8, 2012 I stumbled out from underneath the highway bridge and walked to the gas station in Genoa, but they didn’t have any Heet, not a single yellow bottle to fuel my stove....
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Angle to Key West: Drinking Water (12/4)
Mile 343 of Lower Mississippi – December 4, 2012 I piled three plastic jugs on the bathroom counter. One used to sit on a grocery store shelf in Floodwood, Minnesota, filled with a gallon of lemonade...
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Angle to Key West: Gone in a Moment (9/6)
Ypres Point, Lake Superior – September 6, 2013 I felt uneasy from the moment I looked at the boat ramp. Maybe the gloom of the morning made me nervous. Maybe it was the old factory rising across the...
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Angle to Key West: Last Resupply (10/21)
Baudette, MN – October 21, 2013 Three blocks of cheese. Packages of smoked sausage. Two cans of chili. Three condensed soups. Shell pasta. Ten ounces of sliced turkey. Twelve bread buns. Oatmeal....
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Angle to Key West: Gone in a Moment (9/6)
Ypres Point, Lake Superior – September 6, 2013 I felt uneasy from the moment I looked at the boat ramp. Maybe the gloom of the morning made me nervous. Maybe it was the old factory rising across the...
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Angle to Key West: Last Resupply (10/21)
Baudette, MN – October 21, 2013 Three blocks of cheese. Packages of smoked sausage. Two cans of chili. Three condensed soups. Shell pasta. Ten ounces of sliced turkey. Twelve bread buns. Oatmeal....
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Europe N to S: Fuel Reserve (7/13/16)
Ridge past Máze – July 13, 2016 Today’s Miles: 22.8 Total Miles: 390.8 I reach the paved road at the edge of Máze and walk past the houses, counting them loosely in my head, hoping there are enough...
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Europe N to S: One Thousand Miles (8/13/16)
Today’s Miles: 18.7 Total Miles: 1,010.9 Umbukta – August 13, 2016 Rain drains off me as I stand by the road. The cold seeps in through the seams of my jacket. I walk back and forth to stay warm,...
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