Mississippi Great River Road
For as long as I can remember, the Mississippi River has fascinated me. The river itself is mysterious and powerful and seems the keeper of deep wisdom. It is ancient and yet constantly new in every moment, stoic and yet completely unpredictable.
The people that live along the great river seem to have a bit of its spirit flowing in their veins. Somehow life along the Mississippi seems a little more deeply enlivened.
Maine: The jewel
of New England
I am a water person — more specifically, an ocean person. Yet, for some perplexing reason, I live in the middle of the continent. Something in me comes alive when I am near the ocean.
The first morning of this trip in Maine I was driving north on U.S. Highway 1 after flying into Portland the previous night. I was desperately trying to find access to the sea. It was just after sunrise and the coastal highway was quiet and pretty but I couldn't quite see or get to the ocean. I tried a few roads that ended in private property and a few State Park entrances that weren't open yet. I was starved for it — I had traveled a long way and I could smell it in the air and sense that I was near, but couldn't quite get there.
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