New York, Almost Home

Putting the trip back together again

Putting the trip back together again

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ny_foto1.jpgGaining some interim understanding of everything we have just seen and experienced is important, especially as pressure mounts to get a job and rejoin the rat race. But we’re still traveling, right? Still shacked up for weeks at a time, still living out of bags. Until we land in Colorado. Or Kentucky. Or Arizona. Or Belize. There is still an uncertain and empty road ahead of us.

Gathering of the Vibes: Traveling Back to the Farm

Gathering of the Vibes: Traveling Back to the Farm

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v_crowd.jpgThe Gathering of the Vibes music festival offers the perfect hippie-licious respite from the hubbub of Babylon, and driving out of New York City is a big-sky burst of relief from the heights of the Tapan Zee Bridge, vast Hudson Valley landscapes in all directions instead of just buildings and more buildings. We drive north through a green tunnel, moving faster on the ground than we have in a long time, and in the car, we whirl from the speed and the clouds and the endless trail of travel intensity frothing in our wake.