Tag Archive: trucks

Peeing in the Arctic Circle

October 11, 2017 2:58 pm Published by John Montesi

I stood there in a long sleeve T-shirt and blue jeans, exposed in all the most vulnerable ways to the elements, and felt a certain type of ridiculous freedom that men often chase their entire lives. One would never explicitly state that they aspire to something as trite as peeing atop Atiguin Pass, but that may be part of the problem.

Survival Mechanisms

July 10, 2017 3:58 pm Published by John Montesi

The noises emanating from the Land Cruiser’s transmission were grim. There was the uneasy whine of a transfer case that... View Article

Is Escapism a Bad Word? || Acadia National Park

April 18, 2017 1:56 pm Published by John Montesi

I shirk at the word escapism, though my counselor has encouraged me increasingly not to attach pejorative connotations to things... View Article

A Place to Call Home: The Almost-Ghosttown of Centralia, Pennsylvania

March 27, 2017 1:32 pm Published by John Montesi

Signs stood in the trees warning hunters not to hunt in this area. We were quite near a State Game Land, of which Pennsylvania has many, and I suppose if you spent enough time in the woods and chased a deer far enough, you could wind up here. Of course, if you missed, your rifle shot might go through one of the remaining houses in Centralia. Or its sharp crack may just be the straw that breaks the asphalt’s back and sends you or the deer into a deep, hot hole.