DISPATCHES FROM THE ROAD

The Romance of America’s Greatest Game: An Emotional Visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame

I don’t know what I expected when I drove my Airstream into Cooperstown, New York to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame. It was an emotional day.
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Clay's personal cartographic detail of his Steinbeck journey through New England the last two weeks.

Clay’s Personal Cartographic Detail of the Steinbeck Journey Through New England

Clay’s personal cartographic detail of his Steinbeck journey through New England the last two weeks. Over the next few months, Clay is shadowing Steinbeck’s 10,000-mile trek around the USA (and making a few detours of his own).…
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A Visit With Author Jay Parini of Middlebury, Vermont

Sitting in the Airstream, Rocinante. I had a delightful interview with Steinbeck biographer Jay Parini of Middlebury College in Vermont.
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Sports, Lawn Care and Fishing at Karen’s Diner — Calais, Maine

It’s too early to draw conclusions about the country’s mood, but this is what I have heard in two weeks on the road.
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Mount Katahdin — Maine’s Tallest Mountain

Mt. Katahdin, which translates to “Greatest Mountain” in Penobscot, is the highest mountain in the state of Maine at 5,269 feet.
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Bowling alley inside Just - In - Time Recreation center in Lewiston, Maine

Resilience and Heart in Lewiston, Maine

Clay’s visits the recently reopened Just-In-Time recreation center in Lewiston, Maine.
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Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts where Thoreau lived

A Stop at Thoreau’s Walden Pond Near Concord, Massachusetts

Clay stops to visit Thoreau’s Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts as part of his Travels with Charley road trip.
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Cartoon image of John Steinbeck, his dog Charley and his camper rig.

Visiting John Steinbeck’s Home in Sag Harbor, New York — Video Dispatch

Clay visits John Steinbeck’s Sag Harbor home where the noted author began his 1960 cross-country journey, immortalized in Travels With Charley.
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Fall Plowing, a 1931 oil painting by the Iowa born artist Grant Wood.

Across Iowa

Clay, on his way to Sag Harbor, N.Y., travels through Iowa, home to the famous American painter Grant Wood and journalist William L. Shirer.
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Underway! Sag Harbor, New York or Bust

Clay leaves his home in Bismarck, North Dakota, and heads east on a circuitous route to Sag Harbor, New York, where John Steinbeck began his famous 1960 cross-country journey.
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