Athletic & Aware

Athletic & Aware

The Longer Route

28 Days of Asking: Day 19

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Brian Hain
Feb 20, 2026
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We started with breakfast in bed again. It’s becoming a thing (two days in a row).

Then out to Jack London State Park. I knew his books: Call of the Wild, White Fang, but not much else. Turns out the man was obsessed with farming. Built a whole life out here in Sonoma. Died young, at 40, still building.

The land felt gritty. Not polished or preserved for …

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