The Birthday Hike
It was my twenty-ninth birthday, and I woke up in a tent at a campground three hours from home, which was exactly where I wanted to be.
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It was my twenty-ninth birthday, and I woke up in a tent at a campground three hours from home, which was exactly where I wanted to be.
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