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Summers in Maryland: Part II (abridged)

ACT II: a weekend in paradise

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Joshua Sotello
Jul 24, 2025
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I know for a fact that everyone woke up feeling the heat, the air had that thick feeling of humidity without airflow, the cabin was so hot without AC, and I hadn’t felt this in a long time. Everyone was already moving about before I even got up, and they worked super hard to try to get a feel of the space. I was trying to remember everything we needed to do today and this is one thing I wanted to make sure actually happened by the time we left vibe camp, but capturing what was important was another thing entirely.

How do you explain something that seeks to be open to interpretation? What causes a bunch of random people from the internet to suddenly decide that meeting that person is worth traveling from every corner of the world for; just leaving, or taking whatever, and spend some time over there. Or, it just felt like where ever they are coming from to get here for just a weekend made it feel special, a physical kind of unique.

Before we get started Let me preface with an apology. …

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