We were flying away from Washington D.C. again, leaving the Sturm und Drang of our hometown in early August for a point nearly as far east on the U.S. map as one can get. It is “Down East,” in the vernacular of Maine, and the town of Eastport, where residents say the sun first rises over the United States, as does the moon, which gets far too little attention.James Fallows, banking the Cirrus SR-22 en route to Eastport (Deborah Fallows)In Eastport, it is difficult to rise before the fishermen do; they are often out by dawn, returning with a catch …read more
Source: The Atlantic
