'Cause Isn't the Maple River Just West of Here?

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A writer named john steinbeck came through alice all and he wrote about stopping at some camping area not too far from here. I like driving the gravel roads, driving wi the radio off, being able to stop wherever you want. The maple river just west of here? Just down in anderlyn, drive thet be the place to catch it. Gathers apark right along it.

The second in a three-part series, journeying into the soul of America through the eyes of artists, while following in the footsteps of Nobel Prize-winning writer John Steinbeck who drove across the country in 1960 for his iconic book, Travels with Charley. In this episode, photographer Wayne Gudmundson in eastern North Dakota, and Yurok basket weaver Susan “Tweet” Burdick in Humboldt County, California. Produced by John Biewen.