Brian Kevin is the managing editor of Down East magazine. He's the author of "The Footloose American: Following the Hunter S. Thompson Trail Across South America" and has written for Outside, The New York Times, Audubon, Men's Journal, Travel and Leisure, The Atlantic, and other publications. He's a Maine transplant following a childhood and adolescence in Wisconsin and adult stints in Minnesota, Montana, and Oregon. He lives in Hope with his wife and two sons.
Musical Memory: "Wharf Rat" by Grateful Dead