STORY HEX
HEX 176

Baltimore Night Shift

Mark Collins Inscribed May 10, 2026
Maryland, United States of America
Maryland · USA
38.4756,-75.6425
Hex Type
Story
Owner narrative
Hex Number
176
of 223 total
Inscribed
May 10, 2026
by Mark Collins
Owner's Story

My father worked nights at a warehouse near Baltimore for most of my childhood.

He slept when the rest of us were awake and left for work when dinner was cooling on the stove. I remember his lunch bag by the door, his work boots on newspaper when it rained, and the way he tried to be quiet in the morning even though the floorboards always gave him away.

He missed some things. He made possible more than we understood.

This place on the Maryland map is for the people who built family lives on night shifts and tired mornings.

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