[BeyGon]

hitchhiking, did anyone but me ever do it. I was driving around today and thought about it. I used to hitch hike around. Not like Kerouac, all across the US but smaller trips, Yorba Linda to SanFran and Yorba Linda to Denver were my longest. Early 70s. Back from Vietnam, had a car but sometimes just wanted to go someplace on my own. There were lots of people doing it, every corner in Haight had people looking for a ride. I sure met some interesting people. and some scary ones. I read a couple of Kerouac's books and really enjoyed them, Dharma bums and On the Road. Trying to get through On the Road again. Since I would hitch hike I would also give people rides, not the freaky looking ones, but who knows. I think the powers of California made it illegal to hitch hike in the 80s but I had given it up a long time before that. Yep, sure were some interesting people out there.