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In 1966 the end of my college freshman year me and a high school buddy were bored, so we drove from NY to LA (we had $67. between us), made it in 5 days. On the way we tried to get jobs as uranium miners in Lake Ambrosia, NM, but they wouldn't hire us (no habla). Got to CA and got jobs in Burbank in a machine shop. Bummed around LA. Stayed 2 months and headed back to NY to school via Mexico and Texas (nearly ended up in a Border Patrol jail in ElPaso). Ended up in SC at my aunt's house in Georgetown and mooched for a week, used her beach house on Pawleys Island. My parents saved us by wiring $ twice so we could eat and buy gas (remember Western Union, anyone?). Good summer as I recall, got schooled real well. Been traveling ever since.
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