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Just a heads up for all you travelers out there. There are riots going on in the Twin Cities at the time of this posting over a black man killed by Minneapolis Police last Monday during his arrest. Streets are blocked off. Neighborhoods are on fire. A murder. Entire city blocks destroyed...

I'm just curious about those of you out there right now trying to move about the planet. How has the crazy Government lock downs, especially in California, affected your travel abilities? Has it made it easier or harder? How are you resupplying with everything closed or sold out? How are the...

The Night I Brought Home A Homeless Stranger (A Squat The Planet Exclusive Adventure!) I had just started my Sunday night shift as a city bus driver in St. Paul, MN. It was a cold January night in the New Year 2020 with some snow flurries falling. The night was a little busier than usual...

I believe This building is still abandoned--the old Moose Lake High School. Only thing is--It's haunted! Duluth Paranormal Society Investigates What Can't Be Explained - Fox21Online - https://www.fox21online.com/2017/10/29/duluth-paranormal-society-investigates-cant-explained/

I thought this was a very good video by Professional Hobo Shoestring, who's been traveling for over 20-years across North America. His latest video goes over his travel pack and what gear and brands he recommends:

One of the best weapons you can possess is good Social Engineering skills. You can use it to influence people to do what you want, or gain sensitive information for increased success at whatever you are doing. I'm sure some of you are already experienced Social Engineers, but many are not...

There is another sub-culture that existed in parallel to the Vagabond/Hippie/Hobo life style. For the most part it's gone now, but an excellent book has been written chronicling it's whole history. It was Phone Phreaking. For those not familiar with the term, Phone Preaks were similar to...

I originally posted this adventure on the old Digi-Hitch Forum board, so I've included all the old replies too: So what do you call it when someone just walks up to your vehicle and hops in? It was back in the early 1990s, and I was sitting at a stop light near the Minneapolis, MN city limits...

Four-Wheeling Fun on an Old Railroad Bed. It was late summer of 1987. I just had gotten my new full sized 4x4 pick 'em up truck a couple of months earlier and I was aching to go four-wheeling. I had unsuccessfully tried a couple of times earlier in the summer at various locations in and around...

This might be a good web resource for some out there. Check it out: MARS Survival Web Site

A Little Mini-Adventure from the days of Cruising Main Street in Downtown Hopkins, MN It was late at night, around midnight, and Hopkins town was thinning out. I had a car load of girls ranging in age from 14 to 17 years old. I was over 18. It was a hot night and we had all the windows...

A made for TV movie about teenage runaway's in the 1970's. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BPTvbirtsg

A cheesy movie trying to discourage teenagers from Hitch-Hiking in the '70's. It's pretty dated, but still fun to watch. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSkLIDKtbxk&t=135s

Man hitches a ride to Quebec City on the back of a transport truck When the driver stopped to check things out, he found the hitchhiker covered in snow CBC News · Posted: Nov 29, 2018 1:34 PM ET | Last Updated: November 29 The truck driver says he had no idea the man was there until a driver...

Before you read this adventure you need to understand something of the American Culture during the late 1960's thru the mid 1980's. Back in those days it was desireable for girls to lie UP about their age. The reason for this was guys who were older usually had a little money and often a car...

It was back in the summer of 1981, we were all still pretty young. Some friends and I were planning on this CB Radio road trip convoy down to Rochester, Minnesota, from the Twin Cities on a warm Saturday night in June. I used only CB Handles instead of names for this story. I had recently...

In my introductory post on this site I mentioned what mostly teenagers had back in the 1960's, 70's and early 80's for Social Media. We called it the Jam Line. In other cities where it existed most called it the Beep Line. Due to a flaw in the telephone switching circuitry of the time, if you...

It seems to be a popular subject on here when I post about my Storm Chasing. I made this video for the Storm Chasing Community, but maybe some of you will enjoy it too. I think it's long and boring. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVkPOUHgYiM

Since I was a kid, I've always been interested in Storm Chasing. I even tried to chase them on my bicycle! Unlike other Storm Chasers I'm more interested in "experiencing" the weather rather than just take pictures or video of it. The following is one of the best Storm Chase experiences I ever...

I've been searching around on here and seen several posts about CB Radio, Ham Radio, GMRS & FRS Radio, and Scanners; but nothing about MURS Radio. MURS stands for Multi-Use-Radio-Service. MURS uses five frequencies in the VHF Band on FM. Those frequencies are: Channel 1 151.820 Mhz (Narrow...

So you're out there on the road, rails, or body of water. No matter where you are you're going to experience weather. Wouldn't it be nice to know how to read the sky and know what's coming? Also, wouldn't be cool if you could actually help save lives by reporting any severe weather you...

I don't know if anything like this has been suggested on here before, but a guy I know travels all around our State of Minnesota for FREE by using Casino Buses! Most of our Native American Owned gambling casinos offer FREE bus service to their establishments. My buddy simply hops on their...

This took place before the days of cell phones when teenagers all took their cars out on Main Street and drove up and down looking for girls to pick up, another car to Drag Race, or just to hang out and show off their cars. Our form of communication in our cars was a CB Radio, and we all had...

It's now illegal in all 50 States, but from the 1950's thru the 1990's Teenagers around the country considered is almost a rite of passage. Recreational Driving, Hanging out in vehicles, and Match-making with cars. Cruising Main Street in small towns and cities was one of my favorite social...

I ran across this web site digging around on the Internet. Years ago, I used to be on a web site called Digi-Hitch.com which had a lot of the same type of content as on here. The only difference is it seems Digi-Hitch had a much older crowd. I've had my share of adventures, but none of them...