hitchhiking

Hey! I'm a genderfluid femme looking for some advice from other femmes/women on hitching alone! Any rules of thumb? I've hitched so far twice and out of sheer luck both times i got picked up by middle aged women who had histories hitching..

Hey everyone! I've been homeless in the US (mainly on the east coast) since 2009, and hitchhiking is my primary mode of travel full time. I work seasonally in constructions and carpentry, but my biggest passions are folk music (I play the balalaika) and exploring new places with my animal...

My friends and I are going traveling later this year and we were wondering if having too many people will cause real problems. Is 4 at all possible to hitchhike with?

Heloou, Someone want to go to travel from Czech Republic to south Spain and around? Im from Argentina, living in a car since 3 years, currently in a squat in Czech Republic. Cheers

Hi everyone! New to this site so here's a bit about me.... I started squatting at 15, traveling/hitching/hopping at 16. Traveled all over the country multiple times that way until I got pregnant at 20 and got off the road for my kid... Did a lot of domestic, responsible shit in the past 17 years...

Anyone else purposively choose to hitch lonely highways like highway 50? You have nothing but sagebrush and dirt from my memory and some barbwire fences.. a hotspring eventually that I never visited. When I found myself on the road and was unsure what to do I liked to choose lonley highways...

Was wondering if it be helpful or pain taking folding electric scooter hitchhiking

Hey all I'm looking for the best way to head west out of new Orleans! Any suggestions would help! I'm hitchhiking!

I’m in Dallas and been trying to hitch and train hop out of here but nobody’s offering a ride to me just wondering if it just me out here not getting any luck

Hia! So I made an introduction about a year ago and havent been on in while BUT I'm planning out my next move and was hoping for some advice on hitchhiking across the us. Currently, I'm in the middle of a work exchange out in Benson Az. I've had an AMAZING experience here, the farm and the...

Yo. Just tried hitching out of Merced, CA for 7 hours. No luck, decided to grab an ultra cheap flight to Sacramento to try my luck around there, or find a place to be. It was outrageously hot today, haha, 104 to be exact. I look pretty clean and neat, have super long hair. My personality is...

So, I know this question was posted back in March, but I wonder what it's like now that we're in August? I was stuck in Honduras when all the shit went down back in March. I got back to the U.S. in May and I am still figuring out what post-covid U.S. really looks like... I've been stuck in...

I have seen a large number of riots from around the country spill onto highways and interstates, making them impassable in some circumstances. Have any of you attempted to hitch through this? Did you have to re-route? My plans are on hold after a buddy of mine called me 45 minutes after being...

When I turned 18 I hitchhiked from WA to Portland OR. After lots of soul searching I decided to go to Alaska. I stayed all around the Kenai Peninsula for almost 3 years before returning to WA. I met lots of very nice and a few not so nice folks. I worked for housing and made work connections...

Hey all, New traveler here, anyone have ways they’ve avoided bad scenarios while hitching?

Wrote a little article about my first day hitchhiking in America. Read it if you like : https://link.medium.com/rqa5UT0Zc5

So my work layed me off for a few weeks. I'm covered financially, and have no responsibility whatsoever. What better opportunity to hitchhike i would imagine. Unfortunately, there is a huge pandemic that seems to be going around. Personally, i am not worried a single bit about contracting...

I know pickles suck. But i do like my pickle quite a lot. Im attached to it. I got an alice large with frame while i was working the past couple months. Objectively this would probably be the better bag and better for my back. Any thoughts?

Looking for the best hitch spots around west palm. South of Tampa is shit for catching rides, and I have the ability to get up to W. Palm from monroe county. Haven't hitched the east side of Florida. Any suggestions? I hear Mexico beach area has work and good spots for hitting the road

So there are a handful of states that are illegal to hitchhike in. Idaho, Utah, and Nevada are 3 right next to eachother according to the internet. I hear about a lot of people thumbing through those states though. Anybody ever ran into any troubles while hitchhiking these states?

There's various ideas and misconceptions about the traveling community or those who choose to be homeless and free from Corporate America. With this video I provide my perspective, dismissing the modern ideology that tends to categorize or group people into one.

Failing to catch a westbound train, we were forced to hitchhiking and consequently changed our recent course. RaZin_da_'bos Entertainment

Hiya I’m new to this form or any form for that matter, looking for a nomadic community to be apart of and I think I found it, a little about me I’m a hunter of peace searching for the elusive mayflower known as love, I’m really into sailing but don’t know how, I’m hoping to get to the 2019 Jambo...

The Global Eclipse Patagonia Gathering! Dec 10-16th, 2020 Weblink: Global Eclipse- Patagonia Gathering 10-16 Dec 2020 - https://globaleclipse.com/ I bought a super early bird ticket to this! I have zero plans in terms of getting there & no one else involved in the idea. At the moment it’s 1...

"What do you mean you can't take me to Vegas?" "Apparently some other guy got that load, and dispatch is trying to send me to Montana. I'm sorry." I rubbed my eyes and tried to think quickly enough that I wouldn't go into panic mode. I had just woken up to the news that a promised ride after a...

Hi! I'm looking to HitchHike if the circumstances allow it or otherwise drive from Toronto, Canada to Mexico City, Mexico in the summer of 2020. I have zero experience with HitchHiking and have never been to Mexico. I would greatly appreciate any advice on which routes to take, which areas to...

The most surprising thing about Salt Lake City was how kind it was to me. A weekend full of lovely coincidences, happy surprises, and a boost of morale that I super needed. Steve dropped me off at a Walmart off of I-15, and I immediately started making my way to the closest gay bar for a cold...

I woke up. I heard voices. It was still pitch black outside so it had to be at least before 5am. I looked to the north and saw a flashlight scanning the trees a little ways up the path from us. The flashlight was getting closer. I didn't know what to make of it, I didn't know whether to wake up...

"Ugh if I didn't get tickets to PUP in February I could've stayed in Vegas goddamit." I had just gotten back to Denver after touring California with my band Rotten Reputation, and was faced with the task of heading back almost immediately to LA for a music festival I had said yes to playing a...

Hey Stp! introducing myself to the forum. just hitched from BV, CO to Boise,ID via I70 and I15. is there a map we can all look at on here and share wait times and suggestions where to hitch from? hitch wiki has that but you cant add anything anymore. salud y vida

So this Tuesday me and my dog are going to begin a hitchhiking trip from Vancouver island to newfoundland. I have a fair bit of experience hitching on Vancouver island, and a bit in Nova Scotia, but none in the rest of canada. Does anyone who has hitched this route recently have any tips? I'm...

The first time I hitched i was 17. I was in an accident and told I would never walk again. You don't tell a teen they can't do something. As soon as I was out of the hospital I grabbed my crutches and hit the road. From Napa to Portland, main. I got a lot of rides from a lot of people but what I...

Hey guys, So I've been meaning to write up the past couple weeks in Brazil for some time now and finally figured it was time. So here it is, I hope you guys enjoy my little write-up It started with me realizing that I felt trapped in the city. Something about Sao Paulo makes it...

Not sure if this is the right space to put this post but a couple years ago I picked up this awesome guy in Indiana . His dogs name was Layla and he had a guitar. He was headed to the gathering in Oregon. We got em as far as Omaha as we were going to The Dakota’s If anyone knows of Oats...

Saw this posted in a FB travelers group and as a sentimental notebook owner, I really hope this person can get their notebook back.

Hey all, just hit Bandon last night about a 2 hours drive from Cali/Oregon border. Does anyone happen to know anything about getting oneself into campsite cabins/yurts? How often they’re checked in on and how to get inside if locked? Not looking to make a mess or be a nuisance, but it’s raining...

Driving along I-80 in a part of Iowa I’ve never been Sitting in the passenger seat of a car that I don’t own that’s being driven by a man that I don’t know Watching the hills roll by framed by overpasses without off ramps My pack in the back and my water jug at my feet I have never felt so...

Hey folks. Well, I’m coming close to the end of my first ever hitching trip. It’s been a hell of a ride; I went up the west coast from Palm Springs through Santa Barbara, SLO, Big Sur, the Bay, Arcata, Coos Bay on the 1 and 101, then up to Portland, back down to Eugene, Roseburg, Dunsmuir, and...

Hey, Y'all! My name's Bats. I wrote out this post on here before, but accidentally deleted it instead of posting it. Hopefully, things will go better this time :) So I'm finishing up my last month or so of high school, and I want to hit the road afterwards. At this point I'm not sure how soon...

Hey folks, Taming the Tiger here. I grew up in a boring suburb of LA where my bright yet scattershot, weird, autistic self stood out like Jehri Curl on a tuxedo. I lived in other places for six years after high school, came back after giving up on what I thought was my dream, got my driving...

So i am thinking of taking my geriatric ass out west for a bit in May. Because i am old and soft and scared of hitching through Kansas/Oklahoma, but have never seen anything between Steelville, Mo to Denver on the ground (unless you count Winnipeg and Mexico City as being in North America), i...

I always shoplifted from a very young age. I got an allowance, but it was never enough for all the comic books, airplane and tank models, and candy i wanted, so i supplemented it. I grew up in a more or less middle class household, what you call "genteel academic poverty"- when i was a kid, my...

Alright, so me and my partner made good time getting through alabama. We were about 10 miles from the Tennessee state line when a state trooper pulled off and told us it was illegal to hitchhike in Alabama. We got lucky and he just gave us a ride to the first exit in Tennessee. I asked him if he...

Any tips on what to bring when hitchhiking during the colder months? Snow is starting to melt, but I don’t want to wait much longer before taking off again. Looking for tips/tricks on how to avoid frostbite and the necessary equipment so i dont end up with hypothermia. I feel like im pretty good...

Hi! I am working on a photo essay on The Art of Hitchhiking around the United States. As a gallery featured photographer and writer, my angle and intent is to be able to share a space of curated stories that makes freedom seem tangible. Young and old, female, male, non-binary, etc... this...

any advice, tips, possible meetups for traveling this time of year? heading south, I'm a 22 year old newbie. -thanks, peace and love

Hey there, forum people. A buddy and I are headed from AB through BC to hop the border into Molson, WA. From there, I was considering going to Seattle to try and busk for some cash, and i heard about a commune in Olympia. Is there anywhere else, or anwhere better in WA we could go to for food...

Nothing like a little humor to pass the time. Whoever wrote this on here, We could be friends! Its easy to get discouraged hitch hiking, especially in rural or desolate areas. By the way, the red dot is lipstick. And Yes, I was dumb enough to press my finger right into the center of it.

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...

Hello! I've been reading StP for a while now, but just posting for the first time today! As of right now, my friend Sarah and I are aiming to mostly hitchhike across the country from NYC to Los Angeles, going along the Southernmost parts of the US in mid May. We're inexperienced as hitchhikers...