hitchhiking

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...

name the most weirdest ride you got, mine was in the back of a garbage truck in Mississippi.

So, I’m pretty new to traveling and I’m planning on my first trip. I live in the Midwest, in northern Minnesota! A lil city called Duluth. If anyone’s got the know on tips for riding the rails, I’m also lookin fer a mentor.. I’m 20, I’m non binary, and Native American. If yer a racist or nazi...