Hello. Lurked here few years, traveled around a bit, looking for short term road dog

[TheWindAndRain]

Hey I have been lurking here for a number of years, but never really posted, so heres an intro:

My name is kyle aka thewindandrain if you've ever seen that tag on highway signs or under bridges. Grew up in Kansas City. I'm pretty active on hitchingit.com, was active on digihitch for a long time, post a lot on hitchwiki.org and reddit.com/r/hitchhiking.

I've been traveling mostly nonstop since 2011, hitchhiked 79,000 miles across 50 states, 8 provinces of Canada.

I'm very easy to get along with I don't get bent out of shape or stressed easily and I don't like drama.

I used to work odd jobs for travel money, but these days I just panhandle and make a pretty comfortable living doing it.

I don't drink or do drugs much, mostly my recreational habits include hanging out around a campfire, good conversation, kayaking, hiking, hanging out at truck stops or wherever, being on the move and learning about the world.

If anyone wants to meet up, I'm going to be hanging around the lower united states all over below i40 for the next few weeks before heading up to Alaska.

 

[Tude]

Dam dood - you have a lot of miles on those feet!!! Welcome and glad yer posting!

 

[Dmac]

Hey Wind! you still up in N.D.?

 

[TheWindAndRain]

nah i got out of there early february. way too cold. just been wandering around since then

 

[Matt Derrick]

awesome man, welcome to the site! what's your favorite thing about hitchhiking?

 

[TheWindAndRain]

free ticket to ride anywhere i need to go. the drivers get old, but the scenery never does for me

 

[Matt Derrick]

That's cool man, personally I hate hitchhiking in the usa, but id love to give it a go in other countries.

 

[Matt Derrick]

It's cool seeing the kind of community and websites that are behind hitchhiking too.

 

[TheWindAndRain]

the hitchhiking gets old here its true, but i dont like sitting in one place more than a couple days and just havent gotten into freight yet

 

[lry]

I'm heading west outa Raleigh on i40. How far off of 40 are ya gonna be?

 

[TheWindAndRain]

im actually meeting up with a friend along i40 probably around amarillo then we are headed up to colorado then ill probably head south again. where you going?

 

[lry]

Aiming for Arizona or New Mexico. Then going to head a bit north and spend sometime wandering the desert.

 

[TheWindAndRain]

alright i might be able to meet up ill let you know