petergreen
Active member
This is an idea I've been considering for awhile but I think I am finally almost in a position to execute it. I want to purchase a vehicle, probably a used conversion van for now, and dedicate it to picking up hitchhikers and other nomads. The project has a few goals. First is getting people from Point A to B or at least further along. Second is to foster friendships among other travelers. Third is instilling the idea that even though we live in a chaotic, crazy and dangerous world we can still be kind and selfless.
I will dump everything I have into acquiring the vehicle and ensuring that it's insured, fueled and maintained for a year. If riders wish to contribute to the project with gas money, motor oil or food for the driver they can but nothing will ever be asked. Any contribution must be made freely from the one giving the gift. If I've learned anything during all my wandering it's that people are basically cool and will do what's good most of the time.
Project Freeride is an expression of that belief. I will probably wander in a series of giant loops taking me from one coast to the other, swinging through various mid western states in the process. Anybody looking for a lift will be picked up and carried as far as they want to go. I anticipate the debut of Project Freeride in the weeks leading up to the jambo. Her maiden voyage will be to Slab City. Those needing a ride to the event will be picked up until we can't cram anyone else into the vehicle.
We will then revel and have a grand old time at the jambo and then I will drive people on to the next adventure. The ultimate goal is create a perpetual hitchhiking machine. A never ending rubber tramp ark that will carry our kind across this great land. Wherever she parks is home. Her destination is nowhere. And when she dies I will acquire a new vehicle and start it all over. If I spend the rest of my life doing this I will be a happy man when I die.
I will dump everything I have into acquiring the vehicle and ensuring that it's insured, fueled and maintained for a year. If riders wish to contribute to the project with gas money, motor oil or food for the driver they can but nothing will ever be asked. Any contribution must be made freely from the one giving the gift. If I've learned anything during all my wandering it's that people are basically cool and will do what's good most of the time.
Project Freeride is an expression of that belief. I will probably wander in a series of giant loops taking me from one coast to the other, swinging through various mid western states in the process. Anybody looking for a lift will be picked up and carried as far as they want to go. I anticipate the debut of Project Freeride in the weeks leading up to the jambo. Her maiden voyage will be to Slab City. Those needing a ride to the event will be picked up until we can't cram anyone else into the vehicle.
We will then revel and have a grand old time at the jambo and then I will drive people on to the next adventure. The ultimate goal is create a perpetual hitchhiking machine. A never ending rubber tramp ark that will carry our kind across this great land. Wherever she parks is home. Her destination is nowhere. And when she dies I will acquire a new vehicle and start it all over. If I spend the rest of my life doing this I will be a happy man when I die.