About a hour before a guy named Eric gave me a ride half way to Spokane. In a small town on the bank of the Colombia river I chatted with some locals and met a another couple that was hitching down towards New Mexico. I ended up getting a ride after many hours there. The girl that picked me up was heading to Spokane so she brought me right to the house of Ian. I met Ian on a hitching forum. Spent the night in his yard, drinking a few beers and meeting some of his friends and family. Had a nice time there and a friend of his brought me a little ways out of town to get me started the next day hitching again. That day I wasn’t much in the mood to hitch around so I just looked for a good camping spot and caught up on some rest. The next morning I didn’t make it to far down the road before getting picked up by a couple younger guys heading to a barter fair. I took them up on their offer and went to the barter fair to see if I knew anyone out there. The barter fair was about 12 miles off of US-2 so the next morning I started walking back to US-2 to continue hitching east. That leaves me at my current location. A small Store & More place off the side of 211 in northern Washington. They happened to have wifi so I figured I’d try to update this before continuing my walk back to US-2. I guess I have about 5 1/2 miles back to US-2 so should be there in a couple hours after I leave this store. Will write more once I get into Idaho or Montana.. Peace.
Posts Tagged ‘washington’
Across Washington
September 28th, 2009Posted in Hitchhiking
Tags: barter fair eric hippies Hitchhiking new mexico spokane washington
To Be On The 101 Or Not To Be
September 28th, 2009I walked just outside of town and started flying my “Brookings” sign. Figuring I’d get that far at least for the day. I got my first ride within 30 minutes of trying to get a ride. That ride got me to Klamath California. About 20 miles south of Crescent City. There I stopped in the gas station got a treat for Manny and started walking up the highway. I just got on the highway when I pitbull puppy came running across the highway and got hit by a logging truck. It was real gross and made me feel very upset. I pulled the dogs body off the highway. It didn’t have a collar, so there wasn’t much I could do to contact the owner. When I started walking down the highway after that dog got hit I didn’t feel like hitching at all. So I just kept walking. I didn’t make it far down the road when a guy and this woman pulled over and asked if I was going north. I was surprised how quick I got a ride without hitching. This ride took me all the way to downtown Seattle. Ted and Mary where great people to talk with and I enjoyed the ride greatly. When I got to Seattle I looked for a hostel with no luck in the area I was in. I went to a local bar that allowed me to bring Manny inside. Chatted with the patrons there till closing then caught a cab outside the city limits. I crashed in the tall grass on side the highway then walked here to McDonalds to write this entry. I have my “Spokane” sign made and will try hitching there today. Talk again soon. Peace
Posted in Hitchhiking
Tags: brookings california crescent city flying highway Hitchhiking klamath pitbull puppy seattle sign spokane washington