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Across Washington

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:57:05 +0000

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.

To Be On The 101 Or Not To Be

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:55:21 +0000

I 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