Show ' £ So you’ve gotten to Santa Fe and it is time to change your si The University of Texas is a good bet but if you don’t know whereit is make one up the folks never care about the sign after you into the car they just want to know what kind of a bum theyg picked up One summer I hitched half of Canada with a sign that said “Watermelon College” mostly people just look at the "CollewJ hitchhiking advice— see America the long wag ZrY6fc 1 i’ M i 4 1ms part of the sign The state of Washington is notoriously bad on Utah lenient is although the law says something like you can’t solicita ride on a highway which means you have to be off of the pavement If on a freeway they usually let you alone if hitching on the entrance ramps The most general rule for confronting police is "be polite" and don’t be afraid of the law Canada is by fir the best place to travel by thumb Lately the job situation has been worse than in the US fewer kids go to collea and Canada 1 or the Trans -- Canada Highway is still a y raj across most of the country All this makes hitching ideal It sesa that all the kids are on the road It is common to see as many u 25 to 40 hitch-hikestrung out for miles outside of the resort areas and large Canadian cities It is a much slower way to go but beautiful with only a tenth as many people as the US The Canadian Government and other organizations provide free or inexpensive food and lodging in hostels (Youth Hotels) in every These usually are located in converted city and most towns National Guard Armories or gymnasiums and are full of guys and chicks from all over the world It seems that everyone on the road is of the same family a person you met in a hostel in Winnipeg might turn up in the bunk next to yours in New Brunswick It may take you a month to get clear across Canada whereas three or four days is common in the US usually seeing little at 70 mph both have their good points Hitching can also be cheap If one eats moderately buying in grocery stores it is easy to travel a month or more on $4000 or less A nice hitch hiker can count on a free meal and bed from a motorist every so often and they usually like doing it for you Showers are difficult to get a trailer court with a central facility but not much of one also the YMCA or YWCA which is a “rip-off- ” ever applies or even a community swimming pool is good if you can’t take a cold stream along the road Freight trains are a good supplement to endless travel in passenger cars when telling your story over and over again to each stranger gets on your nerves The best approach to someone net at jumping trains is to ask the railroad people in the yards they are very helpful and are often glad to see young people engaged in an old American sport “riding the rails” If you get in a box car be sure to have plenty of food and water the service is usually poor also a sleeping bag to cushion the bumps is a good idea cardboard also works and is easy to find You might even be able to sneak your bicycle on board if you are going that route and want to save some pedaling Last of all help out everyone you can sharing food with a fellow traveler is bound to bring greater rewards to you later on it’s just an unexplainable rule of the road hitch-hike- By Richard Shafer It takes about three days to hitch to Moose Jaw Saskatchawan from Logan Utah if you go by way of Calgary It’s a sure thing If you leave this afternoon you should be there sometime Thursday if you don’t get hassled at the border That shouldn’t happen if you are carrying enough cash to eat on Let’s say you are Signs help a lot especially college signs but to to make the big time Nashville you happen to be broke going and are hitching Start with a sign that says “University of New Mexico” don’t go through Colorado or you can plan on doing some time in the hoosegow There are times when it’s okey to go to jail if you know they will let you out in the morning but if they have a fine for vagrancy or hitching you might as well have taken a plane Personally I’ve only been jailed once and it happened to be raining outside and dark It was almost like a free room except for a little required work on the mop crew ’ ’ two-wa- rs ‘4 X 4 rs ? ttVj: J-t- 4 Evelyn Wood Reading (ftt Dynamics uUunutt tut t&c t£ ytun ttudy tuut!’ u Second Summer Class Starting Soon Special Summer Discount Academically Oriented Can be used for: Pleasure reading Church reading Academic study Study and Cramming skill taught KfMMy Wtpaiaatot to Mi stotoat NEED A RIDE? Hitchhiking is not an uncommon sight anymore Hitchers say it's one way of getting a whole new look at world ctoss toast fcttofcto ttoat ittos i 4— 1 town Cat rnS ji ten Ct3 c£ar ttEsfirx riiiai tTslatot AT LEAST S tCra IsCtoa to r-- !!! task Cxsrtxts try mi ttt C3 Informntion qol) 3&0& 752-- 0 |