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I am Drew, 24 years old and just recently released from active-duty Naval service.  I am currently living in Kansas City, MO area but am relocating to Oregon to begin college in the fall.
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I am Drew, 24 years old and was released from the Navy recently.  I am currently living in Portland, OR area and attending Lewis & Clark College.
  
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I just recently began hitchhiking in April of 2013 as a means to travel the country for cheaply and to find good people everywhere.  Over the course of 3.5 weeks I made my way from MO, through Arkansas and all of eastern Texas, over to New Orleans, LA, all the way to Jacksonville, FL, then back through Atlanta, GA, Tennessee, and St. Louis (a total of over 3,200 miles hitchhiked).  It was a wonderful experience, and I met many people who treated me with kindness and love.  I never felt in danger once.  I look forward to hitting the road once more on foot and seeing where else the wind and people's kindness will take me.
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I began hitchhiking in April of 2013 as a means to travel the country for cheaply and to find good people everywhere.  Through the next five months I hitchhiked nearly 10,000 miles through more than 30 states in the contiguous United States.
  
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My favorite experience was between Mt. Vernon, TX and Weaver, TX, when a dude pulled up in a small white pickup truck and directed me to hop in the back, to which I obliged.  Just before we tore off, he yelled back "Hey, there's a cooler full of beer back there, help yerself!!"  Yessir!  He only took me 15 or so miles down, but I'll say, in my life to this point, I have felt no better feeling: sun on your face, wind whipping through your hair, soaring down the Texas freeway in the bed of a total stranger's truck, with a cold beer in hand. At that point, I'd only been out of the Navy for a month, and I realized I had achieved a complete 180* turn in life.  THIS was freedom.
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When on the road, I like finding myself in pockets of society that are removed from 'mainstream' America and finding out what local life is for others.  I also enjoy backpacking through national parks. Zion in Utah and Grand Teton in Wyoming are my favorites to date.
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I am on hitchhiking hiatus now due to being a full-time student, but I fully intend on resuming sooner or later.

Latest revision as of 21:49, 3 September 2013

I am Drew, 24 years old and was released from the Navy recently. I am currently living in Portland, OR area and attending Lewis & Clark College.

I began hitchhiking in April of 2013 as a means to travel the country for cheaply and to find good people everywhere. Through the next five months I hitchhiked nearly 10,000 miles through more than 30 states in the contiguous United States.

When on the road, I like finding myself in pockets of society that are removed from 'mainstream' America and finding out what local life is for others. I also enjoy backpacking through national parks. Zion in Utah and Grand Teton in Wyoming are my favorites to date.

I am on hitchhiking hiatus now due to being a full-time student, but I fully intend on resuming sooner or later.

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