Chuckster
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The Dapper Hitchhiker
It is a truth universally acknowledged that English gentlemen traveling abroad must pursue a distinguished appearance.
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True Colors
A Hitch-Hiker whom makes an assumption that a complete stranger will soon stop and offer a lift is making one great leap of faith. For a motoring traveler to stop and pick up two scraggly young dudes thumbing on some lonely interstate is a much bigger challenge. Neville and I needed to utilize every charm, bribe,
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Do Likewise
As we wish each of you ‘travelers’ visiting our humble blog a Merry Christmas, we leave a very brief message about all the travelers alone out on the road during this Holiday Season. As Neville and I received helping hands from angels and saints during our travels and adventures, there are thousands more out on
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Bum Rush
Hitching home from NYC I stopped off at my aunt’s home in rural Indiana. My cousins and I were out playing some football in their lush green yard when they asked about hitching. I told them about freight trains, about places I’ve seen, and people I met. I imagined my cousins would be in awe.
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Take Me Out to the Ball Game
The Cincinnati Red Stockings played what many consider to be the very first professional baseball game on May 4, 1869. More than 150 years have come and gone since that first professional pitch was hurled toward that very first batter. When my British buddy Neville Jacob attended his very first MLB game, I not only
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Play Ball!
Pitchers and catchers check in first, reporting for work in mid-February. A few days later their teammates and coaches join them out on practice fields scattered across the Valley of the Sun. Baseball fans start flocking to the Valley from all over the Country for Cactus League spring training games a few weeks later. 10
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No Cross Words
I thought it might be fun to provide an interactive activity related to hitch-hiking across the States. These clues are all related to our specific trips across North America in 1979 and 1980. I will provide an answer key a bit later, but the first lucky responder to provide a completed cross-word will win a
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Hitch-Hiking Activity
I thought I would provide an activity to introduce the world of American Hitch-Hiking. This crossword puzzle contains clues suggested by our two trips across the Sates in the late 79 and 80. It also includes some related Easter Eggs specific to our experience.. I will post the answers a bit later. The first successful
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How we met
There is an old joke about a hitchhiker whom, when offered a lift on an out-of-the-way highway, asks the driver if he was nervous about picking up strangers. ‘After all,’ said the hitchhiker, ‘I might even be a serial killer’. The driver responded calmly that ‘he was not nervous in the least, because the odds
The American Beagle 