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Mesa → Escalante

  • June 09, 2019 by Wallpaper
  • 4
  • 26 years
  • 7
  • 826 kms
  • 69 kmh
12 hours    2 hours and 8 minutes    G 8 hours and 44 minutes
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1st ride

Mesa → Pine

An ex military helicopter pilot named Buzz picked me up. Regailed me with stories from his youth, and about how much Arizona has changed over the decades.


2nd ride

Pine → Camp Verde

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A woman pulled over and told me to hop in the back of her pickup. She sped the whole way to the I-17 and handed me a Bible tract when she dropped me off.


3rd ride

Camp Verde → Flagstaff

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Another pickup truck. This one belonged to a hunter who wanted to help me out. He drove me to Flagstaff and offered to buy me McDonald’s if I was hungry.


4th ride

Flagstaff → Junction of UT Hwy 12 north of Hatch

Matt, a young libertarian picked me up. We discussed anarchy, politics, feminism, and he was open minded and engaging. He is ex-military, grew up conservative. Interested in quitting his job and sailing around the world. Has hitchhiked from time to time in the past.


5th ride

Hwy 12 Junction → Bryce Canyon Junction

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Amélie, a woman from Paris, picked me up. She lives in Mexico most of the year working as a scuba divimg instructor. Now she’s on a solo roadtrip around the states. “I feel like the world is my home.”


6th ride

Bryce Canyon Junction → Escalante

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I had the longest wait of the day in this spot. It wasn’t the optimal time to be heading East, most of the traffic was heading to the national park. A Russian hitchhiker named Maxim walked up to me while I was trying to catch a ride. He said the U.S. is the worst place for hitchhiking— very contrary to my experience. He then said that the fastest way to hitchhike is as a man/woman couple. I disagreed… having experienced both solo, pairs, trios, etc. by far hitchhiking as a solo woman is the fastest, followed by a pair of women, followed by a woman and a man together. It was weird he was denying this experience, since he has obviously never hitchhiked as a woman. Anyway, he decided to continue down the highway. A bit later a man stopped and offered to drive me to Boulder- he is working a construction job there. I let him know about Maxim down the road, but he wasn’t interested in stopping for a second hitchhiker. The ride was fine- quiet- until around Escalante, when the driver pulled out some beers and wanted to start drinking. I decided to get out of the car. At that point it was close to sunset.


7th ride

Escalante → Campsite

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A few cars passed me until a father/daughter duo stopped. Nice people, they weren’t going far, but they new of a sweet dispersed camping spot near the highway up ahead. They dropped me off there as the sun was setting.


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