Aren most hitchhikers just users and freeloaders?
No one can change your mind if that is what you have decided, but you do have the opportunity to educate yourself starting here. You may be surprised to learn that a fair amount of actors, artists, musicians and even world leaders have hitchhiked or traveled simply, and not only in the 70s. Among them, Kirk Douglas, Gene Hackman, Tom Cruise… James Michener, James Clayton, Dan Rather, Woody Guthrie, Paul Simon, Michelle Shocked… Lyndon Johnson, Jacques Chirac, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, John Kerry…. Many people who have done great things chose a time on the road, whether out of a sense of adventure or simply to get where they needed to go. Prophets, poets, athletes, activists, writers, factory workers, and people in hard times. Millions of people over the years have shared the ride, learning a little bit more about themselves and the world in the process. And there has never been a time that hitchhiking was seen as risk-free. But then, what truly is without risk? Learn more abo
