A Hitchhiker's Guide to the USA - Mapleton, OR

Thumbing it, catching a ride, reducing your carbon footprint - Hitchhiking is all about meeting people and discovering the world. These are posts for www.andjuggling.com

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[andjuggling]

Kaitlan: We use Couchsurfing a lot to find places to sleep (and other sites... you can find them on our website at andjuggling punkt com). When we can't find a host, we often camp. Some of our other videos talk about that. We do a lot of price comparing when we shop to get the most nutrition for our buck, and we dumpster dive. We clean ourselves when we find a host, or in restrooms. We haven't had to use a truckstop shower yet. but those are available. See our website. Our email is there, too.

[anthonya13]

ha! yes, you guys know whats up! I have hitched all over the western us (rocky mountain chain and west of there) and my friends and I saw the "just a little" hand signal so much that now we always hitch with a sign that says "just a LITTLE north" with a picture of that hang signal on it. In fact, I never hold out my thumb unless I am making the "little" signal with my other hand. Gotta love how EVERYONE sees this one

[andjuggling]

We recently made a sign saying ANYWHERE BUT HERE. Three hours we waited there!

[MrGame20]

That shrug may mean, they'd like to stop but don't really know what to expect or do. I know that was pretty much exactly what I did one time driving by a hitchhiker seriously considering stopping. The thing going through my mind was uncertainty about what to expect from it, and things like that...I regret not stopping tho.

That's my interpretation being a 'normal' driver who has no experience with this.

[andjuggling]

Thanks! It's helpful to know how people think as they drive. I'm sure, given our experience, that we are no longer the norm when it comes to our perceptions of hitchhikers.

[zakwani88]

i was hitchhiking through wyomming once on my way to oregon and saw/ was passed by more cars with oregon plates and plenty of room than i saw with any other states including wyoming the state i was in after about 5 hours of that i didn't have the same kind of oh well maybe next time attitude that i had started with as you guys had as well in this i was pissed however the great thing about hitchhiking is that it takes a million cares going by to make you angry but only one to make you day....

[BorrowedFantasy]

@andjuggling A Big hello from europe! Nice work you guys, i work with the same combination of couch surfing, cheap nutrition, dumpster diving, hitch hiking and living on the road. It's a great freedom, so keep it up! im sure some people are being inspired to take to the road and find something new... :D

ps. dont forget the *thumb points back over shoulder"* sign of 'no room!' often followed by the enigmatic shrug! :P

[kaitlinan]

You probably get this a lot but, where do you guys sleep, eat, clean yourselves? and how do you find the time to hitchhike? I'm 16 but I am planning to hitchhike when I'm older :) any information/links is helpful, thank you!