Tales from the Trails

I remember when I was a small boy riding in my dads truck and seeing a hitchhiker and just wondering who that guy was and how he survived out their with only a back pack and his wits .

When I was 16 or so I met a group of Dead Heads( For those of you that don't know what A dead head is they are people that flowed the Grateful Dead)that took me under their wing. At the time I didn't know that this was a a caravan living on the road I just liked their drugs . Man let me tell you their drugs were the best. This is how I began to live my life in the Hippie dream.

Once I went to my first Dead show than my eyes were open to entirely new ideas; I now knew about this secret society . My life was for changed from the day forward. I later went out on tour. Well I learned on tour that all those Peace loving hippies will often take every thing you Owen and leave you for dead; and not the Grateful Dead, Just plain dead.

I want to talk so much about all my stories on the road with you however I have set out to write a peace on survival on the road so if you ever feel like you may want to do something crazy like hitchhike around the country one day you will know how to avoid the same mistakes I have made.

The first thing I recommend is that you don't travel alone especial if you are female. The best way is Boy, girl and dog. Than If you are picked up the chances are you are getting a ride from a person that wants to help you get some where and not a pervert. Next to boy, girl and dog is 2 boys; no one person is going to want to risk trying to bring harm to you when they know they could get a Knife stuck in them by your buddy. So I say having a companion on the road is always a good thing.

Always remember that you are taking a risk by taking rides from strangers so try to get a feel for who you are taking help from first this is tricky for you only have a short time to decide if you are willing to take your chances. In general if they seem a bit to friendly or to eager to help chances are they have motive's so don't go .