[pct-l] Hitch-hiking

[scott garner]

 Gotta love Oregon! Hitching is legal here. I can see how Ashland could be tough getting a hike out. Its pretty much a tourist town in the summer due to the "Bill Shakes" festival. But, a cool town all the less. And its legal to have sex in the park as long as you have a blanket covering you up. Flip 
> From: sean at lifesadventures.net
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 10:40:35 -0800
> Subject: [pct-l] Hitch-hiking
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> Lets see... got told by some young deputies to get off of the road at Echo Summit (by Lake Tahoe) or they'd arrest me (after running my ID to see if I was wanted) and I had to move to the parking lot of Echo Lake Resort to look for a ride where eventually a nice Canadian family drove me into town. Ashland, very easy to get into from Callahans (2minutes), but no one showed any love for us hikers (including the wannabe hippie in the VW bus and tie dye shirt) when we were trying to leave until I bribed a guy with $20 to take 4 of us as he was pulling out of the U-Haul place. That was the least ride friendly place on the trail from my perspective. Steven's Pass took awhile due to few cars and those that passed by were going really fast, but eventually an out of work carpenter picked me up.
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> That said, most rides were easy to come by and all the people who eventually gave me one were nice friendly people (no scary rides for me). As an example, for me, getting a ride off Etna summit was easy, but I was alone and wore my shirt (and after 10minutes some section hikers showed up to start their trip north). The best ride I had was a fireman heading home after a few days at the station. After driving by us, he turned around and came back to get me and another hiker at Tehachapi Willow Road. He drove us over to the PO in Tehachapi and then to the Best Western across town. He really went out of his way for us.
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> -Miner
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