back then, it just seemed like the most natural thing in the world. I wasn't crazy about doing it alone, but only because I vastly prefer company to being alone. or, at any rate, I did then.
but I didn't know anybody back then who avoided hitching because it was especially dangerous. it just wasn't a THING.
but nowadays, if I had kids (I don't) and found out they were hitchhiking, I'd have to be packed in ice or something.
But I can tell you there were people I knew who had VERY BAD experiences hitch-hiking. Not the kind of stories to re-tell. So it wasn't all ponies and rainbows back then either. But less bad then than similar would be now.
Lordy, I remember the hitchhikers. Couldn’t imagine people putting themselves at such risk. Glad you lived to tell the tale, and so many more.
back then, it just seemed like the most natural thing in the world. I wasn't crazy about doing it alone, but only because I vastly prefer company to being alone. or, at any rate, I did then.
but I didn't know anybody back then who avoided hitching because it was especially dangerous. it just wasn't a THING.
but nowadays, if I had kids (I don't) and found out they were hitchhiking, I'd have to be packed in ice or something.
Yes. We were lucky we grew up when we did.
But I can tell you there were people I knew who had VERY BAD experiences hitch-hiking. Not the kind of stories to re-tell. So it wasn't all ponies and rainbows back then either. But less bad then than similar would be now.