Round-Trip
During Christmas break in 1972, a college friend and I decided
to hitchhike from Kansas City, MO to Corpus Christi,Texas. We
really didn't have much of a plan beyond that. The first day we
made it to Wichita, Kan, but couldn't seem to catch a ride past
that point. After refusing several rides back to Kansas City,
we realized it was getting dark and very cold. We finally
accepted a ride from a college student from the University of
Kansas who was going back to Lawrence, Kansas, which is only
about an hour from KC. It was late when we got back to
Lawrence, so our anonymous friend let us stay with him that
night in his apartment. The next morning, he took us back to
the interstate and we promptly got a ride back to Kansas City.
Can you imagine letting two complete strangers into your home
for the night in this day and age? Needless to say, we were
very grateful.
Mark
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