tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post7236909382032537609..comments2023-06-18T11:57:36.098-04:00Comments on My Travels With Black Betty: My first hitchhikersScott @ I Thought They Said Rumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05499382011311931296noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-80760238931712054952007-08-05T23:05:00.000-04:002007-08-05T23:05:00.000-04:00Dude--the fact that the hitcher's ma sent you a me...Dude--the fact that the hitcher's ma sent you a message is awesome! You're famous already! I've told everyone I know about your voyage--wish you could see how many people read it!Sleeping Baggershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865178058910335897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-46082429837766111582007-07-11T18:52:00.000-04:002007-07-11T18:52:00.000-04:00Hey Scott, Garret and I have been keeping up with ...Hey Scott, Garret and I have been keeping up with you on your blog.. I'm jealous I have to go to work everyday while you get to pick up Hippies... I hope the drive east is as eventful as the drive west! Happy travels and many more pleasant hitchikers to inspire you!<BR/>Melissa from TexasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-47166621777537078062007-07-11T15:31:00.000-04:002007-07-11T15:31:00.000-04:00Modern age?That's only a sign of the modern age if...Modern age?<BR/><BR/>That's only a sign of the modern age if you started counting backwards in 1987.<BR/><BR/>That would make it 1967.<BR/><BR/>So... Yea! Sure, the good 'ol modern age.<BR/><BR/>In case you live with out T.V. or the internet (obviously not if you are posting on a blog)... these are horrid times.<BR/><BR/>Go tell my brother who has been to Iraq 3 times and is ready to deploy again in October that these are "Modern Times".<BR/><BR/>Fighting a war in a foreign country for fossil fuel... and for what? So the rich get richer and the working man get's poorer??<BR/><BR/>Yea... "Modern Times".<BR/><BR/>How about the death toll in Philadelphia?<BR/><BR/>Global warming? Now THERE is a sign of "Modern Times".<BR/><BR/>Wake up.<BR/><BR/>I don't mean to be rude Kirsten... from what I can tell... you are Scott's sister... I admire and respect Scott... but the world isn't all dasies and butterflies.<BR/><BR/>Be careful out there... it's a mad, mad world we live in.<BR/><BR/>If we were still in the Garden of Eden... by all means, run free with out a care... but, alas, we are not.<BR/><BR/>You may say these are the rantings of a paranoid, pessimistic cynic but that doesn't make it any less true.<BR/><BR/>You might think I'm an asshole... that also might be true.<BR/><BR/>But people get carjacked, robbed and killed by COMPLETE STRANGERS all the time... sometimes even while being kind enough to offer them a ride somewhere in these modern times.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Be good...<BR/><BR/>www.killykill.comThe Summer Camp Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072857359191503544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-85308233968076997782007-07-11T15:29:00.000-04:002007-07-11T15:29:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Summer Camp Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072857359191503544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-27888273768878790832007-07-11T09:17:00.000-04:002007-07-11T09:17:00.000-04:00I think it's great your hitchhiker's mom left a po...I think it's great your hitchhiker's mom left a post. I look at it as another sign of the modern age.Kirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745235741652091976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-8186313727315052362007-07-11T04:44:00.000-04:002007-07-11T04:44:00.000-04:00I'd never pick-up a hitchhiker, or two, too afraid...I'd never pick-up a hitchhiker, or two, too afraid. Great post! <BR/><BR/>P.S. Why are you looking for a Walmart parking lot? Planning on sleeping in your car?<BR/><BR/><BR/>And you've been linked:<BR/>http://lukisweb.wordpress.com/<BR/><BR/>;)LukisWebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13796315655978747349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-38981566376048146232007-07-10T23:05:00.000-04:002007-07-10T23:05:00.000-04:00Kirsten's right - definitely worth the ride up the...Kirsten's right - definitely worth the ride up the coast. You would probably enjoy a night at Sylvia Beach Hotel in Newport. Ecola State Park, as I recall, is up towards Cannon Beach, the town where people in Portland go "downashore."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-21505029218987573372007-07-10T22:23:00.000-04:002007-07-10T22:23:00.000-04:00Dad said you didn't think you'd have time for the ...Dad said you didn't think you'd have time for the Oregon coast. It's a beautiful drive, especially in the central and northern sections, so I'd recommend fitting it in somehow. State parks seem to dot the coast, but the one I remember being especially nice was Ecola State Park. <BR/><BR/>KirstenKirstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10745235741652091976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-75690220194395034312007-07-10T18:44:00.000-04:002007-07-10T18:44:00.000-04:00I'm glad you didn't get shanked and robbed Scott.B...I'm glad you didn't get shanked and robbed Scott.<BR/><BR/>Be careful out there.<BR/><BR/>Have you picked up a can of mace yet?<BR/><BR/><BR/>www.killykill.comThe Summer Camp Chefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03072857359191503544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4991822441564311416.post-73558847170048444482007-07-10T17:55:00.000-04:002007-07-10T17:55:00.000-04:00This is rachel's mother in Dallas TX. Thanks so mu...This is rachel's mother in Dallas TX. Thanks so much for giving Rachel and Kyle that ride. I spoke with her yesterday soon after she arrived in Eureka. Good luck on your journey!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com