Back in the late 70s, I spent 3 to 4 months every year hitchhiking cross country. In 78, I left Greensboro NC with $3 going to Oregon. I went to Grand Rapids, did some yard work and went into Canada with $46 headed west. I lived big in Canada and got back in USA in Washington 5 days later with $1 left. I went to the Rainbow Gathering in Oregon, stayed a couple of weeks and still had my $1 when I got to Eugene. I saw a Dairy Queen and spent my dollar. I picked Cherries the next day and made $6.21. Hitched to San Francisco the next day, sold plasma for $10 and then headed to Mission Bay at San Diego. Spent a month there. The day before I left, I sold plasma for $10, bought two joints for $2, went to zoo for $5. I left the next morning at 7am with $3 and was eating breakfast at a friends house in Winston Salem NC 72 hours later. Good Old Days!