This is the true story of the year I turned 21, broke free, and hit the open road. It was 1970. I hitchhiked to Mardi Gras with a knapsack, worked on an oil rig in the Gulf, and drove 14,000 miles on canned sardines playing sidekick for my friend Steve. We were on a promotional tour for the singer Glenn Yarbrough in a rented VW hatchback.
I spent two months living alone, in a truck bed camper in Crawfordsville, Indiana. No, my parents weren't punishing me, but it wasn't their greatest idea. I took off and hitched a ride to LA thinking I'd get a job on a merchant ship as an ordinary semen (seaman, I don't know why it always does that.) I ended up in Banning, CA and helped my great-aunt lay her husband to rest. These are just a few of the many wild and crazy adventures I had that year.
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