BB, living up to the “mostly wonderful things,” again. This was one of too few news stories to make me smile this week. Reminded me of my post-Highschool, precollege sabattical (1995-2000) when I spent a fair amount of time hitching through the US and Mexico, sometimes solo, sometimes with others. I had a couple sketchy rides, but overwhelmingly good. As a young woman, it taught me the inherent generosity and goodness of most humans, even those with differing political views, and gave me the confidence to extricate myself from potentially bad situations with finesse. I find those memories give me a lot of resilience in troubling times like we have now. I hope the younger generations have some opportunity, even if not hitching, to experience their countries and the world in such a humble, direct way.
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