Questioning detail; day and night.

Questioning detail; day and night.

Belief throughout all;

Caught in the night.

Countless days awaiting, 

Until the arrival. 

To see, to see another life.

I wait, and wait; 

For the day to come.

Questioning it all,

Day and night.

One step after the other;

Mark the first and the rest will follow.

Each sun will rise and set;

Guiding the nights.

opy write

Betton Hubbard

2008

Questioning detail; day and night.

So far....

Photo documenting the hitching life

 Buck...... The truck dog



So many events have shaped the last few weeks, creating the first story, of many; along the path of life that i choose.  I sit around, thinking of the road, waiting for hours; looking at the faces that pass. Some showing admiration, a simple smile; others showing fear, disapproval, a way of life that they do not understand and choose not to see. Here are few pics that show a slice of what my life is from day to day. 

Some of the faces that i encounter......

Friendships that i will hold with me for the rest of my life.........

The road to Titusville, where the next journey begins.......... "The unknown" 

    

      Chilling with Mary in Bozman MT.

Many more times... here are a few......

I don't know where exactly to start. The last few weeks on the road have brought the experiences that have been life changing in so many ways. The feeling to be on the road again is simply amazing. It is unforgetable; events throughout the days seem to work like clock work. A thought is where it starts; an idea of what i want to come. A ride to come, food to be enjoyed, conversation to be thanked; and times that will never be forgotten. What it is, is simplicity at its best. 

Your intent creating the life you desire. 

Canadian Wild life

Intro to thumbing

Again...... Smile

Wonderful Hitching

Trucking

Takashi ( Biking across the Alaska-Canada-USA- South America)

(A journey lasting 3 years)

I was hoping to make my way through Alaska and canada to Missoula Montana fairly quickly; but as a new-bee to thumbing, i had no idea how long it was going to take. You never know how long you can get stuck in one place waiting for a ride until you actually do it.  You stand looking at each car pass, one by one; thinking so many thoughts over and over. Hoping to get a ride from the car heading toward you. 

Some slow down, take a quick look at you and speed off, others just move over to the other lane, and few stop to pick you up.  Its an experience which takes PATIENCE, knowing there will be that one person that you are destined to meet. 

It took twenty rides to hitch from Fairbanks AK to Missoula MT, 2600 miles, and twelve days. An amazing intro to another month on the road.    

Lets go back to Farbanks

Smile........ Its another day....

The eyes of wisdom

Nights at the Marlin....

Wonderful Fairbanks

First few days......

So, the adventure began.  Got my first ride out of town from a friend that was at the hostel, and from their on out not that bad. The longest that i stood around for was about 30 min., so cant complain with that. I made it about 180 miles the first day and today was only able to get about 90 miles closer to florida. Only 5700 miles remaining thats all; with 50 days to make it their.

Dont have that much time to use the computer so, that is all i write. 

Another day, more interesting rides to come.....

Leaving on the road adventure

Stayed one last night at Billies hostil which i stayed at for the first two weeks in alaksa.

Its now time, packed my bag; getting rid of as much excess weight that i can. The back pack weighs to much but the things i need along the way. After a few days, should will get used to it.

Alright, lets see how the first few rides go on my way to montana.

Amazing alaska

The beauty that is alaska, takes your breath away as do so many places. Here are a few pics show just that......

Laws on hitchhiking

1...The (State highway commission) by resolution or order entered in its minutes, and local authorities by ordinance, may regulate or prohibit the use of any controlled-access roadway (or highway) within their respective jurisdictions by any class or kind of traffic which is found to be incompatible with the normal and safe movement of traffic.

The above relates to Interstate Highways and Turnpikes, and is put in place to make sure that vehicles can maintain a steady speed without having to watch out for pedestrians or bicycles.

2....No person shall stand in a roadway for the purpose of soliciting a ride.

Many people see this law in a state's statutes and assume it means hitchhiking is illegal (especially if the state has modified the wording to say 'no person shall hitchhike in a roadway'). This is not the case. A roadway is the driving lanes of a highway and in most cases does not include the shoulder of the road.

Hitch-Hyker Games

So things come to me

they just seem to flow

no one knows the things that just have to go

unexplainable

untouchable

games the things familiar to me

but thats just the way it has to be

no one sees the truth 

now i know its cruel 

and fights come to me duel after duel 

they see what i want to show

afraid of them to know

unable, to tell you what i mean to say 

unstable, cuz games is all i play

racking your brain

trying to make sense of what i say

knowing your the one going insane

and know its yo. GAME i play.

0py right.....

September, 2008

C. M. Suarez

Bretton W. Hubbard

The marlin.... Drunken full night....

     

The trailer

Couch surfing from time to time is great, but along the journey places to sleep can be a bit hard to find. A small trailer behind the Marlin the wonderful local bar filled with the kind of people that you want to be around. It reminds me of liquid blues in Woodstock IL. the bar that treated me very well back at home. They both have great jam music, blues, jazz, and the occational random screaming punk band rolling through.  The trailer was a bit cluttered with stuff but a couch gave a place to rest my head for the evening. When i laid down and though about my journey ahead thoughts of great adventures filled the nights dreams.  When the morning came a sense of ease filled my essence giving me a satisfaction of where my life is, at this moment. In the travels ahead i will see what so many others have seen and done; one of the last true experiences of of living free with no boundaries.  There is a limit though. To many people take to much from people and rely on them.  I see it as a give and take life. What you give is what you will get in return....... Karma..... Just another day...... 2 weeks then my road life will begin........

The beginning

Here i am..... Sitting and contemplating the very near future. Being on the road with just my backpack and my my finger to get from fairbanks alaska to titusville florida. I would say roughly about 5000 miles of road to travel. An amazing new experience that was a must on my list of things to do throughout my life. I will be making it to a wonderful sailboat named ptit louis heading to the Bahamas and their after to farther south.