14- HITCHHIKING...THUMBING A Ride During HIGH SCHOOL And COLLEGE DAYS!.....

A) Today....i would NEVER hitchhike!...too many strange ones "out there!"
B) First studied at Bridgewater College waaaaay out in the Shenandoah Valley countryside.  Would, 
         at times, hitchhike from school back home 20 miles down the road.  Never, though, had a 
         problem 'cause i always had a sign:  "COLLEGE STUDENT!"
C) Once, nary a ride came along a country road...and did some "shank's mare" walking.  Looked
        over into a pasture and noticed a little colt just born, and its mom.  Little guy was trying
        and struggling to keep on its wobbly legs, with nudges by the mare!  But the colt DID NOT
        quit and eventually took off all around the pasture, with mother watching closely!  LIFE 
        beginning in a country field...keeping on keeping to succeed in something elementary as...
        "galloping."


D) Seemed to meet and develop girlfriend relationships in Roanoke, Va. while in high school.  
        Would either hitchhike or take a Trailways to the "Star City", not having my own auto
         back then during summers.  Never slowed me down, though.
E)