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Hitchhikernick - I have hitched around the US many times, only 3 short of doing every state 3 times 😁. WOW what can I say, definitely the most generous nation. I have been given money and bought food so many times without asking, several times being 100$ bills😁. I'm actually there now on a skiing trip (Feb 2024) and same thing has happened on this trip. Waiting times have been from instant pickups where I haven't had time to put my bag down to waiting 2 days consecutively (highway 6 Nevada in Feb 2014). Never spend my own money and always leave with some money left over 😁. Average waiting time about 3.5hrs, though a lot less around ski areas. Definitely the only nation where I get checked by the cops, though many times they have proven to be helpful. Some times I have had to walk up the onramp but never got into trouble for doing so, if cops arrived they would generally give me a ride to a better spot, never been given a ticket. Definitely some of the greatest experiences too...drinking and partying with the natives in Monument valley, hitching and winging a ticket into Burning Man, crusing on a boat around Kachemak Bay and hiking to the magic bus in Alaska, camping and hiking around the Grand Canyon, Sedona and Yosemite, skiing all big ski resorts, experiencing city life and experiencing life with the homeless to name a few...!!! You could spend a lifetime experiencing, travelling and tasting the USA 😉. *UPDATE* I should also point out some of the downsides of hitching america, to paint a more accurate picture. On quite a few occasions, drivers would deliberately give me smoke clouds when they went past. There has been some real grumpy/bible obsessed/guilt tripping drivers. Not every police officer was so pleasant, telling me i couldn't hitchhike or that it was illegal (Idaho in particular). Waiting times could be brutal on some occasions. Temperatures can be extreme on both ends, you must be prepared, especially when you are familiar with long waiting times. And last but not least, the repetitive questions...thats what i love about countries I cant speak the language.  On the whole though, I gave have found the USA hitchhiking good and happily do it again...many times😁