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On hitchwiki I primarily contribute information about states, cities, and legislature as it relates to hitchhiking in the [[United States]].
== Favorite places ==
[[Colorado]], [[West Virginia]], [[California]]
=== Least favorite places ===
[[Arizona]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Illinois]]
Lifetime hitchhiking distance: 43accumulated hitched miles 2011-2014 110,900 200 miles
Longest ride: Palmer, Alaska to Bakersfield, California (3,250 miles)[email protected]
== Website ==[http://www.youtube.com/user/thewindanrain -- My Youtube Videos]channel
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== About Me == I am Kyle; first hitchhiked in 2010, then hitchhiked for most of my free time from 2011-2014, then did less hitchhiking after that. These days I'm 22 years old prefer to travel by freight trains, bicycles, and motorized bicycle, and have lived in I recommend you do the [[United States]] my whole lifesame. I started My biggest contributions to hitchwiki included creating pages for some US states, researching and compiling the laws pertaining to hitchhiking for all 50 states and some federally regulated areas, and sharing some experiences and opinions from hitchhiking regularly in 2011on each state page. About half of my time == Warning == Hitchhiking is spent working in Kansas City a great way to travel for free if you are prepared and half aware of my time spent travelingthe risks. Only you can decide what risks are acceptable. Hitchhikers are notoriously vulnerable to violent crime. Hitchhiking is enjoyable because it is always an adventureRefuse to be a victim. On the road I explore trails, landscapes, swimming holes Take a picture of your rides' license plates and your rides' faces and anything else nature has send them to offersomeone. Trust your instincts. Carry pepper spray and any other defense tools you are comfortable with that are legal. All of my hitchhiking experience has been in Wear a seat belt. In the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] (besides US, there is one accident fatality for every million miles a very brief attempt in [[Costa Rica]])vehicle is driven. That ratio is probably higher for you since people who pick up hitchhikers may take more risks.
== Hitchhiking Trivia ==
Map of all roads every road I have ever hitchhiked: from 2010 to September 2014 [http://i.imgur.com/y1QVfrXvmuN1.jpg Maphere](Blue is hitchhiked, Red is train hopped)
*2011: 12,000 miles
*2012: 31,900 miles
*2013: 123,770 400 miles*2014: 42,900 miles*2015-2017: probably 50,000 miles. I stopped keeping track after 2014. Longest ride: 3,250 miles--Glacier View Alaska to Bakersfield, California Second longest ride: 2,900 miles--Flagstaff, Arizona to New York City including various scenic detours. Countries hitched in: [[America]], [[Canada]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Mexico]] States of [[America]] hitched in: 50 Provinces/Territories of [[Canada]] hitched in: 8 States of [[Mexico]] hitched in: 19 Most rides caught in a row with no one passing me: 4 Times picked up by people who claimed to be serial killers: 3 Favorite hitchhiked ride: Pilot picked me up and let me steer his plane in [[Ohio]] Favorite places: [[New Mexico]], [[Missouri]], [[West Virginia]] Easiest places to hitchhike in my opinion: [[Hawaii]], [[West Virginia]], [[Massachusetts]] Most difficult places to hitchhike: [[Kansas]], [[Ohio]], [[Florida]]
Fun fact: One out of every 450 Americans has driven by me while I hitchhiked. Calculated by estimation of (total miles hitchhiked in United States) divided by (average distance of a ride) = (total # of rides), then (total # of rides) multiplied by (average vehicles passing per hour) multiplied by (average wait time in hours before getting a ride) = total number of people who drove by me, then (population of United States) divided by (total # of people who drove by me).