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Although cold in the winter, one can find a place to sleep in the mountains, all but a thirty minute walk outside of town. Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings there is a Food Not Bombs ([http://alwayslearningslc.wordpress.com]) pick up in Richmond Park at 11am 11:00 for free food. It is also possible to ride in the black on Salt Lake City's commuter rail but be careful, the fine is $150, otherwise the ticket price depends on distance (up to about $9.50) for [[Ogden]], [[Utah]].

There are a few big truck stops at Lakepoint junction about 10 miles west fo Salt Lake. You can reach it by public bus from the city. Its ether 451 or 453 (towards Tooele), or another 454 (to Grantsville). You can take them on North Temple street, just north of the temple square in Salt lake downtown. Its a normal ~$2$ bus fare. Note that there are only a few buses a day, one yearly in the morning and several in the afternoon, so you have to organize yourself.When at the truck stops you can try to ask around or make a sign going "west". The spot is not perfect as most of trafic traffic going towards the city, but you might get lucky and someone going the other way will notice you (it took me 4 hours waiting to get a ride to Nevada)

"I had a different experience than the author of this page, possibly due to being a young woman. First, SLC seemed like a waste of time to hitch from: Love's was under heavy police patrol, I saw a "lot lizard" as early as 3 PM15:00, and no truckers wanted to pick up a hitcher from an urban area. Got on the bus towards Tooele and was offered a ride straight to Sacramento within 10 minutes of raising a West sign at the Lakepoint Flying J. Also, Lakepoint is a pretty place with a cheap market with lotsa samples."