ASIN: B00EEQCS60
Publisher: Cindy Kleh
Pages: 287
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to hitchhike across the U.S. with only a backpack, a notebook and a friend? Julia said yes to the adventure before she really thought it out, and her extensive notes about the people she met and the places she saw became Road Dogs: A Conversation with 2012 America. With their destination the Rainbow Gathering in Tennessee, Julia and Jarvis stick out their thumbs on the River Road of their hometown (Moab, Utah) and solicit rides that take them from the desert to the top of Rocky Mountains in a few days. Their journey takes some dark turns while trying to thumb out of Aurora, Colorado (two weeks before the June 2012 theater shootings), and while hitting a wall of frustration and fear in Memphis. Even the Rainbow Gathering is a disappointment, as Julia contracts food poisoning and spends much of that week getting sick in the woods. But ...
