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Backpacking in the old days

Backpacking around in the late 1960's and early 70's. I had this on my old site and thought it might be good to include it here. Several people have asked what it was like to backpack around back then. There are 6 posts in this series.
They are in sequence beginning with
Backpacking way back then.

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Drug addicts plus an English whore and a big black dog

It had been an interesting four months. A contract to IBM, Netherlands,...
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That stint in Frankfurt

Arriving in Montpellier, after the floods of Barcelona and fires of France...
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Things are different today

How often do I hear that? You've gone off on a gap...
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Transconning the USA in 1968

It was late June 1968, this guy was passing out loaves of...
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Unknown roads

Having raised two children of my own, I know that four years...
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Backpacking way back then

They wanted to take stuff from one place to another so it...




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