What was your first big trip?

 

 

I was a hitchhiker when I was in high school. David Whithans and Daniel Welp were two of my classmates at Concordia, Ft. Wayne, Indiana. David Whithans lived in Chicago, and Daniel Welp lived in St. Louis, Missouri. I hitchhiked about 140 miles to David Whithans home in Chicago, and I hitchhiked about 340 miles to Daniel Welp’s home in St Louis, Missouri. David Whithans lived on South Halsted Street in Chicago, and gangs were present in the area. Any action in David’s area had to take the gangs into consideration. Daniel Welp’s father was in charge of a children’s home. I participated in washing and drying of clothing during my visit.

 

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Kevin William Kelly, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons