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>Driving up to Rheinlander, WI to family cabin from Green Bay Area
> stop at a truck stop in Antigo
> see a group of 3 by the entrance with a sign that reads "Hodag Music Festival?"
> I stop and ask if they need a lift
> "hell yeah!"
> for the next hour and a half we shoot the shit
> find out they are going to school at UW Eau Claire
> hitch hiking to the festival because no car
> Truck driver got them as far as Antigo
> The festival doesn't start for 2 more days
> offer them the spare room at our cabin for the next few days
> the college students offer to do trade work as payment for the night
> spend about 5 hours of the day chopping and stacking wood, putting the dock in the water, cleaning the floors
> go fishing and treat them to a fish fry
> next day I take the college students to the festival, spent the weekend having fun
> sunday afternoon I take them to Antigo and they hitch a ride with a friend back to School.
> we still keep in touch via facebook.
> nice kids
I will pick up hitch hikers more often