A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Generations

Canadian writer Peter Shawn Taylor reflects on the golden era of hitchhiking and the communal spirit it encapsulated among Boomers coming of age. At hitchhiking’s peak popularity in the ‘60s and ‘70s, he writes, “Young men and women could amble down to the side of the road, stick out a thumb, and head off on a journey toward peace, love, and universal u…