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Chris decided to leave his car after it was damaged by a flash flood. He packed his stuff up into a bag and sets off.
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(Early August) Chris's parents hadn't heard from him in a while, so they decided to visit him. They found that he had left and his apartment had been vacant since June. When they went home they found letters that they had sent to Chris that summer.
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Chris got a ticket for hitchhiking in Willow Creek, California.
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On September 10th Wayne Westerberg picks up Chris. Westerburg gave Chris a job in the grain elevators and gave him a place to stay. Westerburg describes Chris as lean and short with a gift of good looks.
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Since there is no work at the grain elevator Chris decides to leave and continue his nomadic lifestyle.
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Chris gets a ride to Needles, California. He continues to walk 12 miles until he reaches Topock, Arizona. In Arizona, he purchased a secondhand aluminum canoe.
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In late November Chris paddled through Yuma. He then stopped to replenish his gear and send a post card to Westberg
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From December 14-24, Chris set up camp on a beach on the edge of a baron plateau.
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Chris decides to get back on the canoe, although he confronts a violent storm that caused him to nearly drowned. He then decided to leave the canoe and head back north.
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Chris left his canoe on a hummock of dune grass near El Golfo de Santa Clara. He then starts walking north up a deserted beach
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Chris reached the United States border, he gets caught by border control trying to sneak into the country without any ID. Chris proceeded to spend the night in jail.
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January -February, Chris passes through Houston and continues towards the Pacific coast.
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Chris goes to Los Angeles where he gets his ID as well as a job. He feels uncomfortable in society and decides to return to being a nomad.
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Chris camps with a young German couple at the bottom of the Grand Canyon who had given Chris a ride. Chris shares in his journal that he has lost 25 pounds.
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Chris digs up a couple of his old belonging that he had buried in the sand back in Datsun.
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Chris barries his backpack and continue to hitchhike to Las Vegas.
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After a couple of months in Las Vegas, Chris decides to leave in May
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Chris is living on the Oregon Coast during July and August. Chris decides to send a postcard to Jan Burres complaining about the constant fog and rain.
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Chris goes down the U.S Highway 101 into California. He then goes back east into the desert.
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In October, Chris goes to Bullhead City, Arizona. In Bullhead Chris works for 2 months at McDonald's and decides to live in an abandoned RV.
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Chris sends a postcard to Burres in Niland, California. Inside the postcard, Chris includes a map so Burres and her boyfriend can visit him in Bullhead City.
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Chris suddenly showed up at Burres's campsite at The Slabs campground in Niland
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Chris meets Ronald Franz while hitchhiking near California's Salton Sea.
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Franz drops Chris off at the San Deigo waterfront. Chris continues to send Burres another postcard telling her he has been living in San Deigo for a week.
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Chris sends more postcards to Burres and Franz from Seattle.
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Chris calls Franz from Coachella, California asking for a ride
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After Chris spends one night with Franz, Franz drives Chris to Grand Junction, Colorado.
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In March, Chris decides to work at Wayne Westerberg's grain elevator once again in Carthage, South Dakota.
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Chris leaves Carthage, he headed back towards Alaska.
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Chris decides to stop at Liard Hot Springs in British Columbia, Canada. Chris gets stuck for two days before he hitches a ride.
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Christ hitchhikes north. Chris then takes a photo of the official start of Alaska Highway
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Chris gets picked up by Jim Gallien while he was walking down Alaska HIghway
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Chris finds an old bus near Sushana River and decides to camp there for a little bit.
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Chris posts an SOS note on the bus door, meanwhile he searches for berries.