My Trip to Mardi Gras

For most of you, the term "Hitchhiker" has some negative connotations. Hitchhikers are normally outcasts of society that are smelly, often dangerous people that need a ride because they don't work and have to depend on your generosity to get where they want to go. However back in the late sixties and early seventies, it was a standard mode of transportation for young people, usually "hippies." "My Trip to Mardi Gras" is the story of an average, unremarkable guy that grew up in an average, Mid-We