Lucky Tiger truck stop in El Paso - hostile trucker territory for longhaired hitchhikers
Watching Steve Ferry’s death on morning TV news - prophecy fulfilled in blood
The garage explosion and slow-motion police shooting captured by helicopter
Film canisters labeled “Murder. Insanity. Death.” spilling in Steve’s blood
Understanding how Vietnam War destroyed those who never went to combat
The impossible task of playing “El Paso” in actual El Paso after witnessing tragedy
Recognition that paranoia becomes reality when you believe hard enough
“Surfing The Interstates”—the first book of a memoir trilogy—chronicles a transformative 4,000-mile hitchhiking journey across America in 1973. This coming-of-age memoir follows a 21-year-old’s two-month odyssey from East Coast privilege to West Coast revelation, capturing the last summer when you could truly vanish in America.
Click here for table of contents with links to all 16 chapters.
