Ken Ilgunas

I’ve recently been trading emails with a young man who is thinking about hitchhiking up to Alaska. Inspired by those emails, I’ve decided...

Days 25-28. June 8-11, 2007. Aurora, Colorado to Niagara Falls, New York. (1,757 miles) “Keep your hands where I can see them!” the cop...

[My apologies to those who were loyally following this little series. It started off as a “weekly” series, later became a “bi-monthy...

Day 22: June 5, 2007. La Grande, Oregon to Park City, Utah (538 miles) Leon looked like Larry David with a full-body tan. He was driving...

Day 9: May 23, Rock Island, Washington to La Grande Oregon (296 miles) I hitchhiked not just to travel; I did it to feel something. On...

Day 8: May 22, Hope, British Columbia to Rock Island, Washington (303 miles) Natalia—at the time of the hitchhike—had been my girlfriend...

[After a 4-month long hiatus—due entirely to laziness—I begin again this “weekly” (now bi-monthly) series of my 2007 hitchhike across...

Day 6: May 20, 2007. Northern British Columbia to Prince George, BC (776 miles) Four summers ago, I drove up to Alaska with my friend...

Day 5: May 19, 2007. Teslin, Yukon Territories to northern border of British Columbia (158 miles). The two most useful items you can...

... in the mission to traffic "Joey" out of town Day 4: May 18, Tok, Alaska to Teslin, Yukon Territories (498 miles) My goals were...

Day 3: May 17, 2007. Delta Junction, AK to Tok, AK (111 miles) I said goodbye to Dirk and his family, snapped a picture of them, and held...

Day 2: May 16, 2007. Coldfoot, AK to Delta Junction, AK (349 miles) I didn't like truckers. They were fat, obscene with waitresses, and...

[In the summer of 2007 at the age of 23, I hitchhiked 5,500 miles from Alaska to New York. To preserve and share these memories, I’ve...