My luminous padlet by Alex Mathew https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b Made with serendipity en-us 2021-02-04 18:04:37 UTC 2023-03-28 16:13:42 UTC hello@padlet.com Brooklyn, NY, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165231824 "I was born in Brooklyn. All this I know. I know that I'm at this moment perfectly sane" 
 
This is where Ronald Adam lived before he went to the trip to California. His mother said goodbye to him here.


]]> 2021-02-04 18:05:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165231824 Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, New York, NY, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165234322 "Crossing Brooklyn Bridge that morning in the rain, I saw a man - leaning against the cables. He seemed to be waiting for a lift. There were spots of fresh rain on his shoulders. He was carrying a cheap overnight bag in one hand. He was thin, nondescript, with a cap pulled down over his eyes".

This was the first location where Mr Adam met the hitchhiker. He drove past him as he yelled hellloo, hellooo.

]]> 2021-02-04 18:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165234322 Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension, Orefield, PA, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165249411 "It was on the new Pennsylvania Turnpike between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. It's two hundred and sixty-five miles long with a very high speed limit. I was just slowing down for one of the tunnels - when I saw him - standing under an arc light by the side of the road. I could see him quite distinctly - the bag, the cap - even the spots of fresh rain spattered over his shoulders. He "Hallooed" at me this time."

In the Pennsylvania Trunpike he saw the man once again. Mr Adam saw the hitchhiker again standing under an arc.



]]> 2021-02-04 18:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165249411 Ozark Mountains, United States (Missouri) s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165264196 "I got into the car again and drove on slowly. I was beginning to hate the car. If I could've found a place to stop, to rest a little... I was in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri now. The few resort places there were closed. Only an occasional log cabin, seemingly deserted. That's all that broke the monotony of the wild, wooded landscape".

Mr Adam started to hate being in a car. He just wanted to rest somewhere. He was also scared of the hithicker who has been stalking him. He looked at many places which were closed.


]]> 2021-02-04 18:10:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165264196 Zanesville, Ohio, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165268592 "It was a bright sunshiny afternoon. The peaceful Ohio fields, brown with the autumn stubble, lay dreaming in the golden light and I was driving slowly, drinking it in, when - the road suddenly ended in a detour. In front of the barrier, HE was standing...."

Adam admired the sunshiny afternoon and the peaceful Ohio fields. The road suddenly ended in a detour and he saw the hitchhiker in front of a barrier. The man also started to walk towards him. He then started the engine and drove away.
]]> 2021-02-04 18:11:42 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165268592 Oklahoma City, OK, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165328404 He didn't even look up at me. He was staring at the ground. I stepped on the gas hard, veering the wheel sharply toward him. I could hear the train in the distance now, but I didn't care. Then … 

Mr Adam saw the hitchiker standing in the rails where a train was moving towards. The man disapered when the train moved into the track.
]]> 2021-02-04 18:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165328404 Ojo Amarillo, NM, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165362078 " I saw him standing outside the auto camp in Amarillo that night when I dared to slow down. He was sitting near the drinking fountain of a little camping spot just inside the border of New Mexico. "

Mr Adam saw the hitchiker in Amarillo. Mr Adam so him sitting near a drinking fountain. ]]> 2021-02-04 18:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165362078 Albuquerque, NM, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165365306 "I saw him in Albuquerque when I bought twenty gallons of gas."

Mr Adam saw the hitchiker in Albuquerque. He was buying 20 gallons of gas during the sighting.]]> 2021-02-04 18:28:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165365306 Gallup, New Mexico, USA s159060 https://padlet.com/s159060/ffnlxlpy1b5d73b/wish/1165367666  "I finally reached Gallup, New Mexico, this morning. There's an auto camp here -- cold, almost deserted, this time of year".

According to the story this was the last stop. He then went to a Phone booth to call his mother. He finds out that people thought he had died in a car crash. At the end Mr Adam is very confused. This was the end.
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