Last night I had a great conversation with Ben, a 23-year-old ridesharer from Manchester, N.H. Ben’s been ridesharing through Craigslist for about a year and had some crazy stories about his most recent adventure. I tracked Ben down on CL where he was looking for a passenger to join him on a spur of the moment trip to Wisconsin to knock on doors for Obama.
Ben ended up taking Brett along, a self-described “unemployed vagrant” who’s been backpacking around the country on a shoestring budget and documenting the adventure on his awesome website.
The “highlight” of the trip came when Brett, charged with driving Ben's '96 Honda Accord, was pulled over late at night in Ohio for doing 83 in a 65 mph zone. Brett tells the story way better than I can but suffice to say it involves a $130 dollar ticket, an unimpressed trooper, and a narrowly avoided stint in the slammer.
Ben's return trip to New England was no less eventful. Before he left home a craigslister offered him $100 dollars to pick up a package from friends in Toledo and bring it to her in New York City. Ben's first instinct was that it was a bad idea to transport anything for a stranger across state lines but after speaking to the woman he agreed to take on the parcel/passenger: a 12-month old purebred dachshund puppy!
I apologize if you were expecting to meet the dead rock n’ roll legend but that’s the Freddie Mercury pictured with Ben above.
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