The beginning of our journey

@danilamarilu and I woke up at 8 am to get all our stuff ready to go. We packed our bags the night before so we were mostly ready.

We packed 2 big backpack, 2 sleeping bags, a shared tent, a bag of food, my guitar and my digeridoo

We left to meet up With my friend Arturo, who was going to hitch out with us, to depart northwest. His mom offered to drive us out north for a while to get us started.

While we were driving, She told us about the times in the 90s when she went to the rainbow gathering and remembering when Jerry Garcia died.

She dropped us off an hour north of Dallas , giving us plastic "silver"ware before saying goodbye.

We then positioned ourselves by the highway and put out the magical universal hitchhikers thumb with a sign saying "North"!

After a while a van stopped for us, with plenty of seating to accommodate all of us and our luggage. We thanked him and hopped in.

The gambling man with the golden heart

He introduced himself as Bryan. He told us that he was traveling to the winstar casino in Oklahoma, then he was traveling to Oklahoma City to meet up with his friend after a couple of hours at the casino.

He had a strong belief in the bible, Jesus, and helping others. We talked aboutphilosophy, propaganda, and truth-seeking.

When we arrived he gave us the option to take our stuff or keep it in the car. We decided to keep our stuff in his car, so we could enjoy the casino for a while.

When I walked inside I remembered how
Big the casino was from last time I went there many years ago.

All three of us started registering, which took a few minutes. Since Bryan was registered and was very eager to start gambling he said he would scout out machines for us to play.

When we finished registering, Bryan was no where to be seen. So we decided just to enjoy ourselves without him.

After an hour went by and we lost the little amount of money we were willing to spend, we decided to look for him again so that we could get our stuff and leave.

We called, texted, looked around, walked around more and Paiged him on the speakers; no success to any of our attempts.

I went to look around again but started realizing how big this place was. Talked to staff and they said it stretched 2 miles long (biggest in the U.S.). So I just took a break looking and gambled on a slot machine.

Right when I stopped looking and won five dollars Bryan walked up to me. He told me he won 45$ and was gonna try his luck with the cards. He almost walked off to gamble more but before he did I told him to wait. I finished gambling the rest of my money on the slots and then walked with him.

I kept on trying to figure out when he would be leaving to OKC. Everytime I asked he said," in a couple of hours or when I start losing".

After seeing him sit down at another table to win back money he lost I realized that he would be gambling for a long while.

I asked for the keys and he gave them to me. Arturo and I went to the car to grab our stuff.

We went back inside to say our goodbyes to Bryan and told him to call or text us when he was leaving the casino. He said ok and wished us luck on our journey.

We grabbed our stuff and left the casino, walking straight towards the highway.

As we were leaving the parking lot a man named Michael gave us ice cold water bottles out of his truck . Then he asked if he could pray with us to bless our travels, we happily agreed. He prayed for Jesus and the father(God) to watch over us.

After we received he told us that he wished he could help us more but he had to go to work. We said it was fine and thanked him for his support.

We continued waking until we reached a spot right off the highway after the on ramp. Putting out that magical hitchhikers thumb and flying the sign that said "OKC Please".

Even though we were becoming tired , we had strong resolve and a blessing to help us continue on our journey!

To be continued in part 2 of my hitch hiking adventure