He tells Stuckey about his Alaska plan, and when they get to Fairbanks he buys a bag of rice at the grocery store, and tells Stuckey he wants to go to the University to study what kind of plants he’ll be able to eat. ![]() Over the long ride, McCandless opens up to Stuckey, and talks mostly about Carine, but also how his father is a brilliant scientist, but had been a bigamist at one point, which McCandless couldn’t stomach. After a day and a half he has really come to enjoy his company, and so tells him he’ll drive him the whole way to Fairbanks. Although Stuckey’s job strictly forbids picking up hitchhikers, he takes a liking to McCandless, and offers to drive him at least part of the way. McCandless meets Gaylord Stuckey, a sixty-three year old man who is driving an RV to a dealership in Fairbanks, in the thermal pools one morning. On April 21 he arrives at Laird River Hotsprings, a popular stop on the Alaska Highway, but after trying out the thermal pools, McCandless finds he can’t get another ride, and days go by. ![]() Although hitchhiking on the Alaska Highway is known to be difficult, McCandless manages to get a ride quickly. ![]() After a few days he gets to the start of the Alaska Highway in Canada, where he takes a picture in front of the sign at mile zero-1,523 miles from Fairbanks. On April 15, 1992, McCandless leaves Carthage and begins his hitchhiking journey to Alaska.
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