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Contributed by Paul Hadella The Wednesday Afternoon Book Group at Wagnalls Library, Lithopolis, journeyed “On the Hippie Trail,” from Turkey to Nepal, with travel expert Rick Steves and his buddy Gene Openshaw. Steves was not yet famous when he took the trip in 1978, just an open-minded 23-year-old, fresh out of the University of Washington. Having already spent summers in Europe, he was itching to see more of the world. “On the Hippie Trail” brings to light the journal Rick kept on that trip, as he and Gene moved, via slow-moving trains and rickety buses, from one exotic locale to another. They carried their belongings in rucksacks and spent nights in grungy hotels.

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