Hippie Diary: A Journey in My Youth

The Hippy Diary is the last book in the Hippie Trilogy. It is the exact record kept by me when I was 17 years old. As a historical document it describes a journey I took with Barry Wood 40 years ago. The actual diary is supplemented with footnotes and letters along with some comments from friends from that time. The written records of certain events have always helped us to understand them. These notes will hopefully give you a snapshot of that time and illustrate the zeitgeist that motivated young people to go ‘On the Road’. One should remember this happened to a whole generation. What started as a counter culture slowly became incorporated into mainstream life. Many of the things we take for granted today evolved from young people wanting something different back then. The personal freedoms we now take for granted owe a lot to how young people reacted to the prevalent social and political situation in the sixties and early seventies.