Lukester....that small town in N.C. wouldn't have been Boone, would it? I spent my freshman year of college at Appalachian State. Dry county at the time, we used to have to hitch to Blowing Rock to get a pitcher of beer.
Sorry about the Granite Falls jail thing. I remember trying to hitch a ride back to ASU in 1974 in Hickory, and at the time my hair was parted down the middle and way down over my shoulders. Cars of crew cut guys with Confederate flag tattoos would change lanes just to flip me the finger before roaring off. ("Hey....thanks.....and you have a great day, too, OK?"

. If it had not been for a fellow student who recognized me and stopped, I'd probably still be standing out there right now.
Another Mayberry thought....we've left out the women in this situation.
How's this.....Helen and Thelma Lou decide to take Anita Pallenberg and Marianne Faithful out shopping at Weaver's Department Store. Now how's THAT for a visual image......