Iowa sojourn part 2

So I am driving down Iowa 61 this morning and it is raining like crazy.In the distance I see a figure on the right. Can this really be? It is, indeed, a hitchhiker - a desolate figure looking to go god knows where. When I was young, I hitchhiked to work often. But I hadn't seen one for years. I didn't stop and pick him up. One hears stories, you know. Still, I wonder where he was going and how he ended up on a rainy highway in Iowa. Kinda creepy.