Have thumbs, will travel: Father-son hitchhikers hit the road again a half-century later
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Son and father thumb way across Atlantic provinces
Ottawa's Andrew Lumsden, now 92, and son Gavin repeated family history 50 years later, this time traversing Atlantic provinces.
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By Abyssinia Abebe
Published Jul 29, 2026
Last updated 14 minutes ago
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A 1976 Citizen photo of Andrew Lumsden, left, and his son, Gavin, then age 11, after their hitch-hiking adventure from Ottawa to Vancouver and back. PHOTO …
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