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Feel free to share stories and pictures about your adventures on the road, or share advice and tips with newbie greenhorns, and curious lurkers!

WARNING: DON'T BE AN OOGLE! This includes both TOURISTS, TROLLS, and FAKE TRAVELERS!

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Hitchhikers, Trainhoppers, Backpackers, Rubbertramps, Squatters, Tramps, and other houseless travelers!

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Don't judge me too hard

Earlier this year I had lost my job and moved to working from home. This happened back in February, I was so lost. I grew up with a history of major depression disorder, anxiety, PTSD and a couple others. After a bit of time at home during the summer, I started to feel myself leave from my body. I started to have a different view on my body, as if I had lost all control over it.

I have these time where the world around me won't feel real, no breeze, no sound and no spiritual connection to the world around me. Then the days started speeding up, and it felt like I was just watching the world outside of my room. I couldn't be around people for too long and started having panic attacks.

Soon enough I started feeling like I was playing a game, a game that I couldn't beat. In a way nothing felt familiar yet it all felt seen.

The world had lost movement in a way. It was the same thing everyday, when I worked, when I didn't, when I rested or when I went out. It was all just a thing happening around me. It felt like watching a show over and over.

Better yet it felt like being in teen beach movie as Ross lynch but viewing the movie as me. Isn't that odd? I felt this disconnect even inside my own brain. As if I'm watching it do things behind 9ys back.

My voice and thoughts started to feel like the narrator of a story. And I watch my body move and talk and be alive, all without me.

Something about it all just feel off and on struggle to remember anything from 2021-2024. I even struggle with remembering day to day things.

When I look out at the world sometimes it all feels like a stage. A simulation, it all doesn't feel real anymore. And I feel stuck in a dream. Sometimes I can feel that exact fear that I've only experienced in a nightmare.

Thing is, I've always been somewhat of a lucid dreamer, I've always been able to wake when I wanted and talk and move as i wanted.

But it's something about this world after 2020 that feels just like that. Just like watching my self move in a dream, a bad dream that I can't wake up from.

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2024/12/02
22:06 UTC

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The Invisible Man - A firsthand account of homelessness in America.

"I go to Walmart that night and will sleep there every night. But the police will continue to come as if I’m some kind of one-man crime wave. Before I’m chased out of Westerly, I will meet, stand my ground, and lose ground to a dozen different officers, often at night, banging on my window and waking me just to ask, “Are you all right?” The question begins to sound like a pretense.

The officers are civil, but every encounter causes me apprehension and stress. I’m innocent of any wrongdoing, but the interaction between a citizen and law enforcement is unbalanced by nature. They are part of an apparatus that can take away a person’s freedom. I know it, and they certainly know it. When you’re homeless, you are even more vulnerable. You have no place to go, no kitchen table to sit at while you drink your beer, invisible to them. You’re always on their turf. It’s unnerving." https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a62875397/homelessness-in-america/

4 Comments
2024/12/02
21:43 UTC

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29, about to just say fuck it and disappear for a while.

Long story short I wanna leave my current area and find my forever home. The family I have here is lame as fuck and I'm slowly losing my desire to be around these people. After the winter I'm planning on getting out of here. I guess what supplies would you suggest, based on your personal experiences from starting out?

10 Comments
2024/12/02
21:08 UTC

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Speed Cooking an Egg

Not everyone has access to an egg, spray, or a microwave, but here is an easy way to cook your egg without a fire. Quick if you want it at that second.

2 Comments
2024/12/01
18:13 UTC

3

Looking to hit the road

My parents finally kicked me out. I’m 21 and my parents just kicked me out, I have no where else to go and Im officially homeless. I’ve decided if I’m gonna be homeless I’m not gonna stay here any longer. Looking to hit the road with someone.

5 Comments
2024/12/02
10:45 UTC

65

I'm overwhelmed

I just got out from doing 9 years and all this is overwhelming. I managed to get a job but my social anxiety and ptsd are making that hard to manage. Everyone is so proud of me which is alot of pressure when every last fiber of my being is saying RUN. I don't know. I'm not trying to choose failure but I'm not happy. Like nothing is making me happy. Where I'm staying the job none of it. What worries me even more is what if I get back out traveling and I'm still not happy. I don't think I'm in a dark place but it's def very Grey.

18 Comments
2024/12/02
13:14 UTC

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Advice and Tips for a newbie

I'm a Highschool student who plans at the beginning of June after I graduate to travel from Tulsa to Denver to California over the summer hitchhiking. I'm going to stay pretty close to civilization for the most of my journey and seeing how It'll be during the summer I don't think I'll have much problem with shelter or staying warm but I'm looking for general advice in context of my situation. I know what things I should pack like good boots, sleeping bag, 1.5 gallons of water, a tarp, an extra set of cloths and lots of socks and underwear among other technicals like sewing set etc. but what should I prepare for specifically for my trip. Would it be worth it to bring a hammock or some sort of rain fly. Any advice you can give me I'm welcome to. Questions I have specifically are I'm trying to pack light and I'm not sure what kind of backpack that wouldn't be too bulky. I am worried about getting food on the road I understand how to dumpster dive and scam and plead places into getting food and I have no reason to suspect that I'll have any problems. I'm just a bit nervous so any advice on getting and storing food I appreciate. I'm 18 a male and I have a strong stomach for dirty and uncomfortable things so do with that information what you will.

6 Comments
2024/12/02
04:39 UTC

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it’s happening.

so currently i’m hunkered down in ohio until the new year which i will be hitting the road again. with a little worry but it’s pretty good for you.

my first stop is Chicago i will be there on the 31st/1st for the new year. then after that we’re gonna find out.

my buddy actually recently hit the road and is only coming back for the rest of his shit. he’s met a girl and happy and it’s in iowa he’s away from this shit hole lol. hes totally made me make this jump and i was avoiding it for a while but now im super hyped up and scared at the same time.

i’ll update you guys as i progress with this.

24 Comments
2024/12/01
21:36 UTC

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Become a digital ghost...

I have a friend I grew up with that went into the military and became an intelligence asset that now works for the CIA. He has been contacting me as of late with some disconcerting information - basically, in so many words, he is claiming the US gov't is about to fall to an internal coup initiated by Communist sympathizers that have positioned themselves into our democracy over the last 50+ years and are now, thanks to AI and robotics, on the cusp of overthrowing the democratic system and replacing it with a technocratic, fascist theocracy.

He basically has told me my name is on a list of people that will be eliminated. I was an investigative journalist for many years and cracked a story that has put my life in danger and blacklisted me from the AP. I have not been able to sell a story in YEARS now.

I am at the point where I am down to my last few thousand dollars and I intend to vanish into the digital nothing by assuming a new identity.

I am very skilled in 'less than legal' methods of making money. I do not want to get into that on here.

The reason for the post, I do not drive due to having some health issues that cause me to black out at the wheel at random.

I am looking for a partner with a vehicle that wants to vanish into the wide world and become a digital ghost.

I am talking custom face masks, fake fingerprints, fake identities, fake ids, fake passports, generating money through nefarious measures, etc.

All with the intent of vanishing before a nuclear war begins...

If anyone is interested, contact me.

24 Comments
2024/12/01
21:20 UTC

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For my crusties.

Sometimes it's a bad stay. Sometimes it's a bad lay. No matter what, It's always a bad day.

5 Comments
2024/12/01
21:02 UTC

46

Anybody in Oceanside?

Title

13 Comments
2024/12/01
19:22 UTC

155

Camp + Cold Jacuzzi

Chill spot here in Thailand. Stay high my friends.

18 Comments
2024/12/01
19:06 UTC

0

Curious normie

Where do you guys hang out when you end up in Fort Lauderdal FL?

6 Comments
2024/12/01
18:48 UTC

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Vagabonding on brazil

Title says it all,i saw many people doing it on the U.S/EU. is it applicable on latin america,especially brazil as it is where i find myself on right now? Tips and advices from people that tried doing so and good luck to everyone out there👍🏼

8 Comments
2024/12/01
14:48 UTC

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Looking for a person/ group to join

Hi, I'm f 26, lived on and off in the streets, car, and motels for the past few years. Always loved the lifestyle just don't want to do it alone. Anyone or any group looking for one more let me know, I have enough to travel to you if a connection is made.

9 Comments
2024/12/01
05:06 UTC

85

Freedom calls 🤙🏼

50 Comments
2024/12/01
03:20 UTC

18

What kind of cheap foods do you take while traveling?

Hello. This upcoming summer I'm gonna be making a 1,440 mile journey by foot. I already have some basic food items but I wanted to know what items the true experts like to take. It'll be in North East America if that helps at all.

31 Comments
2024/12/01
02:05 UTC

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It's what I do with no fucks giving. This is my freedom, not yours.

127 Comments
2024/11/30
23:39 UTC

0

Cracking a cold one in Boise, Idaho. The greatest small city in America. Shhh.

20 Comments
2024/11/30
23:19 UTC

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Cooking in style, if I shall say

Was lucky enough to snag a Smokey Joe off market place, took me about 4 hours total carrying it around but it was worth it! now to try and stock up more food to put it to use 😆 made some beans, potatoes, corn and cheese. Had some chips for it too! Wish I could share with some of you guys. been lucky enough to have this area to cook in but with the snow coming soon I’ll have to get a tent or insulate my car a bit better. Been thinking a lot about when I was in Colorado, maybe I’ll go out there who knows. Hope everyone is having a safe day!

8 Comments
2024/11/30
23:11 UTC

154

I've had many different local beers. You still can't beat an ice cold Steel Reserve with clean socks. Something so refreshing about it.

49 Comments
2024/11/30
22:39 UTC

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Is there a chance I can Vagabond ?

This is a recent dream that’s been floating around my head the last couple months and want to see if anyone is in a similar situation as myself and too see if it’s possible for me to travel the country for a year or two.

Currently I’m on dialysis as my kidneys failed last year around this time, and it looks like I’ll be getting a kidney sometime early next year. It’ll probably be another year before I can travel vagabond style. With everything that I’ve been through I want to go on a grand adventure to celebrate both freedom and a second chance at life. I guess my biggest concern is medications while on the road. Do you guys make it work if you have pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes pr if you’re also a transplant recipient. Or is it advised to stay away from a journey like this.

Money isn’t really an issue since I’ve made plenty of money from busking on the guitar. Not enough to afford rent but enough to be able to afford things such as food, clothes, and medicine.

Would love to hear your thoughts and advice on this possible dream of mine. And no worries if I realistically can’t.

18 Comments
2024/11/30
20:55 UTC

498

Nothing better than drinking an ice cold 6 pack of beer in the great state of Texas.

114 Comments
2024/11/30
19:48 UTC

31

The moment you get back into civilization again.

2 Comments
2024/11/30
18:17 UTC

154

So this is me after a couple of months on banjo.

130 Comments
2024/11/30
12:55 UTC

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