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Invisiblekoinkedink
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Hit the Road
    #19052834 - 10/29/13 04:41 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I've always wanted to just pack my back pack up and hit the road. I'm really considering saving as much money as I can and just taking off.

I've really been thinking about this for years on end and want to make it a reality. I know being a nomad street kid is not ideal for future endeavors but it's something that's been in my heart and mind for a long time and I want to have a cool experience like this before I die instead of sitting at a dead end job the rest of my life.


I've come across a cool forum that covers a lot of the things involving hitchhiking and street life at digihitch.com


anybody here ever do this or currently?

any words of advice, hints or tips?

:hippie:


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink] * 1
    #19052848 - 10/29/13 04:44 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

WWOOF.net

edit
sorry, the link's not working.


http://wwoofusa.org/
is what you want, unless you're elsewhere, in which case there is another site for that. I have never wwoofed before, but it's my understanding that you work in exchange for food and shelter and get to meet some really cool people along the way.


Edited by pirate-blues (10/29/13 05:30 PM)


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: pirate-blues] * 1
    #19052859 - 10/29/13 04:47 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

HIT THE ROAD SLAP THE CEMENT PUNCH THE STREET YAYA DO DA SLAPPY


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: Sheekle]
    #19052920 - 10/29/13 04:59 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Dude Ive done this twice, just taken off, both fun adventures, but this time I got it figured out, get a van and go from city to city wherever the fuck you want and get a job when you run out of money then save up again and take off.
Also you could sell drugs to postpone the time in between having to get a job, unless your really good selling drugs or other things then you dont have to get a job at all

Vans I reccomend looking up:

ford conversion vans
ford econoline
conversion camper
vw bus/van if you got enough $ for repairs and what not
g2000 van
dodge ram van

all good craigslist searches


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: MystiqueMushroom]
    #19052946 - 10/29/13 05:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

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MystiqueMushroom said:
Dude Ive done this twice, just taken off, both fun adventures, but this time I got it figured out, get a van and go from city to city wherever the fuck you want and get a job when you run out of money then save up again and take off.
Also you could sell drugs to postpone the time in between having to get a job, unless your really good selling drugs or other things then you dont have to get a job at all

Vans I reccomend looking up:

ford conversion vans
ford econoline
conversion camper
vw bus/van if you got enough $ for repairs and what not
g2000 van
dodge ram van

all good craigslist searches




ill agrtee with the ram van..

and add one chevy astro van.

those fucking things dont quit.


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: rackem]
    #19052952 - 10/29/13 05:04 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I don't like the astro van, just not my style:shrug:


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Invisiblekoinkedink
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Re: Hit the Road [Re: MystiqueMushroom]
    #19052977 - 10/29/13 05:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I've thought about that as well I guess I should probably have a vehicle instead of going on foot

Van would be nice with a small bed in the back :thumbup:

How'd you get a job living out of a vehicle though? Just local places that you asked around


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19052996 - 10/29/13 05:14 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

yo i just dipped the fuzz and hopped a ten hour train ride to far away place.

i had one paycheck, got a ticket and was out yo.

hasn't been very long.  i can't say much, but for real if you wanna do it do it bro.

having a plan helps but idk dude, my plan wasn't very great and it's still aight.

i'm not in jail, i'm fed, i'm drunk, i'm clean off heroin, and i'm also more of a hobo than a tramp.

idk where you fall but fuck bummin it my dude, migratory is better than stationary in my opinion.

my advice, follow your heart, whatever the fuck that means.


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19053002 - 10/29/13 05:15 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

You gotta be a fucking pro like me, but you don't need much, just bring as much as you would if going on foot.

Same as getting a normal job, but what I'll probably do is get a gym membership at a 24 hour gym with showers

That way I'll be able to workout, take showers, and park my vehicle in the parking lot to sleep if I cant find anywhere else that night, all at anytime of the day I so please because it'll be a 24 hour gym :cookiemonster:

Also reuse clothes as much as possible so you don't have to wash them as much, I mean if they stink, wash em but you know what I mean

My van will also have a fridge and outlet with a seperate battery than one in the bay, that will not deplete the one under the hood if I drain it down. But it will still charge from the alternator when the van is running.


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: desert father]
    #19053032 - 10/29/13 05:18 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I'm just concerned with the basics like hygiene, eating, shelter etc.

What happens when your stranded with no food and you can't find shit?

Also the local laws wherever you end up, I know a few states been cracking down on things like squatting around and such


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19053050 - 10/29/13 05:22 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Hygiene I already explained, you could also go to a river/beach/body of water to clean yourself, when I went down to Sedona for 3 weeks and lived in a cave on the side of a mesa, I would walk like 2 hours down to the creek whenever I wanted to clean up, I would make it a whole day event and just chill at the creek all day, I found the most amazing secluded spot also, cant wait to go back there, hopefully next summer and hopefully ill have my sick ass van by then

Eating, well youll have to have money to eat but if you eat healthy and buy from the right places you can do it fairly cheap


Shelter, live in your van, if you dont have a van youll find a spot eventually

Yea they don't like it but dont sleep somewhere in town directly or on peoples property where youll be seen and piss someone off


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: MystiqueMushroom]
    #19053067 - 10/29/13 05:25 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I guess I'm mouse thinking about how the ones do it with literally nothing but a backpack ikethe ones that never have money the ones on the street begging for spare change :lol:

It'd be a lot different if you had the van ya know

Like for example the actual homeless people that you see walking around


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19053079 - 10/29/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I've met a bunch of people who just have a backpack, usually these people have more stuff at a camp or wherever theyre staying and a lot of them are really cool and have met people who let them pitch a tent on their property for free

But you can definitely do it without much
Can put you in some pretty uncomfortable spots though


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: MystiqueMushroom]
    #19053085 - 10/29/13 05:27 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

IMO I don't think that it will be as glamorous as you think it will be, that doesn't mean you can't do it though!

It's one idea to think about something, and feeling like it would be a nice thing to do, and it is a completely different thing to go out and actually do it. Things like drugs, constant food, and other things you take for granted will probably have to be passed up on.

Not to mention what if you do this for awhile, then get tired and want to get "off the road" so to speak. Chances are you'll be screwed and find it hard to integrate back.

If you are serious about doing this, I would spend a lot of time learning to live off the land before you actually hit the road. I doubt you'll have the money to sustain yourself for a long time, and when that runs out, it could be hard to come by, so learning to live off the land could benefit you in times of no money, and in times of money.

edit: Not to mention getting sick, if you're doing this and get sick, that's a bad spot to be in.


Edited by deadwk (10/29/13 05:28 PM)


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: deadwk]
    #19053129 - 10/29/13 05:33 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

I know it would be far from glamorous

A lot of the things you said are some of the things I think I'd be worrying about

Living off the land is a great skill which I wish I had. Deff something I would get into before deciding to go


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19053134 - 10/29/13 05:34 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Living off the land, thatd be pretty crazy if it got to the point :lol:

I think it can be glamorous because you feel like a warrior out there surviving, can be pretty fun/enlightening experience i say


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: MystiqueMushroom]
    #19053164 - 10/29/13 05:39 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

MystiqueMushroom said:
You gotta be a fucking pro like me, but you don't need much, just bring as much as you would if going on foot.

Same as getting a normal job, but what I'll probably do is get a gym membership at a 24 hour gym with showers

That way I'll be able to workout, take showers, and park my vehicle in the parking lot to sleep if I cant find anywhere else that night, all at anytime of the day I so please because it'll be a 24 hour gym :cookiemonster:

Also reuse clothes as much as possible so you don't have to wash them as much, I mean if they stink, wash em but you know what I mean

My van will also have a fridge and outlet with a seperate battery than one in the bay, that will not deplete the one under the hood if I drain it down. But it will still charge from the alternator when the van is running.




word exactly my feelings on the situation.


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: desert father]
    #19053178 - 10/29/13 05:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

What'd you bring desert father? What doyou plan to do when your money's gone?


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19053214 - 10/29/13 05:47 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

koinkedink said:
What'd you bring desert father? What doyou plan to do when your money's gone?




Be the best damn femme boy on the planet :likeaboss:


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: deadwk]
    #19053223 - 10/29/13 05:48 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Yea you could totally whore yourself out on craigslist$


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19053310 - 10/29/13 06:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Quote:

koinkedink said:
What'd you bring desert father? What doyou plan to do when your money's gone?




what did i bring? well, when i got pulled over i had 5 bags of dope on me, so i had my girl hand me those and a 12 mg suboxone before i ran.

then i ran.

then i tossed the dope, then i took my 12mg of sub.

then i hid out for an hour or so makin sure i was straight. then i took my 12 mg sub, then i ducked out for 2 hrs till i got on my way to where i was going.

this was an impulse decision all the way.  dipped during a pull over that the cop knew i had a no bail warrant for. went instinctive and ended up here.

and for real, at least i know, you can get money for food easy peasy dude.

i guess maybe because i'm a junkie this was easier to just say fuck it and go, but for real, it's easy to just "get by".

being comfortable is the american dream, don't get it twisted, i'm not comfy.


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: desert father]
    #19053317 - 10/29/13 06:08 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

So just bring a bunch of drugs? :lol:


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: koinkedink]
    #19053324 - 10/29/13 06:09 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

what to do when the money runs out?

i mean i can get money even if it requires something desperate...

but i mean idk dude, i'm just playin it by ear.

the cops don't knock each hour thats a win for me.

fuck the rest of it.


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Re: Hit the Road [Re: MystiqueMushroom]
    #19053329 - 10/29/13 06:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago)

Need essentials mannnn
ESSENTIALS


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