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There will be a van leaving Portland wih two folks with room for two/three more who are willing to pay at least a small amount for gas money($5-10). There will be dogs, so if your allergic/afraid of them, don't contact me. Friendly dogs are welcome. If your interested, get in touch with me...

This has gotten a lot harder the last few years. But it's really not that hard. As long as you say your going somewhere, that's usually good enough. An address is good, even if it's just the address of a friend or a hostel. If you say you don't know where your going and you don't know who...

Just thought that I should update this with the following: there is plenty of room for well behaved campers, you won't be stranded in the burbs "carrying the banner" so to speak if you and your instrument need a place for the night.

Yes maybe those baked beans can venture up the valley another time Bote. Depending on how this one goes I may do another one in the fall when I get back into town and folks can come help harvest the potatoes out of the buckets.

I really wish you and bolt were comming Arrow. No chance that you'll be able to swing gas money to get up the valley? I'll definitely try to remember to take those pictures and put them up.

I'm going to be hosting an old time music potluck gathering at my winter home near Portland on April 30. It's a lovely spot with a large private yard and I'd love for those with instruments and/or a love for this kind of music to attend. This is not a crust fest though y'all. It's going to be...

Yeah, don't ride with people that shit themselves. As easy as this seems it can take some years to figure out.

Well mine has actually been thrown off a couple of trains over the years. At low speeds though! Just get a padded/styrofoam case for it and it should be ok.

This is definitely a personal kind of decision to be made. Although some folks find the kind of life you've described stifling others find it liberating. All depends on what perspective your coming from I guess. This is something you really need to decide for yourself not based on what your...

California is really beautiful if you spend the time to see it. Start anywhere south of Bakersfield and go north. It doesn't matter which way you go. Up highway 99 or up the coast on 101 you'll find amazing places if your looking for them. The redwoods on the coast highway are beautiful but...

As for diversity the person that posted this has obviously not seen any. People that call others highway 20 mutants and grossly overweight are not proponents of diversity!

This is definitely a problem I can relate to. I'm not entirely what would be described as heterosexual though so my advice should be taken in context. Many women don't have strictly vaginal orgasms and rely on a combination of clitoral or physical stimulation to areas other than the vagina...

Bungee cords! They are great all purpose things to have. I've attached my fiddle and sleeping bag with them before. Some people will say that you'll get stuck on shit carrying stuff this way but I've found that it's less cumbersome than carrying a larger pack, especially the external frame...

I travel with a fiddle and it's survived traveling so far. Their really much hardier instruments than people think. As long as you aren't in the tropics or the arctic it should be fine. Just don't get it wet or throw it off a train and it'll be ok. I play old-time Appalachian style so I...

I've broken up more than a few fights up but never been a major participant in one myself. I have had to shoo a couple of folks away with the mace canister though. Something about me seems to either scare the crap out of people or calm them down when I get pissed off that their getting ready to...

Every jurisdiction is a little bit different, but as a general rule you should be fine outside of Indiana if it was a misdemeanor. Like other folks have said, most places won't bother to extradite or even know about it. Judges always try to make it sound like your going to go straight to...

I've had several bouts of really bad bronchitis because of my asthma before and never hacked up blood even when I coughed so hard that I blew out lots of blood vessels in my eyes. If your hacking up blood you definitely should go find a free clinic soon or go to the hospital even if you have to...

Old belts also work great for this kind of rigging. If you have some or find some at the local thrift store, remember they have great potential.

I'm usually there and this year probably won't be an exception. Right now I'm camped out west of Portland again and if I'm still here in late spring I'll be headed north from there.

I've always had good luck at the truck stops I mentioned in my earlier post but maybe I should have mentioned the fact that I don't exactly look like a "dirty kid" at least not most of the time. A stop through a truck stops showers and laundromat first can do wonders for your chances of not...

Alot of gps navigation units have a function that allows you to choose the option to "avoid freeways" or something similar. Magellan Roadmates are the cheapest that I know of with this option.

There are some others besides Kindle, the most well known besides kindle is the one by Sony but their all really small and very overpriced. So unless you have really good eye sight for print on a tiny screen none of them are worth the money. I really liked the Kindle DX until I saw the price...

Welcome to Stp. I lived over in Boone, NC for awhile and still travel through on a regular basis. I just went through Johnson City/Elizabethton during the holidays. Enjoy reading the forums, hope that you find lots of useful stuff in here.

I've always found good rides up in that part of the country as long as you don't expect door service. As long as your not right in the city and your on the interstate/turnpike you shouldn't have trouble finding a ride.

If everyone that has useful advice and imput leaves this forum, what's gonna be left?

The minivan's not rolling anymore and recently got sold for scrap when the transmission went bad. Now my home base is a tent but I sent ya a pm. I spent three years living out of a van but that can be a little different than a trailer that you don't have a way to move quickly if you need to...

Thanks for the heads up IBRR! Trying to get back up into Boone sucks this time of year but at least it's not far from TN, I shouldn't have trouble catching a ride from Johnson City or Elizabethton.

Your joking right? Please tell me your just messing with us. In a hostel you will definitely wake up with people around you. If your interested in hostels though go check out http://www.hihostels.com or http://www.hostels.com. Anchorage and Fairbanks have lots of nice hostels and there's a...

Be very careful if you go camping in Alaska in April. Make sure you know the area and have the appropriate gear. When the spring thaw starts lots of spots get very unsuitable for camping very quickly. Same thing goes for some of the other cold or high elevation places that time of the year...

I use to get sick alot, usually colds twice a year that frequently turned into bronchitis where I'd end up at a clinic getting antibiotics and anti-inflammation medications which have their own set of problems if your taking them too often. I have asthma and haven't been able to kick the...

We use to have several threads on here about this kind of thing, I've responded to a couple before but I can't find them using everything that I could think of putting in the search box(that's weird, the search function usually works really good). Listen to oldmanlee, that's all good advice...

Welcome to stp, there's a few of us in here in our 30's and a few that are older than that so don't feel too old yet. Just a reminder for rememberusername, I don't rightly know how old you are but punks been around for over 30 years and had predecessors before that so I can never figure out why...

On the west coast Outside In up in Portland OR will connect you with someone and on the east coast Remote Area Medical Clinics will fix your teeth up. Anywhere in between I suggest you get yourself to a coast.

Well, welcome to stp and welcome to Portland, if your still here. I sure can't blame you though for making a run from Portland during the winter months. It gets pretty wet and miserable if your living outdoors in Portland during the winter.

Welcome to Stp! Don't expect to find that many hitchers this time of the year, they tend to be a seasonal bunch down here in the states and this is getting toward the end of the season.

Listen to Finn! If you haven't been getting enough vitamin C lately then definitely try to get hold of some since scurvy can aggravate this kind of problem badly. But there's lot's of other reasons that your gums can go to hell that have nothing to do with vitamin C. Several metabolic...

Thank you for reminding me of the title.

Update: I'm up near Olympia, WA and am having problems with my home on wheels. I'm still trying to make it down there to the slabs but no guarantee that it's going to happen.

I've also thought about this from time to time over the years and have always decided against it since I can still find plenty of land to squat on. I still think about doing it in the future however at some point. Every state is different when it comes to land ownership laws, regulations and...

I've seen them a few times on the west coast and they are definitely worth hearin'. I highly recommend going to hear them play if your going to be near someplace that their playing.

All I can say is that it's a little warmer in the winter. Use to spend some time in Pittsburgh and I liked it there compared to the amount of hipsters in Portland. Good luck to ya.

Welcome to stp! Glad that you found us.

There is no dental medicaid in Oregon. But if you qualify as homeless in Oregon there are a couple of places that will help you out. Start with Outside In, they will refer you to OHSU and then you can go from there. If you spend the time, it will definitely be worth your effort.

It's only certain days and specific times, you have to get online and book in advance to get the special fare. It's not that hard to just get out on the turnpike and hitch, although lots of folks will want more than that to help pay their tolls.

Good to know that if it get's returned to sender they aren't gonna come looking for me with a warrant. But as for the rest you lost me there IBRR.

I'm gonna try to be there but can't make any promises. I'm back on the west coast but don't know if I'll be able to make it there yet or not.

I've been wondering about this. I've still got a North Carolina ID but have been out of state for awhile now. How does someone even know if they've been summoned if they've been out of state for awhile and don't have a physical address?

Yeah, it's not really something to get worked up about. Most of is simply and saddly based on appearance. From experience I can tell you that if I'm wearing a tye die t-shirt hippies tend to gravitate toward me, while if I'm wearing a dark colored t-shirt and overalls punks tend to think I'm...

As long as nobody embalms me I'll probably be happy, but I'd really like to wander off into the woods somewhere and become plant and animal food.

I think this really depends on the person in question alot. I've never had any trouble finding at least seasonal jobs and living in non-squat housing from time to time when I want to although never really what you'd call a mainstream lifestyle. Honestly I don't find 'normal' by societies...