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This will be my first summer in Arizona since I was a teen. Prescott was highly recommended for its busking scene, and there are also supposed to be good food banks if the competition makes me look stupid, lol. I'm not really the big city type, but I love busking, just switched domicile from...

I call Quartzsite "home". Well, technically "Domicile" because I'm a rubber tramp and about the only place I'm not considered "too old" is Q. Yes, you can camp at the LTVA for seven months, which takes care of residency requirements for voting, auto insurance, etc. Go to the DMV in Parker and...

Yea, it sounds like a story I should probably remember and pass along instead of trying to relive. Sometimes the best friend you're ever going to meet is a piece of paper. Thanks for having my back. That fentanyl stuff is nasty and I've been walking around without narcan for way too long.

Tara's still going strong at 216K miles. She had 192K when I bought her and we've had a few scares, I've bought a bunch of expired tyres and made other newbie mistakes, but I love my home and have no intention of ever going back to stix n brix. I missed Van Aid this year, but would still like...

There are some good mechanics at the Imperial Dam LTVA this year. I wound up getting towed to Dome Rock when I broke down on the way back from Garberville, but there are RTR folks who prefer Yuma.

I'd recommend avoiding Humboldt altogether and checking out Mendo instead. The coastline is gorgeous and it's more of an artist's community. The mom 'n pop growers in Garberville are having a really rough time. It just isn't a safe, friendly, or fun place any more. Rio Dell has improved...

Much appreciated. I haven't been since the '80s and hadn't thought about safety issues (I still present as female) or bringing the cigs.

You can get a physical address through a mail forwarding service like Escapees dot com, iPostal1, or Mail Messages and More. Make sure you understand the difference between domicile and just mail before your tags expire. There's good info at escapees even if you don't choose to domicile in...

I'm really hoping to make it this year. I've been rubber tramping for three years now, spent a winter in Quartzsite, joined a caravan in Nevada, experienced my first tire blowout by the side of the road, and generally feel a lot less like a pathetic old lady dreaming of reliving a misspent...

Yep, I just went back to them too. They do the trick for going into stores, don't take up a lot of room or a lot of time, and they're easy to keep clean, dry, and ready for the next store. I tried conforming to the shoe mandate to look "less homeless" and only lasted two days before I pulled a...

I'm from Garberville, which is a bit norther than you want to go, but there are places where you won't get hassled as long as you don't overstay your welcome. The locals might tell you about them. Bring plenty of money. It's expensive as fuck there and nobody has any work. Prop 64 destroyed...

Quartzsite is close to California and fairly mellow right now.

Pine pellets are better (and cheaper) than clay litter for covering up the smell. I'm in a minivan, so I don't compost, but supposedly they work for that too. A forty pound bag of horse pellets from Tractor Supply would be your best bet, if you have room to store it...

Alcohol and nicotine are both drugs that can have much more serious consequences on the road than in a conventional life. You should say no to these drugs during your travels if at all possible. Caffeine can become a problem very quickly in areas where camping is criminilized. Be aware of...

Just wanting to throw in my 2 cents worth of encouragement here. Used to make bathtub crank in the '80s and it was no big deal. Then life happened. Now they call it "crystal meth" and treat heavy users as if they/you were subhuman cockroaches. I read about dead people's crank being laced...

Como ce dice....en anglais...."concentration camp". 🤯😱🤬🤬🤬

Never been there, but also read the "hype" and was thinking about checking it out over the winter. What Matt says about heat is serious. My first summer out of a stix n brix in a 50+ year old body had me practically delerious. I was seeing what looked like faces growing in trees, although i was...

I'm actually getting comfortable with the smaller space in exchange for more gas mileage and manueverability after almost a year. It was a big change from an '89 Honda Accord and rented stix n brix, so i'd advise new minivan folks to give it a bit of time. I was camping with a bunch of Class C...

ITA that northern CA went down the tubes quickly. It's pretty much all meth (no offense intended to responsible moderate users) and suits trying to make a buck of Prop64. I raised kids in YouTweaka and they went bad. Lost a husband to "rich people crystal meth) when the US flooded the cocaine...

Humboldt is closed. Mendo seems fine if you just want to hang out on the beach. No idea about Trinity. Save your fond memories of the Emerald Triangle to tell your grandkids. The Green Rush is over. We've got Zzzquill over by my van down by the Instagram, though. Zzzquill comes in pills...

I am so sorry for your loss. When this happened in the community where I was housed up, I didn't take it seriously enough. When it happened to a very nice group of house-free folks where I was living, maybe I took myself too seriously. But regardless of whether you call it "trying to start a...

It seems as if there is a Spazz in every town or every group of people where I have ever been. At first they just say, "Don't be such a Spazz!" or "X is such a Spazz!" but after awhile, they just give up and say, "Here comes Spazz." Nobody particularly LIKES Spazz, but after about fourth grade...

I love ratties, but have never been responsible for one. Yet. I did want to mention euthanasia, because they do have short lives and deserve respectful medical care and proper and dignified hospice care when the time comes, just like everybody else. Veterinary care costs a lot more for exotics...

Addressing reason #1: My experience as the human member of a multispecies family may or may not be useful to you in the future. Feel free to hit me up for info or nonjudgemental objectivity at any time. Families grow organically and develop their own cultures. If you raise your eldest right...

Like most people who have lived in a four door sedan for three months or longer, I am not overly depressed about my new-to-me minivan's gas mileage. I am, however, needing a bit of a reality check about budgeting for a valve cover gasket before looking at cute videos on YouTube and imagining...

Exactly. After reading @Matt Derrick 's thoughts on eBay, I flat out refuse to post eBay links on stp. Do as I say, not as I do. You can get the same exact crap directly from Amazon or Walmart for less money as often as not. My 50 watt panel from Six Rivers Solar cost the same as my "100...

Welcome here! You may or may not need to tone things down a tad with the natural skepticism and argumentative nature, but I hope you won't take it personally. I've never had any negative experience with moderation in this community, but I am very much aware of the fact that Matt has taken a...

I have serious insomnia, as in a "medical condition" that affects my mental health. This didn't happen overnight and I am old, so I just wanted to encourage folks to prioritize sleep hygiene. You don't want to wind up like me. Travelling helps a lot, in some ways more than 215. It seems...

If I had it to do over again, I would have shelled out the money for something like this: because I wind up plugging the single panel charger into my laptop charger more often than not. If you've got the money and space in your pack or vehicle then it might make sense to get something...

Welcome here. You are not alone, but sometimes when we lose everything, we find ourselves. Busking sure isn't what it used to be, but I hope you are able to find food/gas money in your guitar case. I'd love to jam if you wind up in Humboldt, but the local economy sucks, lol.

@Colinleath Thanks bunches! I could easily go through 70GB a month just from testing software for my own amusement and edification. I'm sure I lost all of my "cool points" now that the Pinephone Pro is out. Well that's fine for other people, but I don't need an expensive tweeker magnet in my...

I didn't learn how to drive until I was thirty. You will have to keep in mind that a lot of things that come automatically and almost naturally to others are going to require your conscious mind for awhile. And by that I mean years. As in your tolerance for alcohol and even cannabis may be...

I was babbling and couldn't figure out how to delete the whole thing. < cringe >

nm I'm interested in this project too.

Well that solves my immediate newbie issues! I doubt if anyone here still uses TracFone, but it's more or less the same only 72 to turn forwarding on and 73 to turn it off. Mint looks the most promising since it's only a three month contract and you can buy $10 worth of data if you run out...

I pulled the trigger. Meet Tara. She still needs new tires and stuff but I can take her to Shelter Cove and when I'm done hauling stuff to storage, I get to have my very own shit bucket!! :D

I'm almost sixty, so in the not too distant future, but realistically, I don't think I know enough about mammalian anatomy to diy without fucking it up and I don't have much hope that life will become voluntary within our lifetime (s). So the way I see it, an unwanted life is a lot like a bag...

Computer simulated; he actually looked a lot worse than this when I saw him at Winco's a couple of weeks ago. He is a fourteen year old child who was abducted by his half brother at the age of ten. He has Stockholm Syndrome and would not want to go home even if he still had a home to go back to...

Hi, I am in a very similar situation including the mental health symptoms. I had to "call in" a favour from an old friend who became a paralegal and it looks like it cost us the friendship. You need to call the Sheriff's office or your local police department. What your landlord is doing is...

Welcome here! I look forward to reading your posts and learning from you.

Much appreciated! I've been using the bank's "free" wifi for data, but that's too much drama too close to the Woodrose Cafe when I have to do voice calls from my jmp number; the locals don't like that and it's time to start pulling my own weight. Hey, don't feel shy about hitting me up for...

One more one more thing: @Matt Derrick take a look at the skoolie on Humboldt Craigslist if you get a chance before it sells! O...M....F...G it makes me proud to be an aging back-to-the-land type unapologetic hippie. :D

Yikes! Thanks for the heads up. No, I'm definitely not ready for that even though I am ready to whine some more. ;) Both the van and the older Prius sold. I found an old skool mechanic to mickey mouse the power steering leak issue, put a couple of new tires on my old friend, and decided to call...

I went with a solar charger for both phone and laptop. The one for the phone was only about ten or fifteen bucks. It's small enough to hang from a beltloop or a backpack. Definitely ask a homebum if you can't or don't want to go that route, though; Redwoods Rural will let you check out a power...

I'm on a moto e6 with Tracfone. I function without a google account by using f-droid for most of my apps and searching online with my favourite searx instance for a specific .apk in an emergency. It's not ideal, but it is affordable and it works. As an old skool Gnu/Linux user and former...

Nice to see the "A" included in LGBTQIA. I'm old, but would love to show you around the Garberville/Redway area if you make it out to Northern CA. I'm afraid I can't help as far as finding trim work, but it's still a great community, very friendly to travellers, and worth seeing before they...

Long may you run, by Neil Young. In honour of a very special 1989 Honda Accord named Hope.

Just got back from test driving the van and I think I'm in love. She drives like a dream and there is SO much room in the blank canvass of a back! I'm thinking bunny cage and shit bucket for now and "Home Sweet Van" cross stitch pillows on the bed I can build later. At least I didn't live up...

Depending on how things go, I would definitely like to meet up with stp people offline asap. A large gathering in Quartzsite is probably the most practical way to get a lot of advice and opinions from a lot of different people, but Seattle is so much closer! My paralegal got me back into...

I'm not at all sure that I can make it this time, but this also works better for me for the same reason. Seattle is a lot closer than Quartzsite, so I hope there will be a next time.