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OK I've been married along time so I need some help. I was waiting for the bus and this woman came onto me. She said I looked like a runner. I figured this was a pickup line. After some chitchat her taxi arrived and I asked her for her number. She was hesitant so I offered her mine to take the...

I want to dive head first into the volcano that is my fucked up head. Im on the 2 months work 2 months play life style. I think im addicted to it. Part of me wants to be a contributing, decent member of society, but eventually greed takes control. My desire for freedom consumes me. I can blame...

So, I'm fairly new to hitchhiking and need some advice. Cities are new to me and I need advice and tips about hitchhiking through them. What are things I should avoid and things I should do? I'm a little nervous about it but I'm fairly confident that I can make it. All information helps me...

Hey everyone. I'm new to this whole vagabond thing but it's something i've been romanticizing in my head since like middle school. I'm in a dilemma. I wanna hit the road, but if i do so, i will be burning any sort of bridge i have with my dad. Meaning that if i hit the road, i will never be...

I made this profile a year or so ago, and I never actually ended up going anywhere. Now, I'm finally doing it. I've got the opportunity, I'm getting my car fixed up, and its summer. I'm here in the introduction section in order to hopefully build friendships with other dwellers and people who...

Well it looks like I will be in a wheelchair before the end of my journey. So I'm going to have to think carefully about what I take with me. So I was just wondering some general advice on the best way to lash gear to the back or bottom of a chair And also what gear might be important to have...

Hello everyone, I've been a casual fan of this site for the past years, and for the first time, I'm planning a hitchhiking trip. Also first time in the States. I'm looking for the advice of experienced travelers about my journey plan...

In about 3 months, I leave for a six month road trip tour of the western U.S. and Canada. For the most part, I'm content to drive everywhere and do a little light hiking. But there is one place I'd like to see that will require a little more extensive hiking - Coyote Gulch and the Jacob Hamblin...

Not sure which forum to post at, but I'm looking to buy a cheap undeveloped piece of land for building an off grid cabin to live in. and if we have here anyone with experience of doing it, please share some tips? Where I'm looking, upstate ny, any undeveloped properties are all woods, so I'm...

I was wondering if you all had any advice in the waterproofing gear department. Like something I can use on the road while I'm traveling to put on my jacket, pants, boots, etc. My gear is getting old and just wondering what you all use to keep your stuff dry. I hate spending days drying out my...

I'm 17 living in Idaho, I've got all the gear and some money saved up, I want to hop freight trains and hitchhike, I just don't know the ropes and I can't decide on a destination. HELP PLEASE

Hey yall. So I'm in a bit of stressful pickle concerning whether or not to bring my pup with me on the road in a few weeks. She's a 15 month old German Shepherd and she is my world. However I will be on the road for awhile and mainly living out of my van, and I'm trying to hold part time/ odd...

Thinking of taking the dirty dog to El Centro rather than looking for a new car here in Indy. Question is how tough is it to get from El Centro to Slab? Advice appreciated thanks.

So I've got a jacked-up back. Disc degeneration, narrowing of the thingy due to osteoporosis, etc. etc. I've come to the conclusion that leather-tramping or train hopping is probably not the way to go. Most likely rubber-tramping it, car living. My basic problem would then be...work. I.E. I'm...

My dad is a super religious conservative muslim and yesterday I finally snapped. I'm an atheist/buddhist but he didn't know this. He usually forces me to pray 5 times a day and to read the quran but yesterday I got fed up with it and told him fuck this stupid ass religious bullshit and that I'm...

My pack came in today and I'm curious what I can do about these orange straps. I'm really not interested in taking the time to Sharpie them. Would black RIT dye hold?

How do you know the people you are helping are legit? I helped a couple of guys out tonight at the grocery store by giving them $2.50 and a jug of sweet tea from work. I just want to be sure that they are cool.

My girlfriend and I are trying to get out of here , I will be working until July 20 and I will have about 3000$ saved. Any advice? Thinking about buying a car for less than 2000 and really trying to stay somewhere in the wilderness. We are comfortable with living in a tent but have had ideas of...

Moving from France to Charleston South Carolina specifically the west ashley part of town and hope to one day be a van dweller...anyone know of a place I could possibly sleep eat and get back on my feet or a place that can cheaply remodel a van (have yet to find one) in to a stealth van