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  1. Tobiko

    re-introduction: van dwellers in northern california

    Hi! Our names are Toast and Mag. We live in a minivan. Lately we’ve been in sacramento area, occasionally in the east bay. We travel for work around california, mostly in summer. We are usually skating at skateparks/diy spots, reading/charging devices at libraries, walking where there’s trees...
  2. SnavesTravels

    Intro: Hey! Looking for a wild adventure?

    Hey all! Just to introduce myself, I’m Snaves, I’ve been travelling with a small group of anarchist families since I was around 9, and now I’m significantly older then 9 I wanna set up my first solo adventure. Now someone normal might say ok let’s take it easy, why not try and hitchhike around...
  3. Graip

    Hello, looking for friends

    Hi, a 20 yr old male that is extremely interested in urban exploration, hiking, and history. I work at a halfway house helping inmates get readjusted to living in society. I live in Fayetteville North Carolina, I’m looking for people I can go out and explore with. I want to see more of the world...
  4. peacelikeariver

    Wandering the USA

    Hi y’all I’m a 27 year old trans woman from Memphis now nomadic for about a month and traveling the US sleeping in my car. Trying to figure out what I’m doing in this life and how to make friends. I like to read, hike, and stare at the vast expanses of nature. My favorite thing to read are...
  5. gussy420

    You Can Call me Gus

    Wassup everybody! Im originally from Virginia, the yeeyee part on the west, not NOVA or the coast lol. I love weed, I suck at skateboarding, and I haven't really played guitar in a couple years. New to stp and look forward to meeting and talking to you all
  6. QueenOpossum

    Hi friends!!!!!

    Hi friends, I’m new on squat the planet, I created my account a couple months ago but hadn’t got the chance to use it, so here I am world! My name is Possy (I’m a hardcore opossum lover), I’ve only started started taking traveling as a lifestyle serious in the last couple months of my life, but...
  7. MorganaMaurice

    Searching for photos of deceased friend

    Sean Israel Allday, 31 from Conroe TX AKA FRY AKA ALLDAY (Not missing, found deceased in Aptos CA). Spent the last few years in Santa Cruz where he is known as Fry. We are searching for anyone who knew Sean to share photos and stories. We are trying to make his daughter a scrapbook for...
  8. MorganaMaurice

    Searching for photos of deceased friend

  9. bip

    Robby Lascola - Good Dude, Loyal friend, Man of Peace

    died in memphis tennesee, loved by everybody. nice dude. traveled with slayer and others some of his music is here
  10. Roetuepanther

    Hey Friends,

    Hey Friends, my name is Tom im from Germany i've been living on the streets and in the forests since my 18th birthday, atm im living in a kinda legal squat wich is soon coming to an end due to trouble with our organization and money and shit covid kinda destroyed our means of getting money. so...
  11. Cyan

    Greetings new friends!

    Hello! I'm brand new to life and to traveling. I'm not sure what I'm doing or where I'm going, but I'm doing my best to get my feet back in motion! Im only 21, and I had a fucked up weird childhood. I'm looking to grow and learn as fast as possible, keep my head low, and do good in subtle...
  12. yerst

    Hi future friends

    Godday mates! I'm yerst, 25, from Austria (Europe) soon to be heading east on my rusty ~40 year old old 50ccm moped. Been living in my car now for over 2 years working 2 jobs to save up money and wait out that virus thingy. In a month I'll be both, "home"less and unemployed (which I wanted to...
  13. Goldjoe

    Evening friends

    Hey guys, I'm Dylan. I've been browsing these forums for a bit and finally made an account! I'm a 21 year old seasonal wildland firefighter originally from Colorado. I'm currently traveling and living in a 2002 Chevy astro van. I've only ever gone alone and while I like only having to worry...
  14. Bozo Tuna

    Looking for a furry friend

    Will be in florida soon, looking to bring along a pet to keep me company and have fun with. any leads or tips for finding a dog will help a ton! thank you!
  15. faunsrotting

    the time my best friend and I were caught by a cop

    This is my first ever post on Travel Stories, so apologies if I do something wrong. For some background info, I go by they/them and my best friend goes by he/him (I will refer to him as V). We are both minors, so we can't hop or travel on our own without serious question. Yes we do drugs and...
  16. acabulary

    heyo future friends

    so i'm here to join in with all the complete and utter newbies around here, heyo the name's bri and im 21, passing the time with my kalimba and lame made up songs about traveling the world. i've been wanting to get out of bumfuck nowhere ohio for- well ever honestly. but my problem is that i...
  17. XAlbertaWarriorWomenX

    How to make friends with other "street" people/panhandlers when I'm shy/got social phobia?

    I'm currently homeless, my s/o is in jail and think hes gonna be there for a bit. I have hardcore social anxiety and don't like being in crowds of people more then 4, there is this "panhandling" cruw that's near where I panhandle, they actually pretty nice, they shared there drinks and gave me...
  18. slickjames

    Photos Greetings friends!

    Greetings from Vancouver, BC! I hope the New Year has reached you all well. I'm new to the community and looking to interact and pay some dues before I go around asking people for information. A small bit about myself: I'm from Sudbury Ontario, starting to get into train-hopping (already having...
  19. G0PN1KB0T

    Hello new friends, Id like to introduce myself.

    Just wanted to drop in and introduce myself. You can think of me as the Russian Troll or Gopnik Bot. I'm a 30 yr old, sober, hard working, adult who's only taken a few short Freight rides. (Itching for more) I love to travel, mostly up and down the west coast, never been East of Utah and havent...
  20. FreeCrow

    Hello Strangers and soon to be friends

    So. I found this website by chance and I have been considering walking out of town and into the unknown. I'll be honest so y'all know who I am, I just got out of prison and I spent more than enough time sitting still. I wanna be free. Free from all worldly trials. I want to wander just to...
  21. MomoHardin

    Hello Friends from ATL

    I am just starting my savings and making plans to start rubbertramping in the next few years. I am married and we are planning on doing some week long van deliveries for extra cash and get our feet wet in living out of sticks and bricks. This site is amazing! I don't think I have ever been so...
  22. PaytRacc oon

    VIA tracks Ontario, friends are Bailing on me!

    This is More of a Not-Traveling-at-All story about me failing a low-stakes trip with my friends, but here goes. I've been feeling like a layabout being trapped in my parents' place during Covid 19 and I thought I'd try to get out of the house. I had to return from traveling in Mexico when the...
  23. Bozorg

    Hi I'm Bozorg, longtime lurker, friend of the road.

    Hi everybody, I'm Bozorg, I'm a semi retiree from the road looking for destination ideas and roadstories. I hitched and tramped around the west from 2000-2009 and wish this site existed when I was 19. They called me Alcoholic Jr. back then, I was a mess for years and am now sober 7 yrs. 1st...
  24. cannedpeaches

    hello im (sorta) new, looking for friends and advice and maybe a travel companion

    hello ! i found this forum while doing research about freight hopping and travel gear and have been lurking for a few hours y'all seem super friendly and helpful and comfy guess i'll say a little about myself ~ i turn 30 this year i'm a trans girl, have been out for the past 5 years...
  25. Ifuknwander

    Hey there I'm Chaz I'm 33 I love to travel love music of all kinds love meeting new people I was in Asheville but at the moment I'm in a small shity.

    Hey there, I've checked out this site for years but never utilized it. I'm Chaz. Was in Asheville currently in a little town called statesville. Looking for someone or someone's that would like to travel and head further south and eventually head West.
  26. Coach K

    Intro and seeking info on a dear old friend, Reno Brian.

    Hello, everyone. I love to travel, but am a stay at home mom, so I haven't been getting out much these days. With two teenagers and two toddlers, it looks like it'll be a while; I'm content with that. I'm seeking information about Reno Brian (Brian K.). Although we were total opposites, Brian...
  27. Batsy

    Looking for some old friends from Slab City

    Hey, there! Last winter, my brother, James, and I visited the Slabs for a few days. I was going by the name Erik at the time. We arrived at night and were taken in by a group of hippies who let us stay with them at their camp, which they called The Medicine Post, since they did spiritual...
  28. RageNation

    Traveling with my best friend, we're native and queer!

    Week two in Sacramento, traveled from Arizona. It's chilly here and the grid is so flat my friend and I had to make push staffs out of conduit. Conduit because we are learning how to bend conduit for wires! That's right, we are mastering the still of conduit bending. Anyway we traveled here for...
  29. cherryb0mb

    Looking for friends, communes, community, anything

    greetings! im hopping out of Oklahoma looking for anywhere else to go. Seeking out a community or group of like minded folk,,, anywhere. hmu! bless be y’all (sorry if wrong thread)
  30. mothpot

    Hey friends. name’s gage

    Grew up traveling, getting back out on the road in march. i have no real roadname yet but many have taking a liking to calling me ‘slim’ because i’m a skeleton walking. i do a lot of visual art & music and am taking it abroad soon. asheville’s the first stop!
  31. Honey Crust

    Hitchin' Denver to California: What Could Go Wrong? (Pt. 4)

    "What do you mean you can't take me to Vegas?" "Apparently some other guy got that load, and dispatch is trying to send me to Montana. I'm sorry." I rubbed my eyes and tried to think quickly enough that I wouldn't go into panic mode. I had just woken up to the news that a promised ride after a...
  32. chaoticax0x

    hello friends! ^^; My name is Maddi

    Hi all! ^___^; My name is Maddi.My pronouns she/hers and I'm queer and trans af. At sometime a few years ago, I made a failed attempt. I now come willing to try again, humbled. I grew up working poor in Boston and as I grow suffocated by the ever more imposing gentrification and forces of...
  33. thedogz11

    I’m here for good friends, good beer, and greater adventures

    What up everybody! My name is Christian and I’m entirely new to traveling. Other than a few brief stints of homelessness and hanging out with some cool hobos in my hometown, I have no experience on the road. I’ve always wanted to jet out and see the world. The entire world. I want to see...
  34. BradKajukenbo

    Trying to locate an old family friend in Santa Cruz

    Trying to get word to a homeless old family friend. Last seen him in 2002 in Santa Cruz. June 22 of this year, vinelink shows he was booked into the Santa Cruz County Jail. In my days, he and his late wife helped me when I needed it. Food. Couch. If anyone in Santa Cruz that knows the homeless...
  35. Gypsybones

    Depression Steals Your Soul and Then it Takes Your Friends

    It's so easy to cut off a friend who is persistently difficult, self-absorbed, nasty, and decidedly "other." Especially if they cut themselves off first. Depression is a thief. It'll rob you of your time, your thoughts, and your sense of self. But before all of that, it'll take your...
  36. sparks767

    Calling all dumpster diving friends

    Ok I live in eastern Kentucky close to Lexington and I need help I'm new to dumpster diving. Been a couple times and nothing always empty handed trips so I would love to hear from anyone that could help me or givw me advice. Would be great if anyone was from Kentucky but anyone from anywhere...
  37. kultarakas

    hi all potential friends

    I'm the worst at introductions but let's try this anyway... Storytelling interests me but I'm tired just always creating my own worlds & words - this time I want to look what kind of stories the world around me has to offer. Joining this website is a start for that, I tend to be anxious so I...
  38. Rushastarr

    in rehab, need friends

    Hey yall, I'm stuck in CT in rehab. I'm going wicked stir crazy. I really just want some family and new friends because I'm lonely as fuck. Please help a sister out! can't want to hear from someone
  39. Glass Roads

    Aspiring self employed glass blowing rubber tramp looking to make friends with fellow travelers/anarchists

    Wake up and rage! I'm Aaron, I'm gonna be 30 on the first, and I'm planning on leaving my current employment to travel full time as of next year summer of 2020. I've been blowing glass for about 6 years, and I'm hoping to make a job of traveling full time and blowing glass at different studios...
  40. WellHelloThere

    I'm new here and want to make friends.

    I'm new to the sight and have to say I really enjoy it so far. I've been traveling now for five years using different methods. I don't ride with anyone or hang out with anyone. I did have a bad experience with another traveler. We got into a fight with him because I refused to catch out on the...
  41. D

    hello friends and freaks

    new here. queer trans man from midwest, heading out east pretty soon. i'm a marxist w anarchist sympathies (who on here doesn't have those lol), i also like poetry, gardening, art, weird drone music blah blah blah. came to this lifestyle thru spending time in queer communes + some other land...
  42. PunkWithOuttaSafetyPin

    What I'm Thankful For...

    In my younger days, when my family got together for Thanksgiving we'd take turns saying what we are thankful for in the past year and I thought it would be interesting to see what the misfit travelers on this site are thankful for. I'll start... I'm thankful for my friends (Matt and Sara) that...
  43. Pdog

    Hello STP pdog here! Looking to make new friends

    Hi! Whats up? Im Paul aka pdog. Im 28. I work as an EMT. College student. Just thought Id join the forum. Hopefully i can find a few road dogs/travel companions for my cross country trip next year? Ill be buying a 4x4 pickup truck and will be driving from Los Angeles to NYC and back. Along...
  44. MeAndRasputin

    Just joined.... Interested in traveling after meeting a friend

    Hey guys if any of y'a hey guys if any of Hey guys...love you...if anyone needs a need a rubber Tramp partner leaving out of Huntsville Alabama I'm available:)
  45. Thomas Walker

    Please help an old friend of mine

    I'm worried for an old friend of mine, and this post is to perhaps convince a few of you to seek him out and help. In all likelihood he doesn't even remember me, but I heard through a friend of a friend about his current situation: A few months ago, he had made a series of bad decisions that...
  46. beyondthepaleogender

    Hey friends, Ev here :)

    I'm the only queer trans punk trash twice baptized russian orthodox and exile from the motherland marxist to join StP (probably). I'm a hopeless romantic trapped in a cynics body. I roll with the worst of em. And the best of em. Really anybody, as long as you're fun. I'm currently hitchhiking...
  47. McFly888

    Hey y'all!

    Not familiar with internet sites or... blogs, if that's right? Still trying to navigate the site, seems pretty cool so far. So me...been traveling since 14. Just found a baby kitten someone dumped for dead behind a McDonald's ashtray, our new buddy now. I'm interested in making new friends, but...
  48. Tinman

    Greetings, future friends.

    I’m always at a bit of a loss how to introduce or describe myself. I’m basically a pretty mellow guy, generally friendly but I like my space, too. I read a lot, fiction, military history, anything interesting, really. I love chess, skill games in general, adventures of all kinds. I’m...
  49. BalancingBear

    Having Healthy Fur Friends Fur Free!

    I have had many great furry companions on the road with me and a concern has always been ensuring their health and safety regardless of what I put myself through. I have discovered VCA ANIMAL HOSPITALS, which are located all across the country, have pleasant and helpful vets and offer FREE...
  50. Clem

    Hello, friends

    My name is Clem. I come from Auburn, Maine and spent the first 25, almost 26 years of my life practically living in my bedroom. Never traveled, never did any outdoor activities. I've struggled with depression since 7th grade and 2017 was the worst it ever got. During the last six months of that...