My trips began as Covid was just starting to get everyone riled up, ... Tampa FL was where I started, went unwisely to the east coast of fl , hitchhiking, very few rides, got to Titusville via one dude and his wife picking me up, kicked me down 100 in greenbacks ... Started making my way up coast made it to Daytona as bikefest wAs going on, and the following day as I'm heading up ormund beach, the bikers were all getting kicked out of Daytona due to mayors action to stop the gathering.... Hitchhiked as best as I could on through Georgia, twice getting rides from local law enforcement, one even kickdown of 3 MealsReadyToEat.... Quarantine was starting to turn people paranoid I noticed... Managed through though, got blessed to smoke a dubbie with one cat named David, trucker dude riding in a hippie van at the time dropped me in Valdosta.... Got to Alabama, everyone seemed sketched out at this point in my travels... Montgomery especially, met one cat there around the West end of that city close to rails, wish him the best, he had just been released from incarceration to a surreal world,lol... All cities had little traffic at this time, so I decided to hit the rails, or try my hand at it.... Hopped from Montgomery to Mobile AL ...good 8 or 9 hour ride, this was day before Easter I remember, went to sleep next to yard, woke up heard a train, ran beside and once I got hold of a top rung brought my feet up... I only ride grainers BTW... Haven't tried other cars,.... Anywho, Mobile to NOLA on the way east end before u make it to river... I had hard time on Easter Sunday in NOLA I didn't see french quarter, but due to all the depression on that side of town decided to hop out again... I rode a trainer coming out just west of river... I thought I was good, but then train started going into air and I thought to myself, shit, .... Freaked me out damn thing goes above the whole french quarter or something, when it finally got across the other side to a small holdover yard west of new orleans, I got off to get my bearings, and make sure I was back on solid ground... I think it was Avondale that I was at, once morning returned I hopped from there to somewhere between Baton Rouge to Lafayette, hopped off like dumbass due to being ready to eat and having no supplies, but damn... Don't hop out till it slows down and think like a paratrooper, hit the ground running! Or else you could break something... Luckily alive after gashing my hand open and scraps on knees... Hitch hiked to Lafayette, where I once again hoped out, but now, this train makes its way to a drop off point so I hop off halfway to lake Charles, walk the rest of the way... Orange tx...then here I now am BeAumont... I'm needing pointers bout hopping out... North side seems ez but looks as though it stops in Silsbee, west goes to Houston and possibly fort Bragg? Uh-oh ... I just want to get out of here now, I want a banjo or something too, shit, I'm sorry bout the rambling, I mean well but I'm just as stupid as any other human, much love,one love, hope all other travelers are doing good, hang in there...when the going gets tuff...the tuff keep going? Peace