New and ready to learn all I can about this lifestyle.

[OperationOverlord44]

Hello everyone. I just found out about this forum recently. Two days ago to be exact. I have had a growing desire to travel for the past year and a half or so. Literally I think about it every single day. I work at a job I absolutely hate and I've been thinking... "Why continue on like this and be miserable? There is more to life than this!" I want to go to concerts and experience things I never have before. So I've been seriously thinking about quitting my job, using the money I've saved up, and just hitting the road to go out west for however long I choose to. My parents never traveled and always worked and I don't want that to be me. I'm a noob when it comes to all of this though. I've never been on vacation, never driven for more than 3 hours at a time, and I've been camping only a few times. I have been in a car for more than 24 hours at a time, I just wasn't the one driving. I'm in my early 20's, have an SUV, money saved, and while my parents won't approve of this decision I want to make, I still want to do it. It's my life and I want to live it. Not wait to die! Thank you for reading my thread.

Places I want to go to: California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado, and Arizona.

 

[Koala]

Hell yeah! Welcome to StP!

What way are you thinking of traveling? Hitting the road with your car? The west is an awesome place to start traveling!!

 

[OperationOverlord44]

Thank you man! By car and sleeping in my car. May do some camping as well. It's a nice sized SUV. Wanting to get out West. Currently in the south right now. Hey... you're from upstate New York. You ever been to sterling stage festival near Oswego?

 

[Tude]

Well I must say you have hit the right place. Out of the many traveling sites I've researched I have to say we have the best library of traveling info here. And if not - we add more as we and all our members add what they found. Do research and read the info posted in our sub forums - lots of good things, cool things and ... some funky things. But from what I've read on other Introductions - where the people say they lurked for a while but read through our stuff - they were impressed with the knowledge included.

Do this and ask questions Your state itinerary sounds quite nice. With SUV - do check out the rubber tramper subforum especially.

Oh and do go and have fun and enjoy and be safe. I'm entrenched with 3 cats, dog, bf, job blah and just get out on quick travels ---- so go enjoy

 

[Koala]

Rad!! I'm sure you've got decent space to set up a place to sleep in the back. Check out the rubbertramping section here on StP if you haven't already. Some people have such awesome car/van setups.

Whereabouts in the south? I hang around Mobile AL and south Georgia a lot.

Nope never heard of that festival! You been?

 

[OperationOverlord44]

Definitely will check out that sub forum. I'm happy and excited to now be a part of this forum. In FLA. Yeah, it's a cool little festival. Maybe a few thousand people go there each year. There is one in late may, june, july, and I think one in September too. If you like to party then that's the place to be. 4 days of camping out and having fun. The music is alright. If you go with friends you'd have a lot of fun.

 

[Koala]

Oh man, that sounds super fun! Thanks for the heads up! Will definitely look into that. I'm definitely the type who likes to check out at least a few festivals a year, mostly for the hanging out part

Word, I go to school in Miami right now so I'm between there and NY. Have you been out to the west coast before?

 

[OperationOverlord44]

No man. Never been out west. Only been up north and down here in the south. Farthest out west I've been is Texas and Oklahoma but that was literally about 10+ years ago.

 

[Koala]

Excited for you then!! Keep us updated with your plans and safe travels when you get out there!

 

[OperationOverlord44]

Definitely, will do. I'm going to stay active on this website. Peace man. Have a good night.