Waiting on winter

[hahahaimnoone]

Hey y'all... been enjoying the site so here's me joining.
Ran away from my home bound life in a moment of crisis last June... Just handed over my keys and walked away, with nothing and no plan, no research, no experience.
First person I met on the streets was a trainrider ... He started teaching me ... Wish I'd caught out with him then but I wasn't ready to leave town ... He left my ass ... Anybody see Lucky from KY around, pls tell him Hope from Avl is ready to go now lol!
Camped out in woods, parking garages, squats until November... Gave up the tent and went couch surfing at the first snow lol, I'm a pussy.
Now I'm just waiting on the weather to head back out and this time I'm hopping a train... alone, female, and green. I hate the cold, but I'm not scared
I completely agree with folks who trash home bumming. The shelters will bring you down. Survival on the streets is one thing, it's a skill to learn, but it's not even all that difficult. There's so much food and stuff everywhere... Traveling provides more opportunity for growth, fulfillment, freedom I think. I hope so.

 

[Anagor]

Welcome to StP!

Traveling provides more opportunity for growth, fulfillment, freedom I think. I hope so.

I think so, too.

Greetings from Germany!

 

[hahahaimnoone]

Guten morgen , danke

 

[DonnyDerelict]

Be careful, and have fun!

 

[Tude]

ooooo stay warm - you are getting hammered with snow and ice right now!

 

[hahahaimnoone]

@Tude, thx! I'm inside warm but stagnating... I really wish I was tough enough to leave now... Erg
Living vicariously through STP

 

[Johnny P]

Winter traveling is rough but once you get thru one you know that you can and the next one won't be as bad... I get stir crazy as all hell when I'm winter time housed up...after three days I'm ready to go...

Good luck on your journey and be safe out on the railroad. Not everyone bout there is an idealistic traveler

I'm also dreaming of spring

Welcome to the site!

 

[hahahaimnoone]

Thx Johnny!
I wish I'd known to go south while I could... don't plan on staying in next year
Will spend the afternoon reading your blog and day dreaming with one hand on my pack

 

[Johnny P]

South is for the birds IMO...I like to stay a bit north and hear the cold and make lotsa bank being a cardboard technition..;-) Big Money Bum!

Enjoy those trampin stories and thanks for reading!

 

[hahahaimnoone]

I hear ya Johnny. Man, anyone that can live all season outdoors with temp consistently in the 0-40F ( or worse ) has mad respect from me... I'd buy em some whiskey.
I dug your blog, nice pics... There's so much of this country I haven't seen!

 

[Johnny P]

You can buy me some Whisky anytime;-)

Thanks for reading! Glad you enjoyed it! I need to write more but I'm limited to a smartphone these days...if I settle down again I will def write more..

 

[misanthropicrustacian]

have any idea where you want to go? or what direction at least

 

[hahahaimnoone]

Not really haha
I mean I figure I'll hear about places and develop an itinerary once I'm out
For me, the first thing is to get going
I like the pretty nature ... Will prob stay away from big gross cities. Wanna see the north west at some point.
How do you decide where to go?

 

[misanthropicrustacian]

the north west is great , I guess its always different reasons for myself where I choose to go , Id like to go to Maryland deathfest this year but don't have cash for tickets , yet..., I heard Asheville Is such a big traveler hub, I got a friend in Greensboro, but ive never checked out north Carolina , only passed through it. Its on my list though. well if your ever in Rhode island or southern mass. hit me up if you want to hang out, oh, and I used to have the same outlook on big cities, but you sure can take advantage of them in a lot of ways , but ya some places just plain suck

 

[hahahaimnoone]

thanks man will def hit you up if I head that way, lmk if you come through Asheville

 

[linno]

Had a similar experience first time travelling as a girl alone in the French quater.... it's Def a skill but it's also so worth walking away from avoiding cuz it's just hard on the soul in the city.... I'm thinkin of heading your way next (nc) came back to honestate to recharge catch a bit of early Pennsylvania spring.... but yeah cities and it being a skill yeah ha that's shit just CRAZY tho.... I'm Def looking forward to coming to places thay are not trashed Loud ....ya...... where is good in NC for a girl to get lost in the woods???

 

[hahahaimnoone]

I hear Asheville is no true city, but still there's a street scene, meatheads, thieves... Really it's nice if you avoid downtown. Ever wanted to get on the App trail? I kinda want to just get lost in the blue ridge. But I've never seen much of the U.S. I wanna hear about making it in the French quarter lmk if you get this way and I'm still around

 

[linno]

I'll be in Greenville sc on Saturday
app trail sounds cool
french quater is quite the experience by the end I think I was kinda in shock but coming back to pa and staying with a good friend proved to be an important part of my journey so I'm ready to get going again. I was gifted a few amtrak tickets and lame as amtrak is, it's free travel for me and so greenville sc is next....closest stop to ashville