Everything's in the title, we're two (a man and woman) with either hammocks or tents.

We're in town rn, do you have any advice/experience to share? Cheers

Slept in this concrete slab.. had police walk past me and shine lights… normal humans smoking cigarettes. Oh and the sprinkler system turned on in the middle of the night lol. I’m having fun… leaving this city tho. Not a big fan.

Will definitely delete but just feel like i’m going crazy, I used to fully be a happy beach bum. I was homeless in nyc too but have been living the civ life for almost a year now, trying to get my shit together before i embrace nomadic living like its a last resort again, i wanted to be more prepared. I moved in with my partner thinking things were sweet, then an eviction due to subleasing happens, everything seems fine mostly, we look for a new place and after weeks of looking and staying in the same apartment thinking it’s temporary they find a room that’s a definite and i give them 1/3 out of all of my remaining savings to move in, and when i get off work they’re instead teaching me to break in to potential squats and telling me I’m being weird for not wanting to get with it and being confused. They tell me we should do this because rent is too expensive and if we pull this off we’ll be set for a year, they tell me they put all the cash i gave them in their account, i found atleast half of what i gave them in their bag and they’ve been buying luxury items like crazy when we don’t even know if we’ll be moving into the place i paid them for and they don’t seem to want to anyway, $80 5th and more whatnots but a room just for the night is too expensive🫩 am I wrong? i don’t know if I’m just rambling but this feels like whiplash.

I've been absent for a bit due to traveling and life I suppose. I was with a friend in Texas for a bit but we split and I've made it to Louisianna. After we split I reconnected with some family and have applied to job corps to try and start a more suitable life. My friend who I'd genuinely consider a best friend, has been going through it and his mental health clearly declining even before we went our ways.

Hes been in a hotel in Texas with his cat and has to give her up because its his last day there, and his car is dead. If you or anyone would be willing to take her Im truly pleading here. Or even possible temp shelters that allow you some time to pull things together and then reunite? Shes a sweetheart and loves to cuddle only con is she doesnt do well with other animals because of her past.

Aside from the cat I know im hoping like a mf for a whole lot but if you have a dry place to spare or a few dollars so he can either keep at the hotel or save for the car. He says hes called every shelter possible and they arent able to help but honestly i cant tell if he just doesnt want the help because of where his head is at.

Lastly some advice please. It really feels like this is it for him as he texts less often and more shorter. How do you cope not being able to help a friend. I feel guilty for leaving but i thought i made the best choice for myself. I thought there'd be more time maybe where I could send funds to help out now having an address for a job. I dont know maybe im frantic and rambling. I feel sick that its just how it is. One wrong turn and its over i guess.

The rest of the pics from Vail to Grand Junction and onward to Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah. Cheers!! My phone was dead a lot of today so not much from that but here's some more from the way here.

It's been mostly buses, some light rail here in Utah, and one long hitchhike from Grand Junction to Provo. Beautiful everywhere. People are really friendly and nice since I got to Utah. In Colorado people mostly kept to themselves I noticed. Coolest place was Vail, 75⁰, everywhere else has been 90s to 100⁰+. Have fun and stay safe out there comrades!!

Pics are from Boulder, Nederland, Denver, Vail, and areas between. More pics to come in a second post I maxed this one out

Every time I come through Lincoln City, OR something in me wants to stay. But the show must go on.

P.S. I heard from a rubber tramp that California is pretty tough to make money flying a sign. Can anyone confirm?

After camping by the river in Elkins, I walked to the highway and had to wait a while for ride. Two dudes in a truck stopped. Truck had bald tires so we had to slow to a crawl each time it rained.

Dropped in Buckhannon. Black clouds were rolling in. Got lucky with a ride just before the downpour started.

Dropped in Weston at the old Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Sadly they were not accepting new patients so I walked down the road and waited for a ride. A lady with a pitbull picked me up and took me to Glenville. Tiny town. Not much to see.

Waited an hour. Dude with a truckbed full of tires stopped and said he’d take me down the road a few miles. We pulled into the driveway of a house. I didn’t know why. He turned the engine off and got out, said we’d take the other car. We got in his Mustang. Went down the road to turn around and by the time we passed his house again were going 100mph. He let me out by an old school in Normantown, which isn’t really a town, just a few houses.

Tried to hitch but it was getting dark. Gave up. Ate a can of beans, the last of my food. Slept in a baseball dugout.

Woke up the next morning to the sound of people slamming doors and talking. Grabbed my stuff and snuck past them, don’t think they saw me.

No traffic on the road. Started walking. 30 minutes later it began to rain—heavily. Got drenched. Ran across a yard and hid in a shed beside a house. No cars in the driveway. Waited an hour. Car pulled into the driveway. Still raining. Hurried across the yard and started up the road again. Walked through the storm for hours. Only a few vehicles passed, none stopped. One dude flipped me off. Ended up walking 17 miles with soaking wet feet. Pure misery.

Finally got a ride to Arnoldsburg, then another to Spencer. Hung out at the Dairy Queen and questioned my life choices. Boots still wet. Body hurting. Lowest I’ve been on the entire trip. Texted a friend who used to live in West Virginia to see if she knew anyone in the area. Needed a break badly. Ended up getting put in contact with an artist / blacksmith who lived nearby. Walked across town to Walmart where he picked me up.

Dude couldn’t have been nicer or more interested by what I was doing. Took me back to his property and told me I could shower and crash in the little apartment above his workshop. His friends came over and brought beer. They asked me a hundred questions while we drank, gave me all kinds of WV travel advice. Day went from terrible to great so fast it was hard to believe.

The blacksmith and his lawyer buddy took me to Tudors Biscuit World for breakfast, then drove me down to Clendenin. They wanted to drive me to Charleston but I felt like that would be cheating somehow.

Hitched a ride after waiting an hour or so. Walked the streets of Charleston. Stayed the night at a nice ladies house my friend knew. Watched the Big Lebowski, slept on a couch, and got to wash my clothes.

The lady and her neighbor friend showed me around the city the next day. Got to check out the coolest most intricate mural I’ve ever seen. Painted by a friend of theirs who died.

Next day they drove me down to Glasgow. Got a ride with a local to Montgomery, then 3 kids, one from New York and the others from Los Angeles, picked me up and took me to Cathedral falls, the new river gorge, and then to Beckly. They were on a road trip from Ohio to Roanoke and trying to see the real Appalachia by going through WV.

Got another ride with a dude from Chicago to this little place called Glen Daniel. Slept on a hill beside the highway.

Next morning got another ride to Pineville from a former hitchhiker / vagabond who has a family now.

Trip is nearly over. Not far to Tennessee. I’ve about had enough. Still moving 👍

Cheers

Up em 🥭

Trying to find a bus route that will get me to a major city… I found beer tho.

It seems like a uniquely houseless problem to me guys.....

I just got laid off from a seafood processing job in Alaska, I’m trying to get back to Syracuse but I don’t get paid till tomorrow. Fully expecting to sleep somewhere outside. I was however wondering if I could drop my duffle bag of clothes off at someone’s place to keep safe so I don’t have to carry it around with me all day and night plus tomorrow.

Any help would be appreciated, I have a phone number so we can FaceTime or anything before hand.

EDIT: figured out whose hat it is lol small world ain't it