advice

  1. aaru

    new here! looking for advice

    hey--- my name is aaru & i'll be heading all around texas. don't really know where i'm heading/what i'm doing, but i'm also not looking for anything. just trying to live a bit more off the grid, not as intrinsically tied to the metropolis among other drifters. college graduate, rather useless...
  2. Matt Derrick

    Any mechanics out there? Looking for some advice on this van!

    Hey folks! Some of you know I've been in the market for a short bus, but due to lack of reasonably-priced options, I'm also considering doing a custom camper van; either a cargo or passenger van (post 2002 GMC savanah or Chevy express preferred) and completely gutting the insides to do a custom...
  3. 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...
  4. danidatx

    Austin Squat - seeking advice and interest

    Myself and a small group of folks are interested in putting together an intentional squat for rad/anarcho folks who want to do the damn thing! I am in search of legal advice specific to Texas, anyone with resources they can offer or have leads on, and folx who may want to help/participate in...
  5. D

    Advice on getting a flight?

    I be goddamned if I spend my last days in a middle-of-nowhere town filled with a bunch of goddamn rednecks whom I can't stand and who don't get me, so I'm going to get a plane ticket and go someplace else. Any recommendations for getting a ticket somewhere? South America, Asia, or Europe?
  6. Wert

    Kinda new, Advice needed

    I hitched all last year but managed to stay where it was warm. Ive managed to stay grounded since the begining of dec. But now I wanna head out and I forgot about snow and how cold it gets at night. Any tips on what to do for gear. All I got is a bag blanket and sleeping bag
  7. L

    Advice for rubber tramping with no AC

    Hello, im curious about what other people do, and have done in the past traveling in a van with a dog, with no working AC. Im considering eventually buying an rv roof mounted AC, but thats alot of cash and a ways away. Iv slso considered installing a roof vent to help release the heat. Also...
  8. MyWayHome

    A risky journey - advice needed

    Hi, I am posting this hoping to receive any kind of advice. I have been living in a van on and off with my partner, she has epilepsy and was planning on using her disability income to support the van life while I was the primary driver. I was able to get my drivers license replacement in CA...
  9. NappySackJack

    Back to the road and need advice

    Been a few years since I have traveled and it's time I start back again (full time) I have 2 weeks before me and my friend are kicked out of the apartment we rent. My friends going to his parents and I'm hiting the road. I decided to make a profile to ask if anything has changed on the road...
  10. LocalWeirdo

    Portland to California travel advice ?

    Female travelling alone considering freight hopping. Looking for some genereal advice or tips ( i'm from the UK so i'm not super familiar with things here yet )
  11. OrphXan

    Gardening / Housebitchin' advice.

    After the better part of a decade being an addict, homeless, and nomadic I've been trying to settle down and get some stability for myself. I've got a duplex in eastern Canada and I've just started my first garden. So far I've just tilled the spot I picked and pulled out all the weeds and...
  12. Seethru2

    Photos Any advice for driving on hwy 50?

    Anyone have some advice for driving Route 50 in Nevada? I want to head towards Denver, and I know that the 50 is a long stretch of road without anything. So besides the norms like, coolant, and oil, do y'all have any advice for driving that deep in the Nevada desert? I'll be leaving, east out of...
  13. Maki40

    Need Legal Advice or just tell me what you would do

    Hello All, I've been hoboing around Florida all winter with no problems but I just got a citation for Alcohol in the beach in Panama City. I read the beach rules and they said nothing about alcohol but apparently they have a alcohol ban for the month of March which wasn't posted anywhere and I...
  14. Older Than Dirt

    Thoughts, comments, gear advice or suggested routes hitching Albuquerque -> Durango -> Ft. Collins -> Lincoln, Neb. in May?

    So i am thinking of taking my geriatric ass out west for a bit in May. Because i am old and soft and scared of hitching through Kansas/Oklahoma, but have never seen anything between Steelville, Mo to Denver on the ground (unless you count Winnipeg and Mexico City as being in North America), i...
  15. S

    Need help and advice from fellow squatters

    I found an abandonedbuilding and was wondering how I could take owner ship of it
  16. R

    Im needing some advice im stuck in houston

    I'm trying to find a place to go . i dont have an id or anything . I just want to find a place to get my head together. Ill travel where ever. Looking for communes or intentional communities. Been a hermit for awhile and now it's time to get around other folks . haven't had a conversation in...
  17. Beachlife84

    New and heading out in 2 days! Road dawgs and advice needed.

    Quick intro. I'm a 34 ywar old male that moved to NC SC area for xonsteuxtion work after livijg in Key west for a year. I'm now homeless due to lack of construction work here. So me snd my toolbelt and 2 bags are headed out. I have skate boarder my whole life and been in bands and such as a...
  18. NohaTarek

    1st time hiking in america - advice

    Hey guys ::cat:: this is my first time to post here... i'm an international student from egypt, & this is my 1st year learning & exploring in america ::bookworm:: while in the holidays now, i want to travel... i can't afford, of course, staying in hotels & all that stuff! right now, the...
  19. cherryb0mb

    ADVICE NEEDED FROM EXPERIENCED SQUATTERS AND BUMS

    So we’re stuck in Oklahoma. Our Explorer is in the shitter and needs $800 worth of repairs plus the $700 we already put in that shit shoe. We keep the Explorer for sleeping space which is very helpful traveling with our two furry kiddos. BUT winter is almost passed and we need to get the fuck...
  20. The Hiker

    surviving the winter of my isolated mind advice

    I've got 1 month and 28 and a half days exactly until I can roll out of this fuckin old ass town, not a long time but goddamn it feels like it, my mom never shuts up about whatever new wingnut thing she's thinkin about, the only reason I have any friends is cause my brother brings his friends...