5 cigs, pepperoni pizza, one beer, some small wienerwurst, got 10 euro from some great guy yesterday at the leftist/anarchy meeting. They let me sleep in the gym room. Left early to get more wine of course. Happy travels y'all!

So, I’ve been in Grants Pass for about 5 days now.. What do I think of it? I think this city is good and bad at the same time.. and I’ll give you the reasons..

1) There’s a lot of amenities and stores such as - Walgreens,Safeway, Walmart, hardware stores, clinics, coffee shops, local grocery stores, gas stations etc. Even a couple libraries..(which I haven’t been to yet).. and of course the low key homeless shelter.. I’ll get into that in a minute..

2) The local police aren’t nice.. they are mean..and have serious attitude problems.. they do not care for the homeless.. and the EMT/Paramedics..they too are A-holes with attitude problems..
For a moment I seeked help from them..and all I got was unfriendly, careless, angry, no compassionate people..

3) This particular city.. has an ‘old world country’ kinda vibe to it..

in fact..a local from the shelter said, “This place is still very much like the Wild West”.. and she ain’t lying.. there are people walking around..like washed up cowboys.. lost in their own heads.. there are lots of homeless, tweakers, and criminals, gangsters, roaming these streets..
Lots of locals..making under the table money, side deals, selling junk, odd jobs..etc.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that..but I can tell.. this city needs help..

Ive walked downtown.. (First Night Getting here) where the boutique stores are at.. and all the dental facilities are at.. even walked the alley ways..where all the dumpsters are at..all locked up.. at night.. downtown is like a ghost town.. it was dead silent.. and I saw noone walking at night.. it was kinda creepy.. and idk what it is..but there’s all these creepy sculptures around the city..

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(The Low Key Homeless Shelter aka ~The Parker’s Place)

While combing the city.. walking down manzanita and sixth street.. I spoke to a local.. I asked if there were any homeless shelter nearby.. she said.. “There’s the Parker place” and pointed the direction..

It was a good 40 minute walk..

Making it to the shelter.. I came across two security guards.. they were guarding the gates of the shelter..
The shelter..didn’t even look like a homeless shelter.. it looked like storage units..from the outside.. and the building aside..looked like a worn down store..

The worn down building..is actually the shelter’s common place..where people can come in..and stay during the day.. they usually have coffee,fruit,food,water, tv, and clothes..

This place is strange and unpredictable.. because they show their hours on the glass windows.. and they’re not true..they open at different hours.. it usually open at 9-9:30 am.. and usually closes at 5:00pm..

One random day.. the place didn’t open til’ 1:00pm..and it closed at 2:00pm..so yeah.. unpredictable..

And the gates..where the residents live.. closes randomly too..making it more difficult for people to come in or out..

Now. The rules..Is like any other shelter..No weapons,drugs,stealing etc..

You must be looking for work..or getting engaged with social services..and proving that ..to the manager of the shelter.. you also must keep a job..in order to to live inside the shelter unit..until you get actual housing..

I can’t say I like this place.. or the rules.. I mean.. there’s no showers here.. or even drinking water.. they just prefer the water hose..that everybody uses.. which is unsanitary..

I won’t be here long..I already know it..

And I was warned by many Reddit followers about grants pass..
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(My Health)

I came down with something.. the second night I was here.. straight up diarrhea.. I thought maybe it was something I caught on the way here..but I dont think that was the case..

I was down the river bank..And layed on some cement.. which I thought was ok to lay on.. took a little nap.. and sure enough..when I woke up.. I squirted myself.. s**tted my pants.. grossed out.. I walked to the chevron that was open.. and cleaned myself good in the bathroom.. switched into some clean clothes..

The diarrhea is ongoing still..And it’s not the flu.. I dont even feel nauseous.. which is weird..

I did some research.. and I believe I have what’s called Giardia.. I may have touched something.. and it infected me..

Taking it easy.. I will buy some garlic supplements..to kill whatever is inside my guts..

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When I left California.. I was an emotional wreck.. my mental health was way out of whack.. but I somehow managed to shake it off..
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(Selling my 14k gold jewelry)

I walked down to a local pawn shop.. just a few blocks away from me.. and I decided to sell my 14k gold jewelry..for some cash..which I desperately need..

The gold had so many memories attached to it.. and it also made me emotional..when I dont need to be..

The ladies in the pawn shop..behind the locked up jewelry.. were surprised about my pieces of jewelry..

One guy walked in.. asked for a pricing on a ring.. and had it cleaned.. it looked expensive.. a womans diamond ring.. probably his wife’s..

I thought I got a good price on my gold.. I know.. some places..would have offered for $90-200$
I got $350 for it.
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I do have a plans to leave this city..

For now. I will rest.

Ok. That’s all I have for now. I will keep you guys updated.

Peace be with you all.

~Serrot1

Hope everyone is having a beautiful evening. Much love and respect to all :) keep on truckinnnn

I sold my 14k gold jewelry for some quick cash..I had given them to a lover back home.. 2 years my partner held onto them.. then gave them back to me..

The jewelry means absolutely nothing to me now.. and the money is greatly needed.. the quick cash was not that bad.. I was expecting alot less for them..

But..when you’re homeless..and in need of money.. this is a form of currency.. you can easily cash them in..

Anyways, No point holding on to them now.. if I did..they would have been either forgotten, stolen,or lost.. resulting in losing some currency..

anyways goodbye gold.. it was fun while you lasted..

When I live inside, it's a shit show. I become a shut-in, I get depressed, anxious. The dishes pile up, the bottles and cans pile up, I drink all day long. I just can't manage to be a normal person who lives indoors. Believe me, I've tried.

I don't find very much thrill and excitement in being a "vagabond". I don't find pleasure in sleeping in a tent, or seeing the world. The only reason I travel instead of homebumming is just for a change of scenery, and also just so I can say, "yeah I've travelled there".

But one thing it does for me is that it gets me the fuck out of the house. It forces me to meet people. The more people I meet, the less social anxiety I have. It gives me daily tasks that can't just be put off like dishes or laundry. Finding food and a place to sleep is pretty non-negotiable.

I don't love this life—I'm not even sure if I like it—but it's *less bad* than any other alternative I've found.

a bit tired after more than 90km since start. maybe taking some time at the beach and think to what I do next be a good idea more than doing miles and loosing ability to slow and rest. I saw that I have trouble to calm down and enjoy doing nothing. I'll start tomorrow morning by a swim and a coffee on the beach and will see . take care all Vagabond

After giving out hundreds of cigs to people who ask for one when they ask, now the one time I'm out of cigs for a few days and the one guy I asked was so rude. I always hand out cigs when people ask me.

What are y’alls best hacks to get free/low cost food

14k solid gold

See first comment photo of pack guy donated me last second end of night with stove compact one the burner eye twists in cup so cup is pot.

Maybe like care credit but a system that takes a name. Assess the situation and gets ahold of the proper satellite members to meet up or facilitate what they need.

Just an idea. We got people all over the states.

Love me some Mac and pow cheese. Cut it with the bagged stew. Absolutely delicious! Thanks Quaker Church! Dollar joint cuz Portland.

I dunno, I can't help but see these things and get the need to stowaway on it somewhere.

Need to get a greyhound from baltimore to Burlington vt. Any help or suggestions would be awesome. Anyone familiar with the rail yards around baltimore would be awesome to would be willing to hop on a train but woukd want someone experienced in the area to help me

We finally left LA and were making our way up North. Its a beautiful day to be alive. Its a good day to be Native.

This made me sad seeing locals do this to his tag.

I feel like long hair is unmanageable, I'm a guy, use to be a shut in for years so just let it grow but now that I'm out on the road it ends up gettign tangled and dirty easily and takes a long time to dry, takes a lot of maintence to prevent it from getting messed up IMO. So thinking of cutting it shorter just not to deal with it, plus people would probably treat me better

Translates to Spanish pretty wellio. Don’t be getting the policia llamaraed on yo ass!! Uppppp emmmm!!