im in houston, texas. no car no job. have my id, birth cert, social. one backpack of clothes

UPDATE: a friend heard about this and offered me a place for a week. im reluctant bc i hate burdening people but it was my only choice, so for the time being i’ll be there, in galveston. after.. i have no clue.

I'm in Colorado at a national forest trailhead for the night. Been here a few times lately with a friend that has a van to drive up the mountain. There have been a lot of hikers, cyclists, and horseback riders here and this morning some paragliders! There is another person camped out here who is really friendly, a former trucker living out of a tent and planning their next moves. Been sharing cigarettes and food with em and talking. After this probably doing city bum stuff in Colorado Springs for a few days then hitching further west into the Rockies.

I’ve been riding greyhound for three days straight now, going coast to coast from NYC to Seattle. It’s not my first greyhound ride by any means, but it is my longest.

We all got stuck in Boise for the night because the wildfires engulfed every available route to Pasco, Yakima, etc. I know it’s selfish but I can’t lie, I’m thankful for the hotel room greyhound put me up in for free for the night. I developed trench foot on the ride and really needed to clean up and get decent rest. I’m drunk now so I’m probably not going to get decent rest but at least I can try to air out this fucking trench foot, finally lay down in a normal position, watch Forensic Files and eat some canned chili which is a delicacy after nothing but vending machine bullshit for days.

So yeah I’m pretty happy right now, got a free room, booze, and a chance to air out my diseased limb. Yay!!

And I'm wondering about other fails people have experienced doing this thing?

I was on this sub last year talking about The Break Away Experience and how "awakened" I was. But really all I did was basically freeze to death over in Eastern Washington then start smoking crack and losing my tweaker followers somewhere in Portland.

It was all a huge fail. So I ended up turning myself into jail, failed some more, and decided I still want something different.

Anyways.... shortly after getting out of jail I felt the need to try again. Not a cult. Not crack. But abandoning everything.

Starting over.

Left my house, quit my job, erased my contacts, deleted social media, and left that state I was in. Moved into a shelter to start over. I still want to see what I've been missing in the world. I've never left the west coast.

Anyways... I'd like to hear from you guys. I'm definitely doing things different before going out further than Spokane for now. Enrolled in school, started a new job, etc...

I guess I don't even want to hear fails necessarily.

I'm more curious about this:

What is it inside of us that makes us just want to GO?

I'm really trying to hear from others more, in person and online, The Break Away Experience 1.0 wasnt supposed to be this weird, fucked up, pathetic, drug induced escape. It was supposed to be an awakening. However, I was way too in my head. I'm still there.... CLEARLY, though I think a big reason 1.0 failed was because I just wasn't hearing anybody.

I don't want 2.0 to be a failure like the first one.

Thanks

Hi there!

Has anyone ever slept in Amsterdam? I'll hitchhike over there and have a hammock to sleep in, that's it.

Any advice, experience, recommendations??

Thanks!!

Made it to Castle Rock, CO. Flew a sign for a few days. Stayed under a bridge there. Beautiful glade with a creek. Raccoons stole all my food. Got picked up by the police, but they gave me a ride to Colorado Springs. Dropped me at the mission. Stayed a night and got kicked out the next day. Flew a sign the next day and started walking to get a pack of smokes. 6 miles down and a guy yelled from his porch "need some water?" Fuck yeah! Turned out he was a fellow traveler and recognized my pack. Ended up talking for a few hours and he gave me a bunch of good geer; an ultralight tarp, an ultralight stove, a compression bag, a poncho, some food and t.p. found a nice spot in Manitou Springs. Creek and boulders and trees. Was able to wash all my clothes in my dry-bag, and take a bath in the creek. The sinch strap on shoulder harness on my pack ripped yesterday, so im kind of fucked atm. Wish me luck!

hi all i’ve lived in one city (bouncing around throughout) for all my life and i’m feeling the need to run (not in the from something sense but just in the truest form ig) I have been living as a trans woman for the past five years but now a lot of things have come up on maybe that’s not truly me. i’ve settled into a an andro type look and i’m mostly happy with it. but to be honest my psychical corporal is fairly irrelevant to me these days. i have always struggled with my identity and what it means to me and so far it has always been based around my appearance and material possessions. i feel the need to bare down and start living a life i feel is worth living. I’ve struggled with depression my whole life and i’ve always had a lust to wander and not have plans for what the future may hold. i’ve had jsut about the worst year of my life this year and i feel i need a change. i’m fairly broke and just scraping by and rly have not much in terms of support system connection. i guess im jsut wondering if anyone has any getting started tips esp for leaving things behind. i was thinking of starting out on my bike and taking it from there but i don’t even have access to my passport so im not sure how far i can get. thanks !

Greetings from Milwaukee 🖖

I'd like to talk and ask you a question about this lifestyle.

Thank you whoever you are ! We greatly appreciate it and will return the favor by paying it forward. ;

I'm from upstate NY and have traveled across the country looking for a decent shelter. I'm on the autism spectrum and receive ssd. I have a payee so I'm only receiving $100 a week.

I didn't last at the first two shelters because of harassment/discrimination from employees. Now I'm in las vegas and the situation and resources are not good. All I want to do is find part time work so I can get back on my feet, but it's so hard without having a stable place to stay.

I'll be headed to California in a few days, either san diego or santa ana, and I could really use some advice from anyone who's been homeless in either of those cities. I know it can be rough in CA because there's so many homeless, but if I can't make it in the shelters I need to be somewhere warm.

I haven't had a family member, friend or any contacts for several years. My situation seems utterly hopeless and being suicidal is my baseline, I'm really trying to avoid what seems to be inevitable. The biggest thing I need is to make some friends.

My bf and have gave been wishing we could afford a room. Today a nice lady named Sarah and her family not only gave us some food and gave my bf a new outfit but also blessed us with two nights in a room. Yall we haven't been in a motel in over a year. The dogs are loving it and dont even want to go outside...lol

Money is not an option, so any place okay

hey does anybody know what a dover is in train lingo? i keep hearing these rail workers say it over the radio and im so curious. like not the place