Thread 2810049

Its been a while since posting and I see my old post is still on here. Im about to drive west and try to find what im missing. With this rav4, 2k cash some camping gear and everything. I am putting my full faith in God that he will provide me with my daily bread and good things. I do not know the destination I only know that a massive adventure awaits me. With some weed and mushrooms I will be traversing the American west and, potentially other areas, on a drug induced quest to find something that I am not even sure exists. A place to call home. I've spent alot of time outdoors so to hell with you guys thinking I wont make it far with 2k cash. Im talking I will be eating wild game almost every day and not spend a penny more than I need to. I will do my best to update this board every day and hope to have some great adventures. I am confident that i can pray to my father for daily necessities and he will provide. Otherwise I will come to him eventually. Pic related is my setup. I made the bed with scrap wood. I'll be bringing some hunting and fishing gear and all the empty space you see will most likely be things like rice and beans and grains that I can eat

>>2810049 (OP)
>2k
>fully loaded rav4
>With some weed and mushrooms
>also has weapons (yes bow/arrows count)
So, you're going to make it to the midwest, get pulled over in Oklahoma/Southern State with highway patrol asking you WTF you're doing, hear your story, bring out the dog, and lock you up.

Also 2,000 with a bunch of shit in a Rav4 isn't a lot in gas. Enjoy your month driving around before running out of cash

>>2810049 (OP)
Sounds like fun anon. Looking forward to reading your blog. Just make sure that if you have firearms you know the laws in each state. Also with respect to hunting and fishing, you will need a licence everywhere you go if you want to avoid fines or trouble. Good luck, fren.

>>2810063
Appreciate your support. I will be driving with a bolt action rifle and a 45 1911. They should be legal in all states i believe

>>2810067
Traveling with Drugs and Guns, what could go wrong in a time where State Troopers, Highway patrol, local law enforcement, and DHS are specifically looking for illegals on the highways trying to run to some Sacturary cities.

Can't say I condone what is quite literally a felony on a federal level,
https://www.dea.gov/sites/default/files/2021-12/Trafficking%20Penalties.pdf
You're skipping local law and going straight to the top

One day closer. Thinking I might stop in Idaho and go south and maybe not even go into California or if I decide to see the coast ill go through Oregon. Leaving from Wisconsin btw

>>2810049 (OP)
>I am putting my full faith in God
I hope he will cover the bill when something goes wrong with your car, insurance does nothing about it and the repair shop throws all your shit away because they need to access something.
Unplanned vanlife never ever goes well.

>>2810190
You think i dont know how to repair my vehicle? Im sorry I dont play Minecraft all day surviving off the cheetoes in my neckbeard like you and I actually know how to use my hands to get things done

This is how people end up homeless lmao.

The first time a game warden rolls up on him, catches him roasting a squirrel on a stick with a campfire in a no burn zone, and no overnight camping, hunting/fishing without a license, finds the drugs, hes gonna end up in jail for awhile, then get out and be in debt due to the 20,000$ in fines he's accrued. Car will be impounded, no way to get it out.

You just checked yourself into the prison cycle / homeless matrix in which you will not escape xDDD

>>2810212
Good thing I know how not to be a dumb fuck like you

>>2810049 (OP)
>memory foam mattress pad
Good idea.
>drug induced quest
I did something similar in 2017-2018, with weed and LSD. It put my mind in a difficult place that has left me permanently detached from humanity and unable to re-engage. Luckily, in 2019 I found a work arrangement which helped me push forward and accumulate $15000 in reserve funds while living sober, and six years later I'm still working the same job for a few months every year and now living in an on-site apartment.
>a place to call home
Shed this fantasy, or it will plague you with discontent everywhere you go. You're choosing the life of a migrant. The American West is full of rootless vagabonds. It takes YEARS to build deep & lasting friendships which make a place feel like home. Personally, I've accepted my status as a migrant laborer with low social market value. Americans are generally kind and courteous people who want to spread positivity, but they have strong emotional firewalls.
>massive adventure awaits me
It's not a guarantee, anon. If you develop an antipathy toward the people around you and shun their company, chances are nothing meaningful will happen on your trip.
>eating wild game almost every day
Plenty of town deer to shoot here in Colorado, lol. Hack off a chunk of ass and leave the rest, I guess.
>>2810069
Don't break any traffic laws, and you will never get pulled over. I don't recommend sitting spaced-out in your vehicle in a town park or some other place where the cops might roll up. Many heartland American towns are hostile toward vagabonds.
>>2810212
I've camped in wild spaces all across America and never had USFS / BLM rangers roll up on me. When I traveled with weed, I would keep it locked up in my glovebox at all times.
>>2810190
Instead of worrying about what might happen, prepare yourself every morning to deal with whatever challenges lie before you. Worst case, you abandon the vehicle and set out walking with your rucksack.

Ignore the naysayers in this thread, anon. They will make up any excuse to stay playing vidya in mom's basement and never venture out into the great unknown. That being said, the tremendous emptiness of America can be difficult to accept when you are alone. Even towns can seem so freaking devoid of life. You have to actively seek out people and break the ice; apart from rare instances where someone feels led by God to approach you, Americans aren't gonna come to you and intrude themselves into your life.

Remote resorts in Montana and Wyoming might be willing to hire a vagabond on the spot, now that college kids are going back to school. I recommend booking it straight out there from Wisconsin and making some money in the summer. Summer seasonal jobs are much more plentiful than winter seasonal jobs, and camping out is much more doable in the warmer months if you don't want to stay in the dirty employee dorm.

>>2810067
I'd recommend selling the 1911 desu. A shotgun would be more useful for hunting. Laws regarding pistols in cars are much more complex from state to state than laws regarding long guns in cars. I traveled all across America with two long guns and only had a problem in New York state, where the law says that long guns have to be locked up and separate from ammunition while in transit.

If you just want to hide away in the forest, consider Michigan. I spent about $700/month vagabonding there and bought a fair bit of local products as well.
Going West has always meant finding work with whatever outfit is hiring.

Op here. Guys thanks for all the support I appreciate it. I'll keep this thread updated or make a new one every day if it dies

>>2810223
>>2810227
Are all the oil patch jobs gone?

>>2810257
Honestly, just go to a bigger town/smaller city and take a job at Safeway or whatever for a while until you have more cash to work with.

>>2810266
>take a job at Safeway
You really think it's that easy?

I will set out this Monday i have just decided

>>2810221
>Don't break any traffic laws, and you will never get pulled over. I don't recommend sitting spaced-out in your vehicle in a town park or some other place where the cops might roll up. Many heartland American towns are hostile toward vagabonds.
Anon has a trailer meaning he's down for inspection at the digression of the HW patrol or cops you obviously never worked a job around trade or you would know how fucking common it is.

Oh what's that something looks like it might come off? Better pull you over to tell you, say got license and reg? Do I smell weed? Ya been drinking? What's going on with all this stuff? Lemme have you step out for a sec so we can talk

OP is going to be anally raped by the DEA with guns and drugs in the car.

>>2810049 (OP)
>I am putting my full faith in God that he will provide me with my daily bread and good things.
In Jail sure you'll get bread.

You ever consider the fact God might be giving you warning flags to not do something? Reminds me of the drowning man who got sent a boat, helicopter, and raft but said no god will save him, he dies and gets to Heavan asking God why he wasn't said. God just says I sent you a boat, helicopter, and raft what more did you want.

People who use this excuse annoy me because they are just using this line as a cope because they know the thing they are about to do is stupid.

>>2810326
The excitement! Can't wait to follow along on your adventure. Don't pay attention to the Debbie Downers. There is no God.

One day closer frens. I haven't told anyone but you guys yet.

Based and action pilled. You're getting out there and it's going to teach you more about the world and yourself.
>Im leaving everything
Everything sucks anyway.
Go!

Does anyone have any recommendations of some stops heading west from Wisconsin?

>>2810195
>why yes I do carry an engine block crane in my car as wel as a full array of all the necessary tools and oils required AND a sanding station

>>2810540
Yeah if my engine goes bad on a rav4 im probably driving like a fucking idiot like you. In the rare instance that happens i will blow my face off because it means I wasn't meant for doing this

>>2810330
That's because tradie slobs drive around with burnt-out taillights, change lanes without signalling, speed well in excess of the limit, park illegally, roll stop signs, and otherwise behave like assholes all the frickin time.

There shouldn't be any weed smell in your car when you're traveling. Bottle your bud and pipe up, then screw the lid closed. I got pulled over for speeding in Utah with weed, I wasn't high and the cops never suspected me. There are certain roads you shouldn't drive high on. Back roads with low speed limits and little traffic, that's the ticket for smoking & cruising.
>>2810535
Anywhere along the way you feel like stopping. I recommend picking a US highway, as the less-visited towns can be a lot friendlier than the interstate towns.
>>2810257
There's all kinds of work in those prairie towns this time of year. Beet harvesting is one of the big seasonal gigs in North Dakota.
>>2810266
No, full-time wagecuck positions in Sprawlville are not ideal for a rootless traveler sleeping in his car. HR roasties get the ick from transients, and renting a room would wipe out your savings and leave you trapped in the dullness of wagecucking in Sprawlville when there's a whole epic wild country out there to experience.
I set out on my own in February 2015 with about $1500. Was gonna head west like OP, but chickened out and headed east into Ohio, almost running out of money before landing a seasonal job at a resort in northern New Hampshire three and a half months after quitting my previous job.

What happened on my first open-ended roadtrip:
>quit job with verbal notice at Goymart, they kept on scheduling me anyway
>left off-grid cabin I was renting from a WMBF couple for $150/month in rural North Carolina
>Record low temperatures in South Carolina, highs around 30 on the coast with a strong breeze.
>Organic farm in Alabama invited me to volunteer with them
>Make my way down through the Georgia pines
>visit an empty church on Sunday night and stood in the pews like a post while the pentecostal preacher couple praised the Lord
>they took me out to Huddle House afterwards, the chicken fried steak was delicious
>Floriduh
>Heading west of Tallahassee, I see some hippies with huge backpacks walking on the side of the road and offer them a ride
>They tell me about a Rainbow Gathering which is happening in the deep woods of the Apalachicola National Forest
>I decide to take them to the gathering
>Smell weed being smoked for the first time, but registered it as funky-smelling tobacco
>Hippies talk about the ethics of shoplifting from big box stores
>A road-killed fawn is simmering in a kettle on top of a clay oven
>the stew is finally finished at 1 AM, bring your own bowl
>it's one of the tastiest stews I've ever had
>good old boys smoking weed, tripping on acid and hanging out in the woods
>shortly after I leave, shit goes down between a good old boy and some punks
>he gets mad that they are lighting tires on fire, they throw his phone into the fire when he tries to record
>he leaves and returns with a rifle
>shoots two rainbow punks
>gets subdued by the crowd
>is charged with murder
>On to the Gulf Coast, then the sand hills of southern Alabama and the Black Belt in the state's center
>40 hours a week of slave labor in a one-acre garden next to a reeking pigpen
>befriended an anti-Zionist "Israelite" (not a Jew) who was at odds with the farm owner, a hippy Episcopal White
>He owned nothing (except Bitcoin and personal effects) and carried no ID

>>2810333
>In Jail sure you'll get bread.
Bread or bred?

https://www.wtxl.com/news/man-wanted-in-rainbow-family-shooting-in-apalachicola-forest-arrested/article_d76f9d20-cd79-11e4-8c79-7bb17a64f733.html
>anyways, we slaved it out on the farm for about three weeks
>he got a new offer at a place in the North Carolina mountains
>I drop him off at a private home, nothing for me around
>put out a craigslist ad for labor
>get offered $9 per hour to work on property
>I respond that I'm willing to work for $10 and he gives me the address
>the property is big, so after work I ask if I can sleep in my car up on the ridge
>he agrees, but his dad gets extremely paranoid about me overnight (I guess he was sitting on a fat stack of gold under his mattress)
>owner says I can't stay on their property again, but tells me that I can continue working
>when it comes time to pay, he shorts me less than $9 an hour, berates me for having the nerve to ask for $10, then tries to follow me down the road
>the road is curvy, I suddenly stop and back down a side street during a break in the traffic
>he comes speeding on by, doesn't see me until too late, then seems to panic when I pull out behind him, takes off at a reckless speed in his Range Rover
>I pull into a busy supermarket and see him cruise on back home, slow and orderly
>walmart sleeping in Asheville
>I contact a landscaping company looking for help and they agree to pay me $10/hour.
>my performance is not up to par, I can't keep up with their hyper-speed pace of work
>boss says to me the more lawns we do in a day, the more money in MY pocket! that's why YOU should work at the fastest speed possible

>I tell his brother that I'd like to spend the whole summer, but not longer
>Asking to shower in the office after work sets off his red flags that I am homeless and not merely a guy with a cluttered car
>He fires me at the end of a long day of work and pays me a $50 bonus, leaving my total earnings around $330
>I put out a rideshare ad on craigslist
>someone wants a big egg grill hauled from Henderson, NC to Detroit, MI
>he says I can fit it in the passenger seat
>he wires me $80 despite barely knowing who I am
>I ask him over the phone why he sent me the cash, he says he trusts our relationship
>I pick up the grill and set out north across the Cumberland hills the Ohio River
>spend a night in a Methodist cemetery near Jonesborough, TN
>continue on up into Kentucky, hear about the people of Detroit and their rude behavior from a hillbilly at a yard sale
>going downstream leaves me feeling sad as the landscape becomes more degraded with industry
>Ohio is a bleak place on a cold, cloudy day in late April
>I deliver the grill to a black man and receive a $30 bonus, plus a box full of Detroit snacks and sodas as a welcome package
>drive across the grass of a park to sleep in a wooded thicket where the hoodlums won't spot me
>I wake up to cops shining a light in my face
>other places, I'd get cited with trespassing in a city park, but as far as Detroit cops are concerned, no dead body = no paperwork = a good start to the day. They cautioned me against such reckless behavior (even though the night was very cold, so I knew all the creaturas were safe indoors)

>more workstays with communist jewish hippies in blighted Detroit neighborhoods
>one of them got in trouble for having goats in a "city" neighborhood which had more than half reverted to nature
>my hosts bought their house for $2000 and fixed it up nice
>I leave, but instead of striking boldly out into the U.P. and then west to the Rockies, I chose to go east across Canada into New York state
>Canada denied me entry and made me pay a second $5 toll to take the bridge back to America
>fuckcanada.jpg
>I bum around Ohio half-heartedly looking for work, but finding nothing that looked promising.
>Small town Ohio cops came up to me while I was inquiring for job openings at local businesses and ruined my chances with some gas station store owners who were thinking about hiring me.
>fuckthepolice.jpg
>I pull into a grassy field to camp for the night in the Cuyahoga Valley, get stuck, and decide to call NPS and admit to my crime
>A fat boomer charges me $375 to winch my truck 10 feet out of the mire
>I offer cash and he settles for $300
>The NPS officer writes me a $250 ticket for illegal off-roading in a national park and a warning for illegal camping after I admitted that I had stayed the night stuck in the mud
>nearly half my travel fund gone in one incident
>fuckthisplace.jpg

>>2810603
I noticed that around here the jobs the mexicans used to do are now being done by Indians. There was an Indian guy out mowing the lawn the other day. And there were two Indian handyman guys fixing the windows

>>2810270
I've worked at grocery stores a few times. They're some of the easiest jobs to get.

>drift out to a Rust Belt city feeling hopeless about the future
>meet an autistic hard-line Christian family who invite me to stay in their home
>I help them out with some chores while getting a job at fucking McDonalds in town 20 miles away
>While online I happened to see a work ad for the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC)
>apply for one of their lodge jobs with employee housing, submit a background check, get interviewed and cleared, give them my arrival date
>An angry Pennsylvania wildlife officer took a photo of me and my driver's license after he came upon me burning some cardboard next to a popular fishing lake.
>One church in New York offered me to let me stay on their summer camp property, but I declined and ended up in a 24 hour Price Chopper parking lot instead
>The Adirondacks were buggy, buggy, BUGGY!
>Another church in Ticonderoga let me pitch a tent in their parking lot right next to my vehicle.
>made it to my new work arrangement with about $350 to spare

Dumping the McDonald's uniform on the counter and saying "I'm no longer interested in working here" while everyone scowled resentfully at me. That was a good moment. I saved $5000 in six months of working with the AMC and set out West at last.

>>2810624
>set out West at last.
So when is Part 2 coming?

>>2810725
I set out West along the I-10 corridor with $5000 plus a tax refund inbound. This was in December 2015. I remember filling up my gas tank for $2.06 a gallon or something like that in Ventura, California. 99 Cent Only was the best dollar store around. I spent about $4500 over six months with no income, from November 11th to May 10th.

Traveling across northern America in summer is so much better than traveling across I-10 in winter. It went from hottest winter nights on record to freezing cold and a snowstorm on the Arizona state line.

West Texas was my first glimpse of the West
Montana is better in many ways. Steep climbs into the forested mountains, you can camp for free anywhere. Getting water can be a challenge, so be sure to pack plenty of jugs along. I recommend at least five one-gallon jugs, including washing and drinking jugs.

Some of the rockhounds who spend every winter camping in Quartzsite are currently camped out in my Colorado town doing a gem show.

Interesting way to make a living on the road, rockhounding in the desert and then selling the gems you find all over the country.

One of the most common road dog gigs is making and selling jewelry
Diversify your skillset and never turn down a ten dollar job if you want to be independent of the corporate grind completely. A lot of companies these days insist that you have a smartphone with data signal for using work-related apps.

>>2810594
>That's because tradie slobs drive around with burnt-out taillights, change lanes without signalling, speed well in excess of the limit, park illegally, roll stop signs, and otherwise behave like assholes all the frickin time.
You either don't drive regularly or never been on highway travel much.

Cops will pull you over because something looks loose and could be a hazard, smelling weed is something cops use ALL THE TIME even if there is no weed, same with "I smell booze" it's called a fishing stop.
"Oh I smelled weed maybe it was something else like a passing car or something on the side of the street. lol!" There the cop can basically get out of a bad stop.

> I got pulled over for speeding in Utah with weed, I wasn't high and the cops never suspected me.
Yeah one time I got puled over and was fine.

Great logic here, I doubt you also didn't have a truck full of stuff

Ok the plan is to leave from here tomorrow. I do have some mushrooms growing and may have to push the date ahead a day or 2 but hopefully they mature within the next 24 hours so I can dehydrate them right before I leave

>>2810763
I'm guessing there is no Part 3 then?

Op here again. Thank you to all my fellow goys who are going to be supporting me. It may be a few days aswell because I just noticed that I am still waiting for my driver's license in the mail

>>2811206
>getting all hyped up about some great adventure
>got it planned out well enough to not be a catastrophe
>oh wait I'm don't even have a driver's license lol
Is this impending trainwreck of a /trv/ blog going to be well written and photographed? I'm interested in following.

>>2811237
Yes it will be. I'll probably actually journal and maybe post the pic of it here every day

>>2810049 (OP)
If you don't have them already get rain guards for your windows so you can leave them cracked regardless of the weather. If your windows are shut in hot weather the temperature can be unbearable and in cold weather you'll ice over the inside of your windshield with a pretty thick layer. Condensation from your breath on the windows in even mild weather will give you away as sleeping in your vehicle at a distance and invite trouble.

>>2810067
>They should be legal in all states i believe
While those are probably legal to own in your fixed place of residence in all 50 states different states have different laws about transporting and carrying firearms. Look into federal safe passage laws, which will help if you're passing through somewhere but not if you're staying. The presence of guns (and other perceived weapons) can enhance drug charges, as other Anons pointed out.

>>2810195
My years-long vanlife saga ended when my van was broadsided and totaled. The insurance company screwed me over and I didn't have enough cash to buy a new vehicle or enough parts to replace what had been destroyed. I had the van towed to my workplace and then rented a trailer to move all my stuff to a relative's house several states away.

>>2810221
>I don't recommend sitting spaced-out in your vehicle in a town park or some other place where the cops might roll up.
The cops might roll up anywhere. You should always expect law enforcement interactions when sleeping in your vehicle, in my experience. Standard patrols aside, busybodies will call the cops on you if they see you sleeping somewhere, parking somewhere for too long, or parking somewhere they're not used to seeing vehicles like yours parked.

>>2811206
Get a small waterproof firesafe for your documents. Keep scans (or originals) locked up somewhere safe like a trusted relative's house or a rental locker.

>>2811252
>busybodies will call the cops
that's a good point. lots of videos on yt with this theme. you have to learn to shut down the cops and ask if youre being detained or if you're free to go. if you talk too much, they'll snare you, getting you to say something incriminating or coming up with some bullshit probable cause. the less you say the better off you are. at least that's the way it seems

Ok the word is my license will cum today in the mail. I will plan to leave tomorrow at daybreak and potentially sleep Canterbury casino in mn tomorrow night. I also am a bit of a degenerate gambler

Also I have a question. Is it a good idea to get a planet fitness subscription? I was planning in bathing in rivers and lakes but I heard many van lifers say this is paramount

>>2811358
Wait you're not a seasoned driver?

L O L

This reminds me of that Anon who had a tard-rage a few years back when they wanted to just go full nomad on a bike, never had much exp, and totaled his ride moving back in with his parents after. Everyone told him he was a fucking idiot and it would happen but "I need to be free" which IIRC lasted like 2 weeks.

Enjoy getting pulled over within the first few weeks because you're driving like a moron with that trailer

>>2811367
Hold on hold on. No I already have my license I've been driving since 16. I didn't clarify this but im just RENEWING it. And that is also not a trailer it is just a hitch cargo rack

And now we might need to wait a week bc I just got snap food benefits and the card will be mailed and here in a week. We'll see. Maybe ill get it mailed to me by that time

>On snap/EBT (with reductions to NEETS coming)
>Rav4 of unknown reliability and trailer
>2k to their name
>carrying drugs and weapons
>doesn't think cops would give him a hard time
Oh yeah this is going to be GREAT, op make a twitter account on this so we can all laugh at you with this fails in the first month

I have one. Its realjimmyjack

Plan is to do most of the drugs right away so I dont have to travel with so much

I also have a youtube channel called Jimmyjack and maybe ill make videos there aswell

>>2810049 (OP)
Please keep up updated on your travels. No cyber begging.

>>2811381
good plan, make sure to do all your drugs before you start driving, it will make those long hours on the road way more interesting

>>2810049 (OP)
I had a buddy who did this. Worked for a few months in Antarctica then came back and drove around the country, seeing sights and sleeping in his car, at campsites, and staying at friends places for stretches of time, then would go back to work in Antarctica for a few months to get more money to do it all again.
Did it for about 2 years before flipping his car doing donuts in the lawn staying at a friend's cabin. Died of internal bleeding or something a few days later. Cops found his body maybe a day or two after that laying on the kitchen floor. He was a cool guy and lived his last years better than I'd be able to.

>>2811387
Op here. Thats weird because I also had a job lined up in antarctica at mcmurdo station. I had everything ready and was about to fly to new Zealand and that week I got in legal trouble because I accidentally sold a gun to a felon. My clearance was revoked and now I need to wait a year. I was gonna be a construction apprentice

>>2811391
Yea he worked there. A mechanic or something and had a lot of fun. He loved it so much and he made good friends that came all the way to his funeral. He did the same thing in a New Zealand.

>>2811256
It depends. Sometimes you'll be in some violation of some local ordinance you didn't know about and by being polite with a reasonable cop you can get off with a warning, get advice on how to stay out of trouble locally, and have a local cop know your situation and that you're not a troublemaker. If you act like you have something to hide the cops may become more hostile, tell their coworkers that you seem like trouble, and endeavor to harass you until you leave town (some may do this anyway because most drifters are more likely to be a nuisance than the general population). However, I don't drink or do drugs, I keep clean and healthy, and I'm generally not considered a degenerate so your experiences may end up different than mine.

>>2811359
Look at which chains are around the regions in which you plan to loiter. I prefer Anytime Fitness for their selection of barbell training equipment but any 24-hour gym chain will work. Planet Fitness is cheap so I almost signed up for that as a backup option for locales without Anytime Fitness before my van was destroyed.

You can also shower at truck stops in a pinch. If you're comfortable asking around a bit a lot of truckers end up with way more free showers from buying fuel than they could ever use so you might find one willing to let you shower for free. I've only done this once: the trucker offered while standing in line behind me at the register as I was about to pay for one.

>>2811387
>>2811391
I was planning on doing something similar with a job offer for commercial fishing in the Bering Sea but was derailed by last-minute circumstances. I worked in a couple different construction trades with a preference for clocking lots of overtime and then taking months off to hang out in the woods, work out, read books, and visit friends and family.

>>2810049 (OP)
That trailer is going to get you a lot of attention from cops OP.

>>2811381
You can buy an ounce of shake in a dispensary for a minimal amount once you reach a legal state like Montana.
>>2811377
I'm the US county map anon. Oldfags who traveled America in 2014 would've encountered much more harassment from police as a vagabond. I drove east and north to Maine in 2021 and never got hassled once by anyone, apart from a $100 parking ticket for parking on the street in a beach town that had one tiny sign at the end of the street saying "Permit Parking Only".

>>2811499
What really matters in your interactions with cops: can you sound like a normie traveler?
>Fiver for a Shower
Most truckers will refuse the $5 tip, but one time the shower ticket he gave me was not valid. I brought it back to the Pilot desk and they sent me into the shower anyway. This was in Fort Stockton, Texas. Unless you like dust bathing or water jug bathing, shower options are very few in that part of Texas.

I traveled through Maine smoking weed and didn't have any issues. Went to an acid-fueled birthday party which quickly degenerated into anarchy and an all-around ketamine binge. Dude payed $550 cash for some k and left the $450 sitting out on the counter at the party. The ketamine hit me like I was a horse, after drinking all day, dropping acid and then passing out in my van to wake up tripping with the party fully underway. Remarkably, I felt great the next morning and even cleaned up the yard for the folks (in addition to bringing two thirty racks to ensure my welcome). BTW the friend who invited me to the party showed up extremely drunk, THC moonshine likely, and refused to acknowledge me all night. I had picked up him up a month earlier walking 8 miles back to his house with some groceries after his truck broke down.

>>2811529
Put the freakin license plate on the trailer. It's that simple. Sometimes 1 out of 3 vehicles in recreational traffic here in Colorado are towing a trailer. If your license plate is not fully visible from the rear, you're bound to get pulled over at one point or another.

Speeding through a village in excess of its posted limit is disrespecting the townspeople's right to govern the flow of traffic through their town. Doesn't matter if you were doing 85 a couple miles back. If that sign says 25, slow your ass down to 27 mph maximum. You can coast into most towns if you let off the gas a few hundred yards before the first speed reduction warning sign. Note that some states don't have warning signs for speed reductions.

The arch doesn't look like this anymore.

If you drive while high, you should pretend like a cop is right on your tail at all moments, to avoid feeling surprised when it does happen. Yes, you will realize how much cortisol is released by driving on some roads, and how other roads are a relaxing cruise along miles of gravel with the music playing and only one window down (so you can easily close it for each oncoming vehicle).

Ancient bristlecone pines

The sheriff driving off after someone reported me walking on a private road in northern Arizona

As there was no sign prohibiting entry, he merely notified me that the nearest public lands were a few miles away.

I would avoid the midwest small towns. On the off chance you go through one while cops are on duty they will harass you. Just a few months ago while going through upper South Dakota a drug enforcement cop pulled me over for 1 (one) mph over and then quizzed me for nearly 20 minutes while stalling on his ticket. Had a k9 sniff around as well. Eventually he gave up knowing I had nothing, but you could tell those pricks were just fishing for bigger charges. Let me off with a warning. Mind you everyone else that was driving that road (see: less than 10 people) all past me at way greater speeds so this mother fucker wasn't enforcing speed for shit.

>>2811550
Does your vehicle look like a vagrant vehicle?

>>2811256
The more you bullshit and stall, the longer you're gonna be awake at 3 AM being interrogated by the cops.
>>2811252
Very true for stealth parking on town streets. You can get woken up and have the drug dog visit. I'd only recommend it in New England, where van vagabonds are less common and public lands with free camping don't exist. Had a great experience in Mass and Maine with stealthing in municipal lots. Some were much darker and more peaceful than Walmart - most of which are illegal to camp at these days.

>>2811568
>out of state plates
>Rand McNally in the dashboard
>stuffed with crap
Like any one of the millions of summer vagrants on America's highways.
>>2811550
>You were going suspiciously slow, anon. Only 1 over the limit? You must have something to hide.
Cops have followed me more times than I can count, but never pulled me over except once when I was speeding with a guy on my tail, and once when I had a paper license plate inside the tinted rear window. Neither cop was hostile.

There were times when every roadtrip I took involved a stretch of 100+ mph speed. I never got pulled over, because I could read the road. A few reckless passing incidents almost ran someone off the road.

If you are good, zogbots will NEVER catch you.

>>2811573
You have to record on your phone and say "am I detained" and "what is your probably cause?" and they eventually have to leave.

Ok im gonna be waiting a while yet until my snap benefits card comes. I am decide to leave earlier if I can have someone mail it to me

>>2811611
I hope you're not serious. Generally just acting like a normal person and like you're not doing anything goes a long way.

>>2811629
That's what people do on the videos and it works every time. They just say "I don't answer questions." "Am I detained?" "What's your probable cause?" And the cop says, "Have a nice day, sir." And that's it. The last thing a cop wants to deal with is somebody who knows his constitutional rights. Of course you have to be recording, because that's the only thing that keeps them from breaking your jaw.

One day closer. Still waiting on my snap benefits card and mushrooms are drying. I got a pf black subscription aswell yesterday

>>2811871
>PF black subscription
Assuming that is corpospeak for a national gym membership
Planet Fatness gyms are only found in the uncool parts of America
Maybe that supermarket job in Billings is gonna be your thing
If you're a morning shitter, it might be hard to find an open public bathroom in time
Don't forget a canning jar or two for your weed and pipe.

>>2811684
None of this happens in 2025, grandpa. Cops all have bodycams, so they act for the camera most of the time. Nearly all business parking lots are posted No Trespassing these days, which means any shit-talking can get you trespassed from a parking lot where you've been spending the night.

OP should buy some mushroom jerky and stick his shrooms in. Hide them in plain sight.

I drove all around Mexico in 2017 smoking weed, transporting weed and camping out in the countryside. Only ran into one police checkpoint. Never got pulled over.

The police actually did roll up on me when I was camped out on Playa Madero in the Tampico metro area

I told them I was a traveler spending the night on the beach because I couldn't find an economical hotel. They left me alone.

The next day, I woke up and my key was in the ignition with the accessories turned on and the battery was dead.

>>2811878
>Cops all have bodycams
true but they have to turn them on and they don't go automatically online unless somebody does a freedom of information request for it. but when they see a camera recording they know that shit is going up on youtube or facebook tonight

>>2810049 (OP)
why does this nigger have arrows in his car

I ordered some rain guards on Amazon aswell. They should arrive by next Monday and I plan to set off then. 6 days now if everything goes according to plan

>>2812041
lol holy shit I didn't even notice

>>2812047
Look at gun under bed

>>2812059
look at man boos in mirror

>>2812059
>>2812063
LOL
This flabby fucker is entertaining. This is going to be a great blog.

Ok still waiting on the snap card but ill continue to update every day. Here is what I have so far. Im thinking of also doing some treasure hunts like beyond the maps edge and there's treasure inside books.

Do I need anything else bros?

Also something I decided to do. I will update this every day starting now. This will help build character during this adventure

>>2812251
Day 1. Swam to bottom of lake

>>2812250
insect repellant

>>2812041
Do you really not understand what eating wild game entails?
>hey deer, you mind if I take a bite out of your ass?
>sure, why not
>*chomp* *chew*
>thanks deer buddy, I was really hungry
>anytime my friend

>>2811611
Or they could say "yes, you are being detained." Then what? Police are not legally required to disclose the reason they are stopping you.

>>2812650
You state you are exercising the right to travel and they must let you know of the offense or let you go. Just look up traffic cop stop hacks. Cops have very little power to the gigachad free spirit.

>>2812650
>Police are not legally required to disclose the reason they are stopping you
I think they are tho.

THe worst thing you could do is chat with them all friendly like, and then when they ask you if you mind if they take a look around your car, you freeze up like a deer in the headlights. When you see videos of people getting busted with drugs, guns and even dead bodies in their car it's always becaue they were so stupid and gave the cop permission to snoop around. The cops are looking for a reason to arrest you. Until you give them permission, they cannot search your car. That's why the best policy is to say "I don't talk to police. If you're going to give me a ticket, give me a ticket. Am I detained? If you're going to detain me what is your probable cause?" They'll get the idea you're a sovereign citizen wack job or the police auditor and let you go on your way. At least this is the conclusion to be drawn from watching police audit videos on YT. Have a safe trip.

>>2811568
Nah, car is only a year old. besides it being dirty from some of the unpaved roads out west it doesn't stand out. Nothing in my windows that would be visible besides a dashcam

>>2812654
I hope you are being ironic. That doesn't actually work except in some very limited fringe cases.

Ok im not gonna go full retard soviet citizen on a cop. Im a white male. So I have alot going for me there. Plus I am a very good talker and you wouldn't suspect me on drugs. I just got a sleeping bag for 100 so my cash is down to 1800 ish. It would be cool if anyone wanted to donate anything to help get me a few more miles. I'll update regularly. Hopefully my benefits card comes by Monday because that is the day I say with 100% certainty

>>2812874
>Im a white male. So I have alot going for me there.
You're statistically more likely to get shot in a law enforcement interaction than a black man would be in that same level of interaction. Nobody riots when whites get police brutalitied.
>It would be cool if anyone wanted to donate anything
>my benefits card comes by Monday
You're welcome, faggot.

>>2812874
>you wouldn't suspect me on drugs
Your car setup looks like a stoner's car setup and you type like you're not very bright. I wouldn't bank on this.

Don't even try to cross the Canada border that's for sure

>>2812654
Plenty of videos of gigachad free spirits driving off from cops LOL. Unless your vehicle is really fucking fast, it never ends well.
>>2812661
Nope, police are only required to disclose the reason for an arrest, not for a detention. However, most will tell you why they pulled you over as a courtesy.

When I got pulled over in Utah with weed, I chatted with the cop about the local area, and he told me about a cool lake with camping down a side road. Issued me a verbal warning for going 60 in a 45 which preserved my flawless 12 year driving record. If I started repeating shit I saw on YouTube, it definitely would not have ended that way.
>>2812929
Cops generally don't want to paw through the assorted belongings of a van dweller. Exceptions are if you are going to a Rainbow Gathering, the USFS rangers are infamous for being hardasses and fucking with the hippies. They busted me for possession of marijuana in fucking Colorado back in 2022, wrote me a citation for literal possession of a plant. Collateral misdeameanor means that the charge disappears from your record if you plead guilty and pay the fine.
>>2812940
Canadians HATE brokefag Americans. They will interrogate you, make a mess of your vehicle and then make you sign a paper promising to leave Canada. This happened to me.

>>2812874
>Do you have any firearms in the vehicle?
This is the question that's gonna trip you up, buddy. I still recommend selling the 1911. That'll help plump up your travel fund.

>>2812958
That's why you say "I don't answer questions." If you start answering questions at all, it's going to be twenty questions, never ending until he's got something he can nail you with.

Tomorrow is the day frens. I am hoping that benefits card comes in the mail and I will get my rain guards on. I'll make it to the mn border tomorrow night

Ok guys i am here again postponing it one day. It will be tomorrow. Im waiting for stuff in the mail today and the last of the mushrooms are dehydrating

Today is the day frens. I'll make it to the mn border tonight. Maybe spend the night in Hudson planet fitness lot. I'll try to update here every day but if nobody is interested in this ill stop. I should update my YouTube channel occasionally. Its jimmyjack. The one with 3351 subs

>>2814453
>3351 subs
how did you get so many?

>>2814453
don't post your license plate you fucking retard

I am consistently amazed by normie total lack of knowledge and regard for opsec. Any malicious actor can now report you to highway patrol and they will put a flag out on your make and model of car with license plate beginning with those letters and what looks like 7.

You've already said in this thread you plan on carrying drugs and guns around. You think you can talk your way out of it, but you can't especially if they have a tip. You just gave somebody a way to tip them off.

I said before I hoped you were just roleplaying as a retard to make things more interesting, but it seems that you really are a grade A dumbfuck trying to speedrun a felony charge.

he could always get rid of the drugs before leaving. moving between states with drugs is a recipe for disaster.

>>2814497
Never throw the shrooms away, they're traveler's gold. Put them in the bottom of a bag of granola or something. The weed is the problem, especially seeing as you can easily buy some weed in Montana once you get there. Police K9s are VERY good at picking up weed smell. I had one drug dog at a CBP checkpoint hit on my truck in Texas over a week after I quit smoking weed while on a roadtrip in Mexico. I even had the whole inside vacuumed out and cleaned. Didn't make a difference. They let the dog walk its dirty paws all over my bed and nose through all my belongings before finding nothing and letting me go on my way.
>>2814481
>Yeah, highway patrol? Some dude who has this make & model of car posted on an anonymous forum saying that he has some of the devil's lettuce and a heckin' scary firearm. Can you guys please find him and gun him down for me, or at least put him in prison for life?
LMAO. Here's a pic of my old minivan just for fun
>>2814453
Threads stay active for a long time on /trv/. Don't forget to log your expenditures. I strongly recommend spending the night on federal public land and not on private property as much as you possibly can. Here is a map which reveals National Grasslands, National Forests, and BLM land (the three main types of land where free dispersed camping is tolerated).

https://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=c68459a374b149a5bbb495f0567038cf

>>2814509
>LMAO
A simple tip and they cross reference the license plate and your car model and get the full plate. Then they put it out as a bulletin for the plate scanners all police / highway patrol run these days and they get it flagged as you drive by. An anonymous tip that somebody with your vehicle picture was posting about transporting drugs and weapons gives them probable cause for a search.

Its an easy win for them and you are a fool for not taking your security seriously. It will seem a lot less funny to you when you're getting the "Do you know why I pulled you over?" talk, and you're stammering and about to spit out your sovereign citizen bit.

>>2814497
>moving between states with drugs is a recipe for disaster.
Pshh...man...I toured the across the US and back with vape pens, chiefing the whole time. If you blow it out the window the smell never accumulates. Even into Alaska via ferry.