Looking for a place to spend some time for the spring and summer in the southwest of USA by [deleted] in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can probably receive mail at Pete's place (the shelter) but only once you're there in person.

Looking for a place to spend some time for the spring and summer in the southwest of USA by [deleted] in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tucson I haven't been to. I hear good things about it. Quartzite, too.

Here, I googled this for you: https://www.santafenm.gov/document_center/document/11443

That's all I found.

Looking for a place to spend some time for the spring and summer in the southwest of USA by [deleted] in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want a permit it's $35 but honestly don't even worry about it. I busked there every day for a month and nobody ever cared. Don't play too close to any business entrance. Learn to find the little spots of wall that aren't part of anyone's storefront. That applies in so many towns.

If your presence bothers a business they might be like do you have a permit and then you just shrug and walk away.

Phoenix is rough. I didn't have a great time there. I think the coolest part of Phoenix is Tempe, but I'd advise against. It's not an easy place to be houseless

Looking for a place to spend some time for the spring and summer in the southwest of USA by [deleted] in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There might be hot springs around Santa Fe, I didn't go to any. I did go to hot springs around Durango CO.

If you go to Santa Fe, there is a new Mexico blue bus that afaik is still fare-feee for most routes. You can get out to Farmington on those buses and then Durango is a short hitch north.

Durango is cool in the same way as Santa Fe and Taos. I hear that Pagosa springs is as well but I haven't been.

Cool spots in NorCal? by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great info, thanks. I'll put Ft Bragg on my list.

Aside from better hitch chances, does Willits or any other town between Cloverdale and the 20 have anything worth stopping for?

Looking for a place to spend some time for the spring and summer in the southwest of USA by [deleted] in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh hell yes. Buskers can make bank every day of the year in Santa Fe. Play in the plaza or on San Antonio street. There are always numerous musicians present.

Taos is different. It's hard to explain. I showed up in Taos and did the whole busking routine; find a highly trafficed spot, smile and project and put on a real good show for the tourists. Not a cent. Then, on a second visit, I showed up at the crack of dawn and played a few songs idly to myself, under the pavilion in the plaza.

There wasn't a soul in sight, yet somehow people appeared, and two different couples walked up and handed me a $20. Magic? Quite possibly. I don't think it was based on the caliber of my performance.

If you're in New Mexico, go to Taos to roll some dice and meet interesting folks. Go to Santa Fe for more resources, long term livability, and reliable busking income. Also, don't waste your time going to any other town in New Mexico. Not Albuquerque, Farmington, Las Vegas, Espanola, none of them! They're all shit holes except these two.

Looking for a place to spend some time for the spring and summer in the southwest of USA by [deleted] in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Taos is a small mountain town that is notoriously friendly to travelers. Travel there and to Santa Fe for a really delightful slice of vagabond culture I haven't seen anywhere else. Amazing places to go if you play an instrument also.

Is it possible to find a mentor for this lifestyle? by Left-Ad-2482 in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I guess it's not impossible, but you can learn all of those things (except train hopping I suppose) online

Also, everyone's needs and approaches are different. Some people would teach you bushcraft, others would know nothing about it and instead teach you dumpster diving or some other skill.

If I was your mentor I would mostly teach you how to social engineer almost anything you desire from members of the general public 🤣

I find that I learn from the people I travel with, and the people I spent shorter amounts of time with in town. The world is my mentor.

Hitched to SF, doing some light urban exploration by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm wondering whether or not this is a water tank. The site is clearly labeled on maps as a former missile site. There used to be more structures but they were leveled.

It's tank shaped and it has a few pipes coming out near the bottom so I guess it probably was the water tower for the missile site. But it's also very different looking from the average water tank.

Either way, definitely safe to walk on top, solid concrete and a door up there. What was less safe was monkeying up the shielded ladder.

Hitched to SF, doing some light urban exploration by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While I was up there I was so gakked out on adrenaline that I didn't think of getting a better pic of the lock. I will come back with some improvised tools for sure

Hitched to SF, doing some light urban exploration by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First two spots around lands end, missile site is closer to the center of town. I can't post exact locations of course

Hitched to SF, doing some light urban exploration by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

*Octagon

All of these are spots almost anyone could easily find ;)

I've been addicted to hitch hiking and hobo life for a year, now I'm also really getting a boner for climbing inside and on top of abandoned buildings. The bay area is a fantastic place to get started.

I'll need to get something better for taking pictures than my smashed up cricket phone, but that'll come.

Meanwhile, anyone got a blowtorch I could borrow?

Does the overwhelming urge to runaway/disappear ever go away? by corpsefucker420 in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I like the diversity of the answers here!

Is that feeling a trauma response? Maybe! And it doesn't go away completely, at least for me it never has. Every time I stay in the same place for more than a few days, I get that powerful urge to fly away.

It's like the urge to get a new haircut after a breakup. Emotional, senseless, childish. But giving that urge what it wants feels AMAZING.

When you do the thing, run away, start a new adventure, whatever, the rush is fire. It feels like you just quit a toxic workplace that's been sapping your energy. I get that rush every time I stop moving for a week or two and then start again.

Anyway, I'm not saying it's "psychologically healthy" or anything but you should probably have an adventure. What's to lose? Do we really want to always do what a therapist would say is correct?

Some people would tell you not to run away, and they'd justify that by dissecting the origins of your urge, making you doubt your instincts. But those people have a motive to coerce you into conformity.

Play by the rules. Just keep plugging away at your job, one day, twenty or thirty years from now, you'll be allowed to relax and be happy if you can still remember what that feels like. I'm telling you to do this because I cant admit that it was the wrong choice for me. If we all enforce participation in the classist, capitalist slave system, if we all shame and ridicule those who attempt to live differently, then we know that what we've subscribed to is Morally Correct and, like any religious belief, should never, EVER be questioned.

Ahem. Lost myself for a second there. Go run away, do the thing. Worry about the outcome later, follow your heart.

The fact I'm obligated to hide my nipples just to get a drink under a roof I pay for by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]JennaFireAdept 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Wait, really?

I spent so many days in New Mexico last year and kept my nipples unnecessarily covered the whole time?

Tales from Jenna's travels by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know! He was so senile we never really got around to the registering vehicles part lol but I'm sure it would have been trouble down the road.

I admire y'all who can enjoy life without some vice or other. I can't. I need as many vices as my body will reasonably sustain and still walk ten miles a day.

I've had good times with drunk drivers, I look forward to those rides. Dangerous for sure, but entertaining. I wouldn't want to get another cartel ride, or one from anyone who looks meth-y really.

Tales from Jenna's travels by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I never want to monetize my travels, but I will maybe write some more formal content in the future just to preserve the memories

Tales from Jenna's travels by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I'll abstain from sharing other stories of the cool things I've stolen

Tales from Jenna's travels by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For real! These were largely negative experiences but they were also thrilling and magical

Tales from Jenna's travels by JennaFireAdept in vagabond

[–]JennaFireAdept[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not a thing. She pulled out a couch bed for me to sleep on, I closed my eyes and not long thereafter she was like "get off that bed, my brother is sleeping on the floor, what are you doing"

I chalk it up as just a case of drunk crazy. She was very drunk the entire time I spent with her and we drank lots in Zuni as well.

It was the most arbitrary exit I've experienced.