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  1. Berightback

    Best route out of LA by thumb?

    Last night had my last bicycle stolen in Venice, and while I still love Venice Beach like the memory of a home Ive never visited, it's time to bounce. LA in general may be too much, too fast (and tok grimy) for my underdeveloped impulse control, and I just keep getn caught slipping. Got to...
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    Sitting here in limbo

    So I was sleeping on the boardwalk in Venice Beach, 6 weeks or so ago, and when the shelter people came around I caved; been at the Weingart on 6th and San Pedro since. Idk if yall know about the weingart, but it's pretty scuzzy, and the vibe is tense and paranoid; combined w the gnawing guilt...
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    Travelogue From a heavy bike/loaded cart to a backpack and guitar.

    Don't wanna mispost, think this goes here ok, so this was my attempted method of societal disentanglement. Left Pierce, ave, Costa Mesa on a beach cruiser towing a methodically loaded, unrealistic cart. Circled bk in dejected shame, offloaded commemorative cast iron elvises and antique Chinese...
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    Seeking advice on how to bike thru Cali

    I've got a bicycle and a dog-cart for my stuff/guitar, and down south it was no problem to ride wherever got me where I was headed, but I've only just recently been informed that there is absolutely no riding on the shoulder of the interstate/highways in California. This puts a last minute kink...
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    Slight anxiety at the precipice

    Hi everyone, 43 yo male here, and it seems I'm about to be afforded the opportunity to finally do what Ive felt i oughta for some time now. Short backstory, I'm from Alabama, been bouncing around in ambiguous frustration for years, couch surfing and the like, essentially remaining with the...
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    Travel time on a loaded bicycle

    Hey y'all, I have a very decent Mongoose MTN bike and one of those pull-behind, bolt -on kiddie carriage rickshaw things ,which I'm gonna load with my guitar, a bag of clothes, and as little various sentimental detritus as I can get by with. Anyone have a solid estimation of how long it'd take...
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    Halloo

    What's happening, everyone? I'm currently at a rehab facility in Birmingham, AL with intentions to pacify the courts, after this, who knows? I have a guitar and would love to travel and busk, been playing for several decades (it's my favorite thing to do), and rly, I just hate stagnation. RN...
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    Hesitation Blues

    Hey everyone, long time lurker, aspiring fk-it-leave-it-all-behind-and-go'er. Currently staying in Florence, AL,, looking around on here for friends, advice, possibly ultimately a ride either towards Albuquerque, Austin or the NW Coast. As I don't have alot to offer ATM, other than whatever...
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    Who i am

    Hey everyone, names Drew, and I'd like to get outta this town. No real options or equity to speak of, so I'm gonna be going however I can ambulate myself. I'm 42, lived a semi-noadic (re:untethered) existence thus far, but nothing as extreme as taking my guitar and a clothes sack and just...
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    Just a hello

    Hey y'all, my names Andrew, been flirting with the idea of dropping everything (not that there's a helluva lot to drop) and hitting the road for awhile, and just haven't mustered the nerve, I suppose, to light out into the unknown with nothing in hand and no specified destination, but I believe...
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    A prophet is not accepted in his hometown....

    Hey everyone, my names Andrew, 38 yo musical from florence alabama. Got everything I own in my truck, which is vasically a guitar and some clothes. Id l.p. e to get to a larger city where I can busk and maybe get enough kicked down to survive on. Right now, tho, id just like to find a place to...
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    My propensity for impulse

    So I'm currently residing in Nettleton, MS, and having serious thoughts of taking my guitar plus what can fit on my back and striking out for parts unknown. I've been homeless before, but I'd like a better experience than just staying alive out there. I'm 38 years old, and I do play well enough...
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