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Trespassing and Freeloading Seminar Session 3: Finding a Place to Sleep Staying with People Friends: Always a good idea when it's an option. You can draw out your stay for weeks if you have the talent and inclination. Many benefits including free food, shower, bed or couch and companionship. Friends of Friends: Can be just as good; longer stays may be more awkward but it's perfect for a night or two. Know your connections. Strangers: One of the most rewarding and most dangerous aspects of life on the road is receiving hospitality from people who have no reason to help you. I have never regretted a night I've spent with strangers in my travels, but be careful... What to Look for in a Sleeping Spot Hassler-free: It's night and you've been wandering around all day; the last thing you need is some concerned citizen disrupting your slumber to ask if you're okay, or a police officer operating under the conviction that you are a drug-addled mugger kicking you out of your spot. Your goal is not to be seen. Don't go overboard, however; people don't notice as much as they think they do; it is not difficult to find somewhere to crash for 6-8 hours Dark: Helps you stay hidden and get to sleep Soft: Well-kept grass is perhaps best Quiet: More assurance that nobody's coming around to hassle you. Covered: In case of rain Proximity to a Water Source/Bathroom: It's a luxury, but keep your eyes open. Population's effect on finding a good sleeping area Rural/Middle of Nowhere: It's your land! Sleep where you feel like! Small Town: Often will contain a park; low probability of being hassled or bothered by noise and light. Suburbs: You may have to do some walking to find a good place unless you want to sneak into someone's yard. Bad environment for hitchhikers; sprawling communities of safety-conscious, self-absorbed people. Stay away when you can. Might be some good spots near the shopping centers. The City: I don't have a lot of city experience; I try to avoid ending up in them at night. High probability of being hassled and of light/noise disturbances and lack of a soft place to lay down. If you're a night owl, however, there is a wider range of places that are open late. Some Examples to Get You Thinking School fields, church grounds, anywhere that isn't open late at night or early in the morning, ditches, side of the highway, along a fence obscured by a treeline, beaches, parks, abandoned buildings, abandoned boxcars, fields, orchards, hills, hostels, highway rest areas, by the river, in a ski lift, campgrounds, movie theaters, deserts, and so forth... happy hitching!
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Trespassing and Freeloading SeminarSession 3: Finding a Place to Sleep
Staying with PeopleFriends: Always a good idea when it's an option. You can draw out your stay for weeks if you have the talent and inclination. Many benefits including free food, shower, bed or couch and companionship.Friends of Friends: Can be just as good; longer stays may be more awkward but it's perfect for a night or two. Know your connections.Strangers: One of the most rewarding and most dangerous aspects of life on the road is receiving hospitality from people who have no reason to help you. I have never regretted a night I've spent with strangers in my travels, but be careful...
What to Look for in a Sleeping SpotHassler-free: It's night and you've been wandering around all day; the last thing you need is some concerned citizen disrupting your slumber to ask if you're okay, or a police officer operating under the conviction that you are a drug-addled mugger kicking you out of your spot. Your goal is not to be seen. Don't go overboard, however; people don't notice as much as they think they do; it is not difficult to find somewhere to crash for 6-8 hoursDark: Helps you stay hidden and get to sleepSoft: Well-kept grass is perhaps bestQuiet: More assurance that nobody's coming around to hassle you. Covered: In case of rainProximity to a Water Source/Bathroom: It's a luxury, but keep your eyes open.
Population's effect on finding a good sleeping areaRural/Middle of Nowhere: It's your land! Sleep where you feel like!Small Town: Often will contain a park; low probability of being hassled or bothered by noise and light.Suburbs: You may have to do some walking to find a good place unless you want to sneak into someone's yard. Bad environment for hitchhikers; sprawling communities of safety-conscious, self-absorbed people. Stay away when you can. Might be some good spots near the shopping centers.The City: I don't have a lot of city experience; I try to avoid ending up in them at night. High probability of being hassled and of light/noise disturbances and lack of a soft place to lay down. If you're a night owl, however, there is a wider range of places that are open late.
Some Examples to Get You ThinkingSchool fields, church grounds, anywhere that isn't open late at night or early in the morning, ditches, side of the highway, along a fence obscured by a treeline, beaches, parks, abandoned buildings, abandoned boxcars, fields, orchards, hills, hostels, highway rest areas, by the river, in a ski lift, campgrounds, movie theaters, deserts, and so forth... happy hitching!
