The first night I met up with a group of couch surfers that had all just moved here as well. Then slept in 29 degrees, woke up and met a hitch hiker with a puppy. I spent the morning listening to his experience of being on the road on foot for a year and a half.
I also met up with a friend I had made when I did a trial version of this life. He has a short bus that he turned into a great camper and we had many laughs. So now it is like having a great neighbor to have meals with and share laughs with.
Many people don't understand why I would want to do this. Living with minimal luxuries doesn't seem appealing in regards to desire. Yet being happy can't happen with desire for more than anything else than what I have. Spending time with strangers is certainly not viewed as a past time by many, yet hearing life lessons from all kinds of people is better than cable and more valuable than most books.
