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Just thinking out loud here. Do ya think it would be possible for a man and his bike to "waunder" around the country anymore? You know, like the old movie with the character called "Bronson". Or are those days long gone...I suppose law enforcement has changed as far as "drifters" are concerned. Could enough crummy lil jobs be had for a few weeks to build up "stakes"? What are youse guys thoughts on it.

With this computer age, you can scout jobs out on CL and other "job seeker" sites where you want to be going, a head of time. I'm sure summer months would be easier to find "the odd job". The only thing is finding cheap motels, again surf the web, I wouldn't camp at a rest area

I don't see why not. If you're the handy man type and not afraid of manual labor.
It's different age we live in so, don't leave home without your favorite hand gun.

Are there adds on CL for hired guns?

protesters make a lot of money

Back in the day I did many a night under a bridge with a bed roll.

I would think the life style is there if you want to live it for a time. Two lane roads and small towns.

I have always been a talker and even today when I pull into a small town gas station I have no issues striking up a conversion and getting warm feedback.

Plus you are on a Triumph. Everyone has a story and had one back it the day.

If it were me hitting the road today I would put a couple hundred bucks on a money card and see how long I could make it last getting odd jobs along the way.

Today I consider a Motel 6 or Howard Johnson's ruffing it for me.

Well Rich. Kind'a like I was sayin' a while back in that other recent thread of yours around here, if you DO decide to go "down that long lonesome highway" like Michael Parks' Jim Bronson did on that old TV show, I might have a few odd jobs around the house HERE you might attend to for a fair price.

Rich, if you're just looking for a change of scenery, carpenters are in demand here. high pay with pension and insurance. and you'd have a riding buddy in the area

So Rich, I'm a little unclear on the methodology of your proposed wanderlust here, dude.

I thought it was to pretty much replicate Jim Bronson's travels around this great country of ours(yeah, I still think it's great, although apparently there are some who don't, for some strange reason. ) and thus to stay only for a week or so at various locations while making a little bread doing odd jobs for the locals, and in order to sustain your finances enough to continue your travels after that period of time?!

However, I'm now getting the impression that your intent is more the idea of finding a long-term alternative place of residence than your present one, and along the way stay at these possible alternative locales for perhaps months at a time.

(...and so, what are your present inclinations in these regards, you ol' elevator maker, you?)

Well, Dwight, maybe a little of both. Travel for a while, stay for a while, and so forth. I suppose eventually I'd wind up back home, but then again, it depends how comfortable I get in a new place. Clear enough?