Hey there! My name is Devon I'm currently residing in Burlington Vermont. I started backpacking when I was about 18, and have been doing so for the last 6 years. I LOVE IT! I have been everywhere from communes to the middle of the desert and I couldn't be more happy! What an experience it has been! I've been living in Burlington for the last year, which is the longest I've stayed anywhere in a while, but it feels good. I really enjoy Vermont and love east coast in general. I just wanted to give a little advice out there to any of those backpackers just starting out, or to you who just didn't know about it. A very important thing is to always have something to keep you nourished in your pack that is also light weight, and won't weight you down too much. A great thing that I found for that trick is freeze dried food. Check it out, 6 Lbs of fresh fruit is equal to 1lb of freeze dried fruit! That's just the fruit too! the meals are also much lighter and you can free up room in your pack and keep yourself healthy!! I found it very helpful for those times when your not really sure were your next bed will be. If anyone has any questions don't feel afraid to ask.
im thinkin of doing this too but i have no contacts om f88kin broke but i can play guitar and have an easteren crew change guide but yea food can be obtain from like every where
I've been back on the route doing the same for the last two years.. it's kinda an obsession now. On break kinda in my hometown.. seeing things and the changes of a little florida town... trying to finish off a few trades items before hitching to nationals and then go for another how many years. Planning on covering the north states for the summer/fall and hopefully be down in AZ again for the winter. Been considering trying to nab my visa sometime, and try to get out of here to see better sights. Dried fruit is always a great thing, I still miss my mango slabs I was getting in California.. most of the food in Cali now that I think about it.. I miss digging in dumpsters and getting handfuls of organics. Honey is also a great food.. if you can get around the sticky parts of it. The more rawer the honey the harder the concentrate of it.. a finger of honey is good nourishment, and good for you. New Mexico and Arizona are my two favorite states.. you can sit in 70/80 degree weather, catch a ride north for a 200 miles and be sitting in snow. Plus desert to lush growing forests and then mountains, suits all of what I want. And mineral rich states, a bonus for me seein' how 20lbs of gear in my pack are for mining and gemcraft. Yeah.. I love those states.