I moved out of the house and into the Transit August 15th.
So I just completed my first week of the second half of my first year as a vehicular homeless person.
I've never paid anywhere to overnight, but I did get a room for four days last month. That's a whole story in itself. I also stayed with my sister and father for two weeks in November at her place.
My stealth system works fine, I've only parked over night legitimately at Walmart about 15 nights, all other nights were where a camper or RV would not have been allowed.
I was told by a security guard while sleeping on a major shopping street in a large city to pull one space ahead to not be in front of the restaurant he guards, but that's it.
One day I got so caught up in work to do but had the slider open and some stuff outside in the parking lot of a Planet Fitness where I had showered that a business owner called the police on me!
The young sheriff was pretty embarrassed about the whole thing.
His initial "Can I ask what you're doing here?"
was responded to by me handing him my iPad with an email in progress .....notifying relatives that an hour earlier my father had passed at age 95.
He advised me in the future if I need somewhere to work to go to the specific Walmart down the road a bit rather than the closer one which does not allow overnighting.
This morning I woke up in a Winn Dixie lot that is shared by a Mcdonalds.
Noisy, that's why I've been preferring nice neighborhoods in general.
My go to in most cities has been to search Google Maps for "brewery".
It usually takes me to a gentrified brick paver neighborhood with easy free parking. Seeing dozens of single women walking their dogs solo in skimpy clothing after dark as well as before dawn is my indicator that the place is safe and secure and that the yuppies are too busy working and working out and dining out to have time to be a busy body.
They instantly see my full deep tint window Transit as a limo and think nothing of it.
So I just completed my first week of the second half of my first year as a vehicular homeless person.
I've never paid anywhere to overnight, but I did get a room for four days last month. That's a whole story in itself. I also stayed with my sister and father for two weeks in November at her place.
My stealth system works fine, I've only parked over night legitimately at Walmart about 15 nights, all other nights were where a camper or RV would not have been allowed.
I was told by a security guard while sleeping on a major shopping street in a large city to pull one space ahead to not be in front of the restaurant he guards, but that's it.
One day I got so caught up in work to do but had the slider open and some stuff outside in the parking lot of a Planet Fitness where I had showered that a business owner called the police on me!
The young sheriff was pretty embarrassed about the whole thing.
His initial "Can I ask what you're doing here?"
was responded to by me handing him my iPad with an email in progress .....notifying relatives that an hour earlier my father had passed at age 95.
He advised me in the future if I need somewhere to work to go to the specific Walmart down the road a bit rather than the closer one which does not allow overnighting.
This morning I woke up in a Winn Dixie lot that is shared by a Mcdonalds.
Noisy, that's why I've been preferring nice neighborhoods in general.
My go to in most cities has been to search Google Maps for "brewery".
It usually takes me to a gentrified brick paver neighborhood with easy free parking. Seeing dozens of single women walking their dogs solo in skimpy clothing after dark as well as before dawn is my indicator that the place is safe and secure and that the yuppies are too busy working and working out and dining out to have time to be a busy body.
They instantly see my full deep tint window Transit as a limo and think nothing of it.