Reply #75: Last summer, for 16 days. Intentionally.

[Bouncy Ball]

Granted, that's not very long in the big scheme of things but the biggest thing I learned was how very little I need to survive. I was...well, kind of amazed. It was a trip with an incredibly tiny budget, so we had to scrimp on everything we could. Ketchup packets, YUM!

:D

I also ran into a few people who were living like that for a lot longer. One guy who looked to be about college age slept in the back of his little pickup that had a camper top. He had a dog and some basic foodstuffs. I don't know how he earned the money for gas, but apparently he didn't move around too much. We met him in Utah, near Bryce Canyon.

It just sort of amazed me. There were people all over sort of....living like that. No permanent address or anything.