Sometimes I think about just taking off.

[shp4man]

I mean, take social security (I qualify) and my share of the equity in the house, buy something like this:



And just take off. Fuck it. Maybe Alaska, by way of Alabama and Boston.

Ya, it's an old truck, but i could keep it running. Factory air, 327 V8 (COPO), Alaskan pop up camper...Oh, ya. This truck as equipped cost over 6 grand in 1964- that was a pile of cash back then.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I know what you mean. Fuckitol. Let's hit the road.

[shp4man]

I know what you mean. Fuckitol. Let's hit the road.

We'll stop in Maine. You know Stephen King, right? 

[Eye of the Tiger]

We'll stop in Maine. You know Stephen King, right? 

Yeah, he's my cousin's ex-wife's new boyfriend's uncle's former roommate.

[BimmerM3]

I'd probably go for a van with a 4x4 conversion, but I like the idea.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I would go with an 88 GMC K1500 4.3 and a travel trailer.

[Submariner]

I would go with an 88 GMC K1500 4.3 and a travel trailer.

HOMETRUCK

[cawimmer430]

How about this Unimog which I saw today?   

[BimmerM3]

Though at some point, you gotta start worrying about tippyness.

[giant_mtb]

Though at some point, you gotta start worrying about tippyness.

Or, at the very least, topside clearance.  Not goin' through the drive-thru with that sum'bish.  And have fun breakin' tree branches everywhere you go.

[BimmerM3]

Or, at the very least, topside clearance.  Not goin' through the drive-thru with that sum'bish.  And have fun breakin' tree branches everywhere you go.

True, but that's gonna be an issue with most things that are tall enough to actually stand up in (not counting pop-ups).

[shp4man]

That Unimog is for sure Alaska rated. 

[CaminoRacer]

I'd love to get a 4x4 Sprinter van and drive to Alaska through Canada.

And after that, I'd drive down the Baja peninsula.

[565]

Yeah there are a lot of you tubers doing this.

https://youtu.be/qOlo_y4htQI

Also a lot of them do the living on a sail boat thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMOxypk0wGs


But as those videos show, you need to be a hot chick to do it.

[12,000 RPM]

I am a city boi. The closest I'd come to this is sleeping in the back of a minivan in a Walmart parking lot.

[cawimmer430]

That Unimog is for sure Alaska rated. 

There's a German couple touring the world in their Unimog.

[FoMoJo]

Looks like they ended up on Mars.

[cawimmer430]

Looks like they ended up on Mars.

They should contact Matt Damon for survival advice. 

[giant_mtb]

Yeah there are a lot of you tubers doing this.

https://youtu.be/qOlo_y4htQI

Also a lot of them do the living on a sail boat thing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMOxypk0wGs


But as those videos show, you need to be a hot chick to do it.

There's a girl from my town who's like 3-4 years younger than me that tried the whole YouTube living on a boat and then in a van thing...

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB1pqpV2ZNYRnwS5rgFy7mg

Her channel didn't exactly take off.  But whatever, she's doin it for fun I suppose.

[Soup DeVille]

Its gonna shock some of you, I know;  but people actually did shit before Youtube existed.

[Laconian]

Don't forget this gem!

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/couple-sell-everything-they-own-to-go-on-sailing-adventure-their-boat-sinks-just-two-days-later.html

[FoMoJo]

Don't forget this gem!

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/couple-sell-everything-they-own-to-go-on-sailing-adventure-their-boat-sinks-just-two-days-later.html

Sounds like a good story to tell at get togethers.

[CaminoRacer]

Don't forget this gem!

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/couple-sell-everything-they-own-to-go-on-sailing-adventure-their-boat-sinks-just-two-days-later.html

That was my first though after Chris's post.

[Soup DeVille]

Don't forget this gem!

http://www.odditycentral.com/news/couple-sell-everything-they-own-to-go-on-sailing-adventure-their-boat-sinks-just-two-days-later.html

The continued adventures:

https://www.tampabay.com/pinellas/what-happened-to-the-couple-whose-boat-sank-near-johns-pass-theyre-off-on-another-adventure-20190218/

[AutobahnSHO]

Ha

[Submariner]

[shp4man]

Gotta watch crosswinds with that one.^^^^^

[BimmerM3]

This slide-in looks pretty dang sweet.

https://www.kimboliving.com/details

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-fCZ5L61vs

[veeman]

That Kimbo thing is pretty cool. Kind of like a semi truck sleeper except idling won't keep it warm in the winter or cool in the summer. 

[giant_mtb]

Starts at $15k tho.  Ruf.