Day One

Well here it is, getting close to midnight and the day is ending. So far the experience has been foul, but nothing worse than I expected.

I left where I was staying just before nine this morning. I packed all my clothes, the laptop, and a bottle of soda. Then gassed up the car and hit the road. My first task was finding places to park. After a lot of research I found that if you sit in one place too long, or even the wrong place, the cops will take notice, as most towns/areas have no loitering and anti vagrancy laws.

What I worked out was that if I drove to a larger town, one with a few shopping centers, I could comfortably park in a store's parking lot for up to 2 hours and not have to worry. That is what I set about doing. My first place of choice was a grocery store parking lot. I was able to sit there for a few hours, before going in to use their restroom. After that I thought it best to leave. So I headed over to another store across town, and repeated what I had done before. It was working out pretty well, although I must admit, boring as hell. I didn't want to use up the battery on the laptop right away, so I didn't have much to do other than sit and watch the people go in and out of the store. Before leaving that parking lot I did use their restrooms and browse a bit.

Pretty much that sums up my entire day up until an hour ago that is. I ran through a drive thru and picked up a burger and set out on the highway. My destination, the closest rest stop. Later in the evening this seems to be the perfect place. Right off a busy highway so enough traffic coming and going, but also other people (most of them legitimate travelers catching a break) sleeping in their cars.

I have already called my wife to check in, see how her and the baby growing inside her are. So now it is off to sleep, if I can sleep that is. Not really too comfy in here, but it will have to do, this is after all my life for now, and the foreseeable future.

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