Idk whether to post this here or with the degenerate cosmopilitans at /trv/ so here it goes

I'm not interested in being a wageslave, so I intend to roam this great country given to me by 11 generations of ancestors. However, automobiles are an invitation to have yourself shook down by the bandit highwaymen known as police.

Have any of you ever cycled across the country? Slept in the tree line off the road? How do you bring enough food and water with you to get to your destination? Is it safe to travel through the south and southwest during winter or should you hole up somewhere? Which sort of roads are the best to follow? Do you bring weapons of any kind?