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Lived out of my 'yote matrix for around 40 days in summer/fall a few years back. Mainly around the west coast and western states on a long meandering road trip. I was comfy. Coldest it ever got was down to 11F right before I started work at a ski resort in ID but I was fine with a summer sleeping bag, foam pad, and warm clothes. My daily diet was usually something like a banana with peanut butter plus berries for breakfast, a fuckhuge meal from a restaurant for dinner, and an avocado, jerky, and a few handfuls of spinach a few hours before bed. Tried to stay away from canned food and shit like MREs. Never had any issues getting roused outside of parks and campgrounds. Hotel lots are great because they have random cars staying overnight all the time, walmart lots are ok in a pinch but are very hit or miss, even stayed in a hospital parking garage one night lol.
For showers I would either pay the ~$2 for one at a campground or ymca or just tailgate someone into a gym. But the real gem I figured out is that anyt*me f*tness is franchise based, not a national chain. This means you don't even need to make a burner email to sign up for a one week free trial. You go in, show them the email, listen and nod while they show you around, then go back to your car to get your shower supplies and do your thing. The longest I went without a shower for the whole trip was two days. Of course this is no longer the case due to covid so showers might be tough to figure out.
It was nice, looking at any retail business in any small town knowing I could just stop, get a job, and set up shop. I think I could do it long term, but after a while I think I'd need to upgrade to a van or truck for space.
