Not even a newbie, yet.
I am at a point in my life where I am feeling the pull of a pilgrimage. Anywhere, everywhere. I’ll know it when I find it, I hope. Not to get into it too much but everyone died, closest friends and family, cancers, tumors, strokes, heart attacks, etc., in a most horrifying coincidence. I find myself a lone wolf at 57, and feeling that I stayed in one place too long, feeling the need to, as Kerouac put it, “Go.” Sometimes I feel I was spared because I’m supposed to do this. I certainly need to step out of where I am at, for a while.
I have a Honda CRV with only 1,500 pounds towing and 150 pounds tongue weight and I am looking at the possibility of a Little Guy My Pod to pull with it, for a start. I live in the Chicago area and I have a backpack and camping gear now and I am–Thanks to the Chicago Outerbelt–in hiking distance to Camp Sullivan and Camp Bullfrog. I’m going to get into better shape hiking there and practicing with camping tools and skills. If I burn my dinner or ruin anything else, I’ll just walk home, I guess, 
So, in the not so future, I will be working downtown in Chicago’s loop, in one of the many office buildings, Monday through Friday, and, then, Friday evening or early Saturday morning, walking out of my place and to the Chicago Outerbelt to Camp Sullivan to sleep in the dirt for an evening or two and then back to the 9 to 5 grind. But I already feel that’s not going to be enough. It’s just part of an apprenticeship.
My first post. I promise it will be my longest. I would appreciate any advice you can give me on Little Guy My Pods, alternatives, reading materials, web sites, YouTube posts or prayers.
