I personally support illegal trespassing. The problem with this country is too many goddamn laws, but that's just my opinion. I recommend reading Jack Kerouac's The Disappearing American Hobo from the Lonesome Traveller collection and Into the Wild. I will have to stealth camp for lack of funds, which won't be stopping me from setting across the state.

Anyways, someone else said $40 a day? Jesus, I don't even spend $40 a day eating out at home! I could see how it would be possible to spend $40, but that seems like a lot. Of course, I haven't had any real experience touring but my weekly grocery trips only total about $30.

I plan on using my denatured alcohol to cook [boil] all my food from now until when I begin my first self-supported tour. Trying to cut out take-out altogether. I'll be eating a lot of oatmeal, rice, pasta, lentils, split peas, beans, quinoa and the like. Seasoning only with salt and pepper for the most part. I want to try to avoid oil to cook because it just seems messy being water insoluble and all. The point is I really think I could eat on the road very affordably.