I am not aware of anyone taking me for homeless, but I wouldn't necessarily know what everyone thinks so maybe some did. I have had people offer to pay for my lunch, or make other charitable offers, but in most of those cases I had already talked to them about my tour to the extent that it would have been obvious that I was not homeless.

Folks have generally been open, warm, and friendly. More so than I think they would be if they thought I was homeless. This has been true in all parts of the country, but especially in the Plains, the southwest, and the deep south.