Being raised with the Right to Roam almost part of my DNA, I continue to be baffled by the US obsession with "ownership" of everything.

I mean, these forestry companies around here own tracts that are thousands of square kilometers and yet they put up fences and "No Trespassing" signs everywhere. I'm not looking to steal their lumber... I'm just wanting to take a walk in the woods and pick some mushrooms and berries... which they are certainly not going to do.

I do understand the allure of van life... most of society as we know it today (at least in the west) often works out to be like "golden handcuffs," a prison of sorts...