three months of winter, $3000

[gvidas]

It's starting to look like from roughly the middle of this coming December to the middle of March I won't have anything to do, or anywhere specific to be.

I'm overdue to move (should finish this drawn-out degree in early Dec), but the middle of winter is an awful time to move to a new city (in order to start out on the right foot, anyway, without seasonal affective disorder coloring everything). I don't expect to have a job, and I don't expect to get a job anytime soon, although not for lack of interest or willingness. I've got some savings to live off of, and I plan to pare down my belongings to just what I can fit in my truck (which, really, with a good tarp, is still a lot of crap.)

At this point, all options are on the table. However, my preferences are:

- If it's in the continental US, stay east of center (I'd like to stay clear of the obvious option: bum around my parents' houses and friends' couches.)

- Comfort is a medium-low priority (this trip is a mid-winter post-college "what do I do now?"), and I consider comfort freely exchangeable for an interesting experience.

Point of origin: Western NY.