Gtoo said: #5 can be fixed by trading dry timely travel for something you're willing to part with.
I almost certainly could have hitched a ride, but that takes me back to fail due to security needs. Definitely an incidence of having to choose between fast, cheap or good. However, I did end up looking reasonably presentable on the news broadcast. They edited it down to a sound bite where I am saying "Why here? Why now?" Hopefully, we will gain a little bit of traction with the coverage.
@sky and zarathustra: Thanks for your suggestions. I'm generally a very good sleeper and well able to calm my anxiety. I once accidentally chose to pitch a tent near alligators and surrounded by hordes of mosquitoes. I just tell myself if my time has come, so be it, and then fall asleep. The unfamiliar problem I am having with this situation is having to combine security with stealth. IOW, I need to be safe and invisible which is tougher. I've kind of decided to forget about the invisible and just tell everybody I know around there that I am doing an experiment with staying off the grid on my lots. The Greek guy who lives next door already said he might put a fake camera on the side of his house to help. A keyed deadbolt would be helpful. My sister's dog would be adequate but would have to be continually fed protein, and I am running low on food other than fruit and green vegetables from the garden for myself already. A very skilled urban farmer, located just 4 miles away, hosts the meeting of my eco-action group. He has goats, pigs, chickens, ducks and honeybees, so I could theoretically barter with him for goat's milk and eggs, but I doubt I have anything he could use besides money. I don't know how long I can last on fruit, green vegetables and my Zone 00 store of subcutaneous fat. Which brings me to:
FAIL #7 - Used the stove at the apartment to cook last of my oatmeal this morning.
FIX #7- Survive on raw or previously processed food only OR fix the hook-up for the built-in Coleman stove in the camper OR scavenge something that will pass muster as legal barbeque or pit for fire use OR use propane wok I happen to half-own. Of course, purchase and consumption of propane will be necessary for two of these solutions, so have to decide if I'm willing to eat that recurring expense into my survival budget.
Two words we teach the kindergarten kids are Stamina and Strategy. I clearly need some more of both for this challenge.