Logic would dictate that one doesn't travel unless one has the funds for a roof over one's head, (not at a total stranger's place), and something to eat.
I guess these Lefties really are smarter than us stupid Freepers. [/deliberate & emphatic sarcasm]
You're only amazed that they're doing this while broke?
*I'd* like to know how they got that much time off from their *jobs* to undertake this little adventure.
Oh...wait...silly me...never mind.....:)