>>3687387I motorcycled down to Texas from Canada for a few weeks on my own with a similar motivation. It was also a bit of a sudden thing, after I had lost my job, but I still gave myself over a month to plan. I wanted to paint and draw, turns out I was either to preoccupied or just exhausted and sweaty most of the time, but it was still a great experience and I'd love to do it again.
It was great just doing something really hard on my own, and getting encouragement from tons of strangers along the way. There was no big revelation, but my wanderlust definitely died down after that. I'd still love to do something like that again, and hopefully plan it out better to get some painting done this time.
Good luck friend!