Kobolds are not rats. They may be vermin from time to time, but not rats.
Rats don't have scales.

Anyways, I'm alive. In a McDonalds using the free wifi, slept under a bridge. Note, under a bridge > Under the stars in the grass.
So... I can't pretend to be active yet, just popping up to let you chaps know how not dead I am. Sunburns cover my flesh and my bag is heavy enough to give Atlas pause but I'm alive.

In a place called Roseburg I think, moving up the Interstate 5 until I reach my final destination of Olympia.

If any of you by some chance live nearby let me know eh? Anyways, going to explore this city a bit before trying to get further North.