Nice basic article. I'm with 3Hummers though, I'm more likely to shelter in place. I'd only bug out if I absolutely had to. There are numerous reasons to not bug out. For me, a big one is my family. It'd be a lot easier to bug out if it was just me or even just me and my wife, but I have three young daughters. It's hard for kids to make a transition like that, though at first they'd be excited about it I'm sure.
Another reason is you're leaving your property behind, unprotected, just waiting for the scavengers and pillagers to come and steal everything and wreck what they don't take. I'd rather stay behind where I have far more supplies and can protect my family and property more readily. Unless you have a prepared location to bug out to that has a source of fresh water (and means to purify it for long enough) and food, you're going to end up hungry and thirsty pretty quick.
Now honestly, unless the whole of the US (or wherever you are) goes down the toilet (which is extremely unlikely given our size), you can probably just go to a family member's or friend's place that is outside of the affected zone. This is the most likely situation anyone will end up in. Personally, I have family in several locations in the US that I can escape to if things are bad enough that I need to get out of town for a while. It wouldn't be hard to have enough fuel and food to get to any of them.
So while it's fun to think about building up this bug out vehicle that will survive a nuclear blast and can take you deep up into the mountains, probably 99% of the people that think about doing this (and actually work on doing it) haven't thought past the point where they get to wherever they are bugging out to (if they've even picked a place that 1,000 other people aren't also planning on going to). So they may get there and then realize they have no idea how they are going to survive longer than the food and water supply they brought. What about the time of year? What if it's winter? Not exactly going to be scrounging for berries in February (the native wildlife will have taken care of most of them by then).
Point is, just work on having a good vehicle that will be able to get you (and your family if any) and stuff you'll need out of town and to a safe area (preferably with family/friends). You might have to go over some rough/damaged roads, but you're not likely to be heading up a mountain or through a swamp on your way out. Make sure you have a 72 hour kit, and some other common sense things, as well as all of your important paperwork (keep paper copies, but it's also a good idea to scan everything in and put it on an encrypted thumb drive). And if you really want to be able to bug out to a mountain, plan, and practice all the skills you will need.
But odds are you'll end up sheltering in place, so plan for that first. Of course, you're going to need to adapt to your area, if you get hurricanes or other major storms like that often, you may have to be able to get out of town. But stuff like that you have warning enough to leave before the roads are clogged. If you might have to get out on short notice, plan ahead and have a route that will be more likely to get you out quickly, avoiding major roads (which is where everyone else is likely to head to).
Most importantly though, don't freak out and think you have to have some wicked awesome bug out vehicle by tomorrow. Plan it out. Read good, reliable sources of information. Practice your skills (skills are the most valuable thing to have in a SHTF situation, even more valuable than water, because with the right skills, you'll know where and how to get safe water). Prepare your home for most emergencies applicable to your area. Keep your vehicle in good shape so that it will actually work when you need to get out. Etc, etc.
There is sooooo much to this topic that I will surely have missed other basics. But it's a fun, and good, thing to talk about.