SNOWSTORM CAMPING in a VW BUS
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Winter Snowstorm camping in my 1979 VW Bus. 1 foot of snow coming in this spring snowstorm. Probably the last one of the year. I went back out looking for a cozy getaway one last time this year.
I brought some dank beers! Reviewed Northwoods Brewing's IPA and drank some Flume by Definitive Brewing and will post my reviews on Untappd. Follow me there RealHoppyCamper
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Cooked some Cheeseburger Soup for a cozy, warm meal in the cold snow:
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It was super yummy! Just use less potatoes than I did haha! Oh and bring some hot sauce of your liking, it needs it.
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Your stove setup is brilliant,Taking the stack out the window instead of cutting a hole in your vehicle or truck topper,Good job 👍
Thanks my man, totally appreciate it. What I didn't cover was that if you saw early in the video my damper pipe had sheared off. So I didn't have a damper. Having the 2 90° elbows in the piping totally acted as a damper and worked perfectly! I highly recommend this setup. Thanks for watching dude!
Nothing wrong with breakfast for dinner,I do it all the time
The best man! 🍻
Anything wrong with beer for breakfast? Haha not on your birthday!
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Yeah we did it all the time.
Dude honestly I could live in that bus. The cheese burger soup looked awesome.
Dude I could too! Does get a little tight after a few days in the snow but so cool. I'd usually pop the top but keeping it down helps keep it warm. The top makes all the difference. If I had to live in it, I'd want a high top so you could at least stand up. Thanks for watching buddy!
hoppy that vw bus looks so cozy, always love your snow camps, cheers!
Thanks a lot buddy! It defined cozy haha! Cheers dude 🍻
great to see your latest video. I enjoy them greatly. I can tell you take time thinking of shots.
have a great weekend!
As always, thank you for the kind words! Glad you like it and good to see you ! Thanks as always for coming along
Awesome video keep them coming!!!
Hell yeah Bobby, thanks a lot my man!
You're a classic Bud! Came in from the east and home to the west. Love that place, looking forward myself in the next couple of weeks. 4K nice upgrade!
Thanks a lot dude. Of course you know where this was! And how I came in and went because why wouldn't you haha! As always, good seeing you. I had a funny incident with a sticker. May do a short about it, then you'll have something to find. Weather's getting good!
This channel should be MUCH BIGGER than it is! You have the know how and have done so many different things with so many different "Items"! That was hard to word. I cannot believe you have a VW van in that kind of shape! So AWESOME!! Do you mind if I ask what year the van is?
I completely agree. This dude puts in the effort and has great vid ideas. TH-cam algorithms need to show him some ‘spect! 😅
Yeah dude! So I'm not the only one who feels that way haha? Hey thanks a lot for watching. Tell your friends! We are getting there but it's a slog hahaha. Dude it's a sweet bus. It's a 79 same year as me!
Absolutely agree. Spread the word. Gimme them Subbies!!!!!!!
@@hoppycamper When I was in my youth, I got to camp for one night in a VW Micro Bus. It was an amazing experience. I know it was made in the 1950's or 1960's, it had all of the windows around the top of it. My experience was when I was in my early teens, so that would have been roughly the mid 1970's. My apologies for calling your unit a Van, I knew better than that. I don't know why I said that. Another interesting note, that huge VW chrome metal piece on the hood I still have. The reason I have it is because those were my wife to be's initials and I knew the family that owned the van. VW was her initials until I ruined everything by marrying her some 40+ years ago!
@@jonsymmonds1120 Haha super cool story man thanks for sharing! What a cool bunch of initials to have, never even met a VW, then you had to go and ruin it! haha I hope it worked out well for you and her. Don't you dare apologize, these things are called all manner of names (Samba, Kombi, Van) all the time! Glad you kept the chrome logo, I still have a white logo off a splittie from a junkyard in Georgia in the 90's, those were super cool busses with all that glass! I love seeing them, but these bay window busses are so much more useful and modern than those. But not nearly as pretty! Thanks for tuning in man!
Thank you for your service ❤
Good eye there! Haha you're welcome, it was a pleasure!
I like your cozy van. I could sure sleep in it. It would be fun to wake up in the middle of the night and look around. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for watching! I hope you get out there and experience it yourself one day!
@@hoppycamper Sounds great.
0:16 seconds in and I subscribed already! I love your energy!
Right on, so cool thanks!
I've had my Bus over 30 years and just learned how to fold the bed up, haha.
I always reach to the center to pull it up, but yours latched and went up on its own.... I went out and tried that on mine and did the same thing. I didn't know it was designed to stick in the "taco" position to make it easier to fold.
I like the wood stove idea, too.
I've long considered replacing the passenger seat with a utility platform with maybe a drawer underneath. I usually go solo anyway and if I do bring company, she usually brings her own car so she can have all of her stuff.
Haha hell yeah man! I love the trick for folding the rear bench. It was a total gamechanger when I discovered it too. There was a thread on TheSamba that mentioned it, along the lines of 'I was today years old when I discovered this....' haha. That's how I learned it. Glad I could help you out! Same here with my wife, she usually brings her minivan so I don't need the seat. Keep it real and keep warm!
I throughly enjoy watching your camping vids keep them coming 😎
Thanks so much for the kind words and for coming along! I'm on a bit of a hiatus but will be back out there soon! Too much salt on the roads to run the vintage auto, bummer! I'll be out soon, stay tuned!
"Cheeseburger soup?!!" ... that does sound delicious!!
Hell yeah, it was yummy! Recipe in the description, give it a shot!
Love the fabric you have on your bench/sleeping area. Great video, thanks.
Thanks! Actually it's bone stock. Came this way, I love it too. My wife made me some pillows using some repurposed OG threads. So cool!
Excellent video!
Love your van. I missed mine. I had a used 1970 VW camper van like yours after I got out of college. Had it for about 9 years. Took it all over Florida, down to Key West. Then later got a used 1983 Westphalia VW Camper van and took it up the east coast all the way to New England. Had that one for about 11 years. Sure miss the great styling of those vans but missed having air conditioning (I live in Florida) and both had to have a lot of maintenance on a regular basis. Good luck on your travels!
Right on! A Fellow Bus Owner! I had one in the 90's for High School and did the opposite: Went from New England to Florida following Phish around! Was such a blast, I had to get another when we needed a camper! I don't need A/C or Heat haha, just this cool vibe! Thanks for coming along and Hoppy Holidays!
Show de vídeo🎉amei parabéns pela kombi e linda aconchegante
Você ganhou mais uma seguidora meu amigo 😊❤ saudações do Brasil 🇧🇷 Deus te abençoe grandemente
Olá e seja bem-vindo! Obrigada por ter vindo comigo e que bom que você gostou!
COOL VW.. MY DAD HAD 1 WHEN I WAS A KID 40YRS AGO I WOULD LOVE 1 NOW 2 GO AWAY 4A BIT OF CAMPING HOPE IT STAYS IN GOOD CONDITION 4 U.. 😊😊😊..
Thanks for the compliments dude! They're out there, go get one! Probably a lot more money now though haha. Thanks for watching!
I love the idea of the little piece of wood in your window for your chimney stack. And I love the energy you have. God bless you may you keep making videos. You just got a new subscriber
Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like the little wood piece, it was a total game changer! Thanks for subscribing and God Bless you too man!
Вау, чувак, это очень круто! Пейзажи очень красивые, я даже сначала подумал, что это Россия! Люблю лес, просто обожаю... Классный контент! Благодаря таким как ты, у меня появилась мечта так же путешествовать на автомобиле)
Хаха, это очень по-русски выглядит, не правда ли? Если бы это было в России, мой Автобус был бы УАЗом, верно? Большое спасибо за просмотр, и я рад, что вы вдохновились! Продолжай, чувак, выходи, это кайф!
Great video.new subscriber.love it.sooo jelous.love from London.😊
Hell yeah! Thanks so much for the kind words! Love this bus and my British friends! Super glad to have you
do not get caught out without hot sauce brother 😂😂😂
Won't happen again, haha! Thanks for watching
beautiful content brother you deserve a million subscribers love your videos
Dude thanks so much! That's the goal brother! Help me get there, haha tell your friends! Thanks again dude
You have a cool vibe with the VW man! Love to watch more upcoming
Thanks buddy! Been a bit sidelined lately but heading back out soon. Stay tuned!
ty for your service
Thanks buddy, it was a BLAST!! Hoppy Holidays!
I love the process.....Have beer before Cooking.... it puts a whole new concept on being a Chef Man ✌️ ☮️
Priorities man, haha!
I had 1973 beetle. Fun car. Surprisingly good in snow.
I bet it was great in the snow! Rear wheel drive? As long as the engine is out over the rear tires where it should be, you're fine!
F*ckin awesome bro..😂
Right on brother! 🍺
Love the video. Great stuff as always Hoppy.!!!!!!
All beer is good. Some beer, better than others. Cold beer is better than warm, and warm beer is better than no beer. LOve the van set up. Cheers!
Cheers back, that's for sure! And you're right, all beer is good! 🍺
Breakfast for dinner is the best. I cook hashbrowns or potatoes in the bacon grease which is super great, just not so healthy. lol
The best Jerry, the best!
High calorie, but tasty! Breakfast for dinner every time! Thanks for tuning in beautiful bus on your profile!
I love those vehicles I used to have two of them in mint condition
You need to get another one! They're the BEST! As you know! Why'd you sell? Bummer man, get back out there! I cringe using it in the salt, but #YOLO haha
The moment i saw that sweet stove setup i subscribed. That window fitting for the chimney to pass through is great idea
Nice! That's so cool you like it and thanks for subbing-up! I'll keep making videos, tell your friends!
I love how he turned off the phone. Hell yeah.
Heel yeah brother, good to see you still on here! Hope shit's good my man. Email me your address, you need a T-shirt
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Hoppy! I'm diggin your vibe big time! ❤
Right on, thanks for coming along! I totally appreciate the love, Hoppy Holidays!
Nice job Ron ❤
Ron? Who's that? Haha thanks for the compliment though!
I had a 1973 VW man I miss that thing lol
Dude, I missed my first '79 that's why I bought this one 10 years ago! Get back in the game, haha thanks for watchinhg!
Nice man! Love those hazy IPA's
Yeah man! It's my downfall haha! Hazy, Hoppy NEIPA! Thanks for coming along with me
I was watching this before bed and you made me suddenly crave for a good beer ....dammit dude 😂
Haha! Good call man, get up and have one! Cheers mate!
I came I saw I subscribed 👍
Yeah Buddy! Thanks so much, tell your friends and Hoppy Holidays!
Bulli Bus in da Snow!👍🏽🔥🫡very nice
Hell yeah my man, thanks!
GREAT VIDEO!!
Thank you!!
Right on! So glad you liked it, I'll keep going! Thanks
Great stuff, Kid!
Dude thanks my man!
I have to have that axe !! Worked perfectly !!
Right on man, glad you liked it! Hot knife through butter! It's not a special brand or anything, just sharp!
It’s nice too someone use a fire steel properly. Awesome video, subscribed within first few minutes.
Right on! Thanks for watching and subscribing!
Yeah, at first I was using it incorrectly, good of you to notice!
You know you are handsome. Love the VW bus too. Love you his vedioe a lot. Wow! You be safe out there.
Haha, I truly appreciate the compliments, thanks so much! So glad you like it. I hope you have a Merry Christmas.
Would’ve watched earlier but was out for dinner with a celebrity this evening. Great video as always.
Haha cheers! 🍻
Just come across your channel tonight. Fantastic....Subscribed...Keep going Chap 👍 🌞 🌟
Thanks again man!
That food looks awesome 👌
Recipe in the description! Thanks bud
Great video brother cheers 🍻👍👌
Cheers my man, thanks for the complements and for coming along!
Thats soup looks amazing.
Right? Dude it was perfect!
I'd trust a Mr. Buddy heater more. I owned two 1974's that I used for Baja. I built a bed in each with storage below. Nothing rides better offroad that one of those. Sidewinds can be hairy and big trucks heading toward you down there.
I had a Mr. Buddy on standby in case I would need it. I didn't use it, but always keep it handy. Love your Baja insights, these things even in 2WD are great out there! And you're dead right about the big trucks, they just suck you in! Thanks for sharing man!
Interesting heat stove setup. I have a 80 Vanagon Westy that I really enjoy, so I know what it takes to camp in one. Very cool video! Subscribed and liked
Nice, thanks so much for coming along! So you're also air cooled, nice! I love these things, this is my second '79. Keep it real man!
Good hearty food 🥘
None of this smashed avocado brigade bollocks 😂
Subbed
Haha love that! Thanks my man, good hearty, rib-sticking food! Thanks for coming along man
Ok so for those who have or want to have a camping video talk about what you're doing for those of us watching can live the dream that we do through you.
Thanks for the advice, I'll definitely keep that in mind for future videos! I did go a bit ASMR for the first 6:30, and feel like it shows through well. Thanks for watching man
Cool time in the V dub!
Hell yeah man!
Great video but just a little info to share get a wood cutting board every time you cut on a plastic bord it's cutting pieces of plastic into your food nice pop up bus sweet next time try som Dos xx beer a little salt and lime peace ✌ and love ❤
Thanks for the tip man, check out my latest videos. I've upgraded my cutting board for sure! Peace out my man 🕊️✌️
@@hoppycamper wow that's awesome that you responded back glad to hear you upgraded your Chopin bord send me a link to your video if you can couldn't find it thanks ✌ and ♥ stay safe
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I so want a wood burner in my vdub now, that'll never throw an error or run your leisure battery flat like diesel heaters do 🤘🤘
That's what I'm saying man! No noisy clicking fuel pumps either! I always hated how they need battery power too. Plus, I've spilled diesel inside my GTI, took a year to mellow out! That was awful haha.
And with this chimney setup, you never need a flue! Up, 90 right, across, and 90 up. I'd simply add a log every few hours. Awesome!
Thanks for watching man!
Love your bus, love your set up .new here and deffenetly subscribed..look forward to more.. stay safe
Right on! Thanks so much for coming along! I'm a bit delayed, but will be back out there soon! Stay tuned
And to all those who don’t know it’s a Bus not a van!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Please don’t insult Hoppy and call it a van….lol
Haha, or a Samba, or a Kombi ha!
It’s a vanagon or transporter actually or Westphalia not a bus ?
I’ve owned 7 earliest was a ‘62
It’s a POS is what it is!!! Please!
I live in Wisconsin when I was a boy a green VW bug came thru town in the winter the driver took out the passenger seat and had a small wood stove with the pipe coming thru the roof this was around 1970.
Ohh so cool to hear they were doing it all the way back then! Nice! Works great! Thanks for sharing man
Greetings from the Caribbean!
Hello! What island? I've spent a lot of time down there. Thanks for coming along! Tell your friends haha!
VERY NICE
Right? It was a real adventure! Thanks for watching
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Great video! Cheers from New Mexico, where we also have some fantastic micro breweries and IPAs!
Super cool man! New Mexico love, thanks for coming along, send me some yummy SW IPA's!!!
Great Channel..Keep cool man 👍
You too man, thanks for the compliment and for coming along
Potatoes threw me off at 1st lol. I thought you were going for a beef stroganoff but the soup looked good. Nice VW too.
Right on my man, thanks for watching and commenting. Use less potatoes haha!
@hoppycamper lol you're welcome man. I'm a meat potatoes guy myself man so the ratio of tato looked fine to me brother lol. Heck I wouldve attempted adding a small bag of no yolks egg noodles. After it all started coming together. Heartier the better. Anyway keep on cruisin and doin your thing man. I'll be looking for the next video.
Cool setup man
Yeah man! Thanks for checking it out!
I had a homemade stove in my 66 bus. Pipe went through roof. Only heat it had
Yeah dude, must've had the tin top in that case, which it being a splittie definitely did. My '79's heat isn't much better. The woodstove it also about it! Thanks for watching man
Fuck yeah! I had a 79 Westy I bought for 400 bucks, put about 4k into it and camped all over the place. Sold it when I had kids. MSN do I fucking miss it, and the kids are grown now.
Sounds like you had a great time, man. You can always get another one! This is my second one, wife said we needed a camper and I knew right where to go! Both '79's. Thanks for watching!
Can't beat a steaming pile of mush, on a cold day.
Haha nope, you can't! Thanks for watching
@ Lol. Thanks
Oh my! I’ll be making cheeseburger soup now. 😂
Let me know what you think of it, recipe in the description!
Hoppy! Was that homemade exhaust under the "Bus"? Great video again!! Thanks for taking me along!
Haha I can see why you'd think that! What you probably see is the the bumper. That's all danged up. The muffler is right before that and it's actually made by vintage speed out of Thailand, not a cheap setup but nothing on this is! Thanks for watching man 🍻
Used to have a Westie drive it from Temecula ca to Greenville Maine camping all the way because I had a functional gas heater in back it was completely restored and then while I was away it was stolen never to be recovered 25 years ago really miss it now that I have a class a mh
Nice story thanks for sharing! Super bummed it got stolen, where was that? And Greenville, what brought you there? I did an awesome canoe trip out of there a few years back up in the Allagash. What a great spot! Thanks for watching man!
Also, check out my 'Crashed Air Foirce Bomber' camping video from the early fall. It was filmed in Greenville! @thomcarroll5845
Funny to see familiar places in my own state on TH-cam. Live free or die!
Hasn't been said better since the great John Stark said it first! LFoD!
Couldn't help noticing your broth is from Market Basket. I've been with them since 1969
Thanks for noticing! I do love their stuff! I grew up shopping at Demoulas, haha. That's a long time, but my son was there for a while as a bagger. Great bosses! Thanks for watching
I like this dude, about my age. Probably a Mr Bill fan, oh yeah.
Right on my man, haha! Mr. Bill is legit! Thanks for watching, Merry Christmas!
nice work!....hello from new zealand!...cheers!
Hello there, g'day mate ( I know, more Australian than NZ, but still cool!)! I got an Australian buddy from down under, calls my bus a Kombi just like I'm sure you do too!
Nice video
Thanks so much! Thanks for watching!
Cool set up. I have a ‘70 Bus/westy, How to do keep your door panel from melting being so close to the stove? 🎅
Nice dude! Run it! It's not hard to keep it cool, these stoves like everything else heat rises, so the sides are shockingly cool even 2 inches away. No Worries!
Amazing!
Thank you! Cheers and Hoppy Holidays!
New subscriber , like your set up of stove
Yeah buddy thanks for coming along! The stove worked awesome! Stay tuned, I'm headed back out soon!
Better try Espresso Stout from Oakshire brewery...
Thanks for the tip! Sounds yummy, I'll keep my eyes out! Thanks for watching
We see ya Chef🎉 from Atlanta Ga ❤
Yeah buddy! Thanks for coming along! Stay warm down there haha
The food looks good
@@Mickey-b8f thanks bud! It was very tasty 🤤
Heaven....French toast cooked in bacon grease.
That is a seriously good combo right there! Thanks for watching!
Damn dude ur vw bus is so cool , new sub here
Thanks a lot for coming along! I appreciate it, stay tuned
i don't know what it is you eating but it looks cool
Haha it's cheeseburger soup man, recipe in the description!
Just found your post again.. Awesome video but I'm surprised your heater doesn't melt your door panels!!
Haha sweet! I think you'd be surprised. Since heat rises, the sides of really any woodstoves are very cool after about 2 inches and further away.
Thanks for watching!
Waoooo beautiful scene
Right? It truly was a beautiful time, thanks for coming along!
Ok man….man, man, man!
Yeah man!
I Will Be making that recipe
Awesome, I hope you like it! Let me know what you think, and like I said, less potatoes 🥔
@@hoppycamper Ty! I did see a plethora of potatoes lol
watching you while van camping in the catskills brotha!
Dude thats so cool! Thanks for coming along! I hope you're having fun out there, I'll be back out very soon too! Hoppy Holidays man!
Is there any insulation in that can? In my old vans they had nothing…
No dude, absolutely none! The stove works well, but once it's out it gets chilly! Thanks for watching!
Is your van AWD, if not how do you drive in the snow? I didn't see any chains either.
Hoppy where have you been? More videos please!!!
Haha hell yeah man! I'm gonna be straight rolling soon! Had a lot going on lately, baseball season and a few other secrets to share! Stay tuned man, I'm coming back!
What brand tire's you running?? Love the post..😊
Thanks buddy! Those are General Grabbers, 14.5x7's or something like that. You gotta special order them (tirerack..com) and have a shop do them. They will say they won't fit in stock rims. They're wrong haha
Novice here , what’s with driving up on the brick to park?
When you sleep in it on lumpy snow you want to make sure your home is level.
She's dead right, I need it to level my rig. Thanks for watching!
What did you do all day on the second day? One trip to the river and beer time? I was hoping for some more snow adventures.
Haha I waited till dark for the beer 🍻 (barely)! I wanted to focus a little more on the sensory side of this trip so I did some chilling some cooking. What I mostly did the second day was lay low and I brought my computer so I did some editing.