Jeep Camping Overland Style - Following Oregon Desert Historic Routes
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- Jeep Camping Overland Style - Oregon High Desert Historic Routes
Another episode of Jeep Camping Overland Style. A couple days out overland car camping in the Jeep Wrangler JKU Rubicon following some of the most remote, un traveled offload 4x4 trails in Oregon.
In this video I find routes to get me to a series of historic homesteads while I'm pioneering a route for a group overland trip this fall. Along the way I show some of the historic sites I find, some of the gear I use, and a lot of the remote back country routes that I travel. I also share car camping tips and tricks I've learned over the years.
Hope you all enjoy!
Coyote Works
www.gofsr.com - Rooftop Tents and Overland Car Camping Gear
Exploring tracks and searching for lost history is one of the best ways to spend time in the backcountry!
Maybe in another life you were a nomad; you definitely have your eyes on the horizon, but don't lose the importance of details. Your camp for the night was fantastically simple, allowing more time to wander. Thanks so much for the ride-along.
Casey another outstanding adventure. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks Jon! Always appreciate your support!
Wow 10 seconds in and already loving this video. Great music to start it off.
Thanks my friend. Hope you enjoyed the whole thing!
First off...the music was spot on for the video......and it was another fun tag along to explore that country....thanx alot for the time spent with you... :)
Thanks my friend. I keep trying to make them better all the time. Cheers!
Being something of a local history buff myself, I'm really enjoying your videos.
Thanks my friend. Glad you are enjoying them!
What areas do you study? I study central areas
lol now i get all nostalgic when i watch the older vids!
Ha! I know what you mean. I just uploaded a video of the last complete trip I took in that Jeep and it was actually a bit painful! I’m going to miss her. She served me well right up until the moment she burned to the groud.
Thank you for taking us along.
Thanks for coming along Jim!
Awesome that you are traveling the old roads. Driving them will keep them open for our future use.
Thanks for taking time out of your day to chat with us! It was good to meet you! Keep up the awesome videos, you have inspired us!
For sure my friend. Always a pleasure! Cheers
Beautiful country...
Sounds like a lot of fun. We’ll need to dust off the camping gear but we’ll be there. We’re here in Redmond.
Enjoyed the trip 👍
Thank you!
Love the video and music! The only suggestion I'd make is to not have such a difference between you're talking volume and the music volume. It's kind of startling and I'm over here getting looks from my wife, lol.
Is the music volume a lot louder than the voices? I’m trying to get the levels more consistent but still struggling with it. Thanks my friend!
Great job, as usual. Wish Oregon wasn't so far from Arizona.
Thanks my friend!
Another good one Coyote, keep em coming youv'e got it covered.
Thanks my friend. Really appreciate the support!
Here m Nevada, we call that type of dust as "Bug Dust". gets every where too.
Wow... You're living the life I wanted to live! (...And still do, actually.) Unfortunately, Norway is not "offroad friendly"... And a rocky, jagged mountain trail is an unforgiving "road less travelled". Thanks for the videos and please keep us posted with any new ones! P.S. Oregon looks great! reminds me of the desert east of San Diego. d:D)
That looks pretty cool Casey! It’s awesome to check out old historic sights. Going up to Big Pine, California in a couple weeks to check out some of the old western locations from the 20’s and 30’s. Thanks for bringing us along on a fun trip!
That will be a fun trip! It’s on my list to get up into that area at some point. Cheers my friend. Have fun up there!
I enjoy you'r video's so I'll just say thank you.
Another awesome video. Really loved the Spanish guitar music.
Awesome. Thank you!
IKR! SO PEACEFUL!!!
I really like these exploring videos. You've got a nice little niche here with the truck camping/overlanding, gear reviews, showing the outdoors of Oregon and most interesting to me the history. I really appreciate that you do some research and explain it to us, if you have the time i wonder if you could find pictures to add too. This is something I started doing in Arizona recently after discovering the rich history here, that doesn't include mining, from the early cliff dwellings to the first white settlers leading to the Apache wars. Watching your videos inspires me to do something similar, but something more school project-ish and focused on the event. I think that's a GREAT idea having a meet-up and i hope it encourages you to have more, because later down the road i'd love to swap experiences with you and take advantage of a free guide to Oregon, a place i've always wanted to spend time in. :)
Also, with regards to your dusty conditions at camp, i always carry an aprox 5x4 cutout of a sort of outdoor flooring/AstroTurf that i put below my tailgate and can secure with rocks or stakes. I also carry a heavy duty outdoor porch mat that i can put under my door or awning room entrance.
Keep it up man, good stuff!
outstanding
Thank you!!!
1st. Great Channel! Thanks for what you do. Look forward to the next one!
Awesome! Thanks my friend!
I know this was filmed a year ago, but I would love to join you on a trip sometime. I don't comment much, but have watched a ton of your videos. Curious about your profession. I am not asking you to tell me by any means, none of my business. But when we meet up on the trial someday, I will ask. I have a theory but want it to be a surprise. That is unless it is in a video already and I have not seen it yet.
Thanks again for the fun, I hope you have a blessed week Sir.
Dale.
This i i s a very interesting channel. Subscribed.
Thanks my friend. Glad you enjoy the vids. Thank you for the support!
Great vid! I didn't think the music was too loud it seem to be fitting the scenery, Have you ever conciderd metal detecting?
Thank you. Yeah it doesn’t sound too loud on my laptop for sure. I do actually do some metal detecting. Not real often but I do have a decent metal detector and I use it around some of the old homesteads and stage stops sometimes.
With all these little drive-abouts, you have excellent options for planting 50 gal plastic drums with water, food, fuel, and other assorted shtf prepping/camping gear etc. Of course, I would suspect that you might already be doing that with geo-caching, and not telling anybody. Maybe when I get up there, great options could happen in these regards.
For sure. I have a few caches scattered out there ;-)
I just can’t stop watching your vids! Hello from Canada Casey
Definitely interested in the trip depending on when you go.
Nice AR
You should test-try out my john-fire can. Totally self-contained fire, heating, cooking, light, and eating gear inside a 5 1/2 diameter x 8 1/2 tall unit. Any fire method; and cooking method (except microwave and solar). All modular.
Great video. Where did u get that solar powered led light with stand? Amazon?? Please let me know thanks
I’d feel better for you, if you were drinking a Carona, try Montreal Seasoning for dr’ing up your meals .
Definitely need to bring out the drone and sky-survey those sites. Saves a lot of eyestrain at the horizontal, and be able to fly and see everything, and then drive to suspected areas, and good camping sites ahead as well.
Need to dig out that hand-dug rock well again, and positively (modern) cover-up the well head, and that will be a great SHTF water resource, especially in an out-of-sight locale.
Good call. Drone would add some nice footage of this amazing part of the country .
Wait till the outing, (as Im already here) and having my drone, and using it for some of the vids, and aerial surveillance, and having it do the "Follow" and "Watch" circling the controller, ... and we can have some tremendous shots ... plus I have some songs that are totally clicked into the vid - and laughable.
Next time you pass through Bend and want someone to head out there with, let me know Casey. Great video!
For sure my friend. I just recently met up with a guy named Matt there in Bend for a short adventure. I’m always up for meeting other guys who are into getting out in the woods! Shoot me an email at jointlockbjj@gmail.com and we can stay in touch.
Looks like out there south of glass butte
Do you ever worry about starting a fire on those two tracks with your catalytic converter?
Mountain House meals: yes, I understand the convenience of being quick but after so many years of having only that, or other brands, as a main course, to eat while backpacking I would never submit my self to those while overlanding. Its just too easy to light the Partner Steel stove and cook a decent meal, that includes coffee and breakfast in the mornings also. To each his own!
Ha! Yeah they get a little old. But I do actually cook quite a bit out there too. A lot of simple stuff but still a change from the mountain house meals. Cheers my friend.
do you ever do any metal detecting to find ant treasure? Or take any momentos from old places you have been?
I've started this just gotta respect the ground
You have the finest rooftop tent of all I've seen. Very nice. Simple.
I’ve been through several of them and this one is by far my favorite! Cheers
Love your videos! I’ve been a subscriber and a fan for a while now. I’m down here in the SF Bay Area but, if the dates work out with my schedule, I’d love to join your overland group ride this Fall! If you need some Close Air Support for this mission, I could fly my Bush Plane up instead of bringing my Jeep and I could be the group’s eyes in the sky! Just a thought :-)
Thanks my friend. Glad to hear you’re enjoying my content. Send me an email at jointlockbjj@gmail.com. Let’s talk about that eye in the sky idea. There are several landing strips out there in the desert and I know the airport manager at the Prineville airport. There may actually be something really cool we could arrange. Be curious to know what you are thinking for sure. Cheers!
Big out video coming soon?? Like that shit! Get home/bug out/EDC update plz!! 👍🏻
Definitely! Been continuing to work on my set up and gear and have a few little tweaks and updates. I need to do an update on the contents of my INCH pack too. Cheers my friend!
Coyote Works nice! Looking forward to it!! Sent you a msg on Facebook... Don't know if you check it but only contact I can see for you. Have something for the jeep I wanted to talk to you about
I love the cool tips Casey works into his videos. Good stuff as always!
Check your tires coyote, looks like they’re worn out and you may get stuck
It must look deceiving on the video. They actually are only down about 30%. I’m trying to wear the things out so I can justify buying some bigger ones but they still have a lot of life in them! Lol
Great set of videos: entertaining and very informative. One tip I learned from a trans Africa overland trip is to walk around your vehicle just before you drive away. That's a kind of last check that you haven't left anything behind. Keep those videos coming!
I just completed an overland build and will have some free time coming up in the spring and summer. This part of the state looks amazing and very accessible for vehicles. I would very much like to convoy with you on one of these expeditions.
It's amazing that the well was dug by hand. Good point about the intact pieces. We use the Mountain House pouches as well. I've not used the breakfast ones though. Good to know that you liked it. That's brilliant about the reusable towels. Wiping the headlights off cost me a full roll of paper towels on the Alaska Hwy. This is a fascinating video. Thanks for taking us exploring. Good luck with the meetup.
Thanks my freind. Glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for coming along!
I just can’t ever get comfortable with appendix carry. Maybe my guts too big lol but for real it’s not that big. Maybe the undershirt he wears does the trick.
BREATHTAKING BEAUTY COLORS SCENERY VIEWS VIDEO ! THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAG ALONG WITH YOU ON YOUR JOURNEYS ! GORGEOUS SCENERY ! BE SAFE ! HAVE FUN ! GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS ON YOUR JOURNEYS ! JUST WATCH THE SAGEBRUSH DOESN'T GET TANGLED UP UNDER YOUR JEEP & CATCH ON FIRE FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM ! ENJOYED !
Oregon coast here. Oregon is very beautiful border to border corner to corner every inch of Oregon is really beautiful.
Mmmm, chicken ala king MRE 😋 please keep the background music volume down equal to your voice volume.
I’m sure you know what your doing but when you put your pistol in the front of your pants well all I can say is don’t blow your balls off!! Not a good place to lose anything. I’m new to your channel and really enjoying it.
How do you find these old homesteads and towns? You often refer to maps, is there a website or app indicating locations of old towns and homesteads? Or is it just hours of researching Google Maps?
Another great video!! Keep up the good work!
Thanks my friend!
When the zombie apocalypse comes and shtf Casey would be a really good friend to have. I'm gonna start stocking up on mountain house lol. Are those the Danner Tachyon's? How are they doing for you, I've been eyeing them for a couple weeks now.
Ha! For sure my friend. Yes they are the Tachyons. They are my go to summer boots. Some of the most comfortable summer boots I’ve worn. This is like my third pair of them. Cheers!
*Do you have your paths available on Google Earth?*
Your overland meet-up trip sounds amazing! Makes me wish I was up in Oregon; good luck and have fun!!
For sure my friend. Some year maybe you can come out for one!
That would be a blast, sir! I'll be jotting that on my list! :)
Hey Casey (cool name btw haha). Did you mount your awning to the FSR tent frame? I was looking at these at their store in Bend and noticed the T slots on the frame of the tent! I'm getting ready to switch from a CVT Mt Shasta (mounted on my f150 rear canopy) to the M55. Are you still happy that you switched? I know you said before that the new tent is lighter and fits better for your application with your Jeep (and I know about the quick setup and no spring rods etc.); but if that wasn't a factor (for example you have a trailer to mount it on) would you still prefer the FSR tent over the cvt? One thing I use all the time on my CVT is the annex and the annex for the M55 has some issues. I go to high country lakes a lot and there are always a ton of skeeters so the annex is a lifesaver. Problem is they don't have one on display anywhere (the FSR annex). Just interested in what you think after using it for a while now. Thanks in advance!
I’m so much happier with the M55. I love the lower profile and the fact that it’s just easier to set up and tear down. Yes I mounted my awning directly to the t-slots in the base of my rooftop tent. It’s worked really well and I didn’t have to get the extra mounts to attach it to my Rhino Rack. Welcome to the Freespirit family. You will love that M55. Oh and the guy that works in the Freespirit Retail store is also named Casey. Can’t get much cooler than that right?!
Anytime you might be in central oregon leave a message I have lots of this stuff to show anyone interested
I have a stock Tucson SUV/ RV could that handle they terrain?
Great video! anyone know the name of the opening sound track?
I like open spaces where you can see for miles. Too bad it’s so hot in the summer. Makes it kind of hard to enjoy the beautiful surroundings. What was the temperature like at night on this trip.
I agree 100% my friend. I love the wide open spaces. It does get hot in the days but it cools down nicely at night. Most of the time even in the hottest parts of summer it will cool down to 50 or 60 degrees at night. Generally once the sun starts going down it starts to cool off which is nice.
I do adore following your videos! Love your "Wing 'N a Prayer"! 💖 Saving for my own wheels to try out learning to drive off road. Dreaming of doing this some lifetime on my own!!! Would love to join your group driving off road!!!
Anytime my friend. You would always be welcome with us! Hope you can make it some day!
Another great adventure! Enjoyed the scenery and history.
Thank you my friend!
Man I love your videos. I’m just getting into overlanding . Probably won’t be set up to join you for your next outing but maybe next year. I’ve got a ZR2 like Nick I’m setting up.
That’s awesome my friend. That’s a great rig for it for sure!
Casey, would you be open to folks bringing a metal detector out on your open invite to the area? Metal detectors can help locate human activity where they eyes can't see it. I'd like to tow my offroad trailer out that way especially after the summer heat dies down and we start to get some crisp cool nights, possibly light snow out that way.
FYI...I'm on the west side up against the northern Oregon coast range on the edge of the Willy Valley, so it's a good 5-6 hours to for me to get over to central Oregon.
Definitely you could bring a metal detector. The way I have the route planned we will have some stops planned at some old homestead sites I”ve found. I might even bring mine along.
What make of tent do you have on your Jeep? Do they have one that sleeps 4?
I’m running the Freespirit M55 Adventure Series. Yes they make another size larger of the same model I’m running, and they have several other models that are plenty big enough for 4. You should check out their High Country Series tents. I really like those as well. You can look at them at www.gofsr.com . Cheers my friend!
Working on a truck build now. By next summer I'll take you up on the invite to join you on a trip. Maybe we could get several vehicles involved.
That would be awesome. Always enjoy adventuring with small group of rigs!
Enjoyed the video if I ever get gear, time, so on so forth pulled together I want to go to Oregon looks nice. Have to plan it’s a bit of a haul from the NE corner of Arkansas.
Definitely a bit of a haul from Arkansas! Cheers my friend.
See these pop up middle of the week and save your video until Sunday afternoon to chill outside and see what you are getting into. Keep it up, nice work.
Thanks my friend. Glad you enjoy them!
As a purely city woman, I didn't find this boring. It's a bit like looking through the looking glass, at another world, another aspect of life that I don't experience. Pretty interesting to see what a man gets up to out in the woods all alone.
In case you care how I ended up here & subscribing ... I recently took an interest in emergency preparedness. That caused the TH-cam algorithm to go bananas with lots of outdoor & prepper channels. Some, like yours, are interesting or have tidbits of useful advice, so I subscribe. So, keep going on 'boring' adventures, knowing you have at least one female in the audience who's fascinated anyway.
That’s actually really interesting to hear your take on some of my content. Glad to hear you developed a bit of an interest in prepping. My interest in prepping, and in history are closely related. I think there are a lot of lessons to be learned from those early settlers. They basically were preppers in a sense. They had to figure out how to be self sufficient, how to live of the land, how to improvise, adapt, and survive making do in large part from what they could get from their environment.
Thanks for taking the time to share your comments. Was really interesting to hear a bit of your take on it. Cheers!
Coyote Works Oh yes, your history interest come thru in the kinda poetic way you were imagining life in the spots you found.
Prepping seems very gear-centric. I guess that's because it's pursued mostly by men focused on the rugged survival phase, rather than the feminine / communal how-to-rebuild and help each other phases.
I'll never be a full-on prepper. At 5'5", I'm simply too small to carry everything I need to survive long enough. That's ok. I'll do what I can to help others along. So the info I'm learning here and elsewhere gets absorbed in that context.
Have to admit, my favorite parts of your videos is watching you set up camp at dusk! You’ve got it down to a science!
Thanks my friend. Yeah it’s coming together pretty nicely. It’s only taken me something like 30 years or so of practice to get there ;-)
Aerial imagery my help. Maybe someone has infrared images of the area you could check out. Good luck!
Thanks my friend. That would be pretty interesting to see.
Great video. Serious question regarding any permits required where you travel and camp especially for out of state travelers. Here in WA state we have the Discover pass that can be bough for a twelve month period and at my age of course the lifetime pass for all federal land and parks?? It seems difficult to find the correct information for Oregon state. Any information would be appreciated.
Thanks my friend. Whether or not you even need a forest pass depends on where you are going. Different national forests may or may not require a pass. You really don’t need one anywhere in Eastern Oregon where I travel. And you don’t need one for the BLM land in my area either. Mostly the pass system is for more heavily used national parks or forests. If you know the name of the national forest you are planning on going to you can look it up by that. In my area I have the Ochoco National Forest, and the Fremont National Forest. At least those are the two I spend the most time in and neither have any pass requirement. But the Mt Hood National Forest on the west side of the state does.
Hope that helps my friend!
Thanks Casey my Golden age pass ( I think that is what they called it) covers me in all national parks and forests for entry and camping fees at campgrounds that require payment for half price to use the camp grounds. Our DNR permit does the same for state land I was hoping there was a yearly pass in Oregon for a one time purchase each year and then forget it! Appreciate you quick response.
I’m in for the group trip. Just got back from the Alvord desert and it was awesome.
Very cool country out there! I’ll post up a video shortly on dates. Cheers!
My wife and I would love to join you if the dates work out. We overland in Oregon often and watch all your videos.
That would be awesome. I’ll post up a video with some dates soon. Cheers!
If you don’t mind me asking, have you had any mechanical issues with your Jeep?
None so far. Only issue I have with it is keeping it clean ;-)
Coyote Works nice! Love your channel!! Keep up the good work!
Casey awesome video, I'm in Bend as well, would be great to tag along later this summer or fall.
For sure. I’ll put the dates out there in a video shortly. Be glad to have you along!
I'm game for a meet up if I can get away. I like the "not seeing anyone for a couple days" part!
Sounds good Steve. I’ll post up dates in a video here in the next week or two. Cheers!
I always enjoy your adventures. Have you ever researched the towns you have found? Why were they there in the first place? Mine? Stagecoach stop? It looks like it is the middle of nowhere now! What would have been there 100 years ago to make somebody build a town? Still very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Definitely. I’ve researched most of them that I find. A lot of them were stage stops, pony express stops, etc. A lot of them were just little communities formed around an area where there was a concentration of homesteaders. They usually started with the most basic things they needed...a post office, school, general store, blacksmith shop. And if the area was suitable for people to be able to make it very long off the land the community would grow from there. But there were also mining towns that sprung up around small gold or silver strikes, etc. Fascinating stuff. Cheers!
Thanks for the info. Really interesting.
Hey I’m interested just need to know the dates. Message me on FB if you want. Great video
Awesome. I’ll put up a video in the next week or so with the dates!
History will not be forgotten with your explorations, thanks for sharing. I do have one question though, why all the weapons? Since I've began following you I've never seen any reason in your films for a weapon, therefore the question.
Thanks my friend. The reason for the guns is mainly just that I like them. I’ve been shooting all my life, and when I grew up we always carried guns in the woods. It’s just kind of a tradition I suppose. And one that I enjoy. Cheers my friend.
beter to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. besides there are only two types of people that get that remote. exploring jeep campers and sketchy people looking for a place to hide.
Better question is...why would you not? Whether trouble arrives on two legs or four, good luck calling 911.
Another good one! I'll be going through your state twice soon. Watching the dates.
Thanks my friend. I’ll throw them out there in a video shortly!
Man, I miss the high deserts of eastern Washington. This is just like them.
Yeah I’ve been through some of that eastern WA desert. Very similar to a lot of the areas down in Eastern Oregon. Awesome country!
Excellent video again! Wished we were closer, would love to overland with ya!
Thanks my friend. For sure! Would be a pleasure to have you on the trail with us.
Great videos!!!! Keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you!
Great videos Coyote, keep up the good work! Any issues with the Jeep?
Thanks my friend. No issues with it so far. I’ve put about 25k miles on it now and the only trouble I have with it is keeping it clean ;-)
I overland in Wyoming and enjoy your videos and content . I would very much like to be included in a trip with you if the date works for me. Thanks Lyle,
That would be awesome my friend. I’ll throw the dates out in a video pretty soon. I’m thinking late September or early October.
Coyote Works Great I look forward to your video! 🤓
My friend, want your opinion on 55" try layer tent made by your tent manufacturer
Oh man! I havent’ tried the tri layer yet but I’m dying to this winter! I’ve heard it’s awesome. I think it would be a great way to go. Better insulation in the winter, and in the summer the M55 is so well situated with window and venting I don’t think it would be a detriment at all. I’m thinking it’s going to be the way to go. I just haven’t had a chance to try it yet. Cheers. If you end up going that direction let me know what you think. I’ll probably switch out to the trilateral in October or November.
You need to add a drone to your recon set up. Much more efficient for searching large distances like you have there. Additionally, you'd be able to see things from the air you'd have a hard time seeing on the ground.
I know my friend. I definitely want to get one. Just a matter of saving my schillings.
We were just out at the Mid-Atlantic Overland Festival last weekend. They did a couple of lengthy classes on drones. If it's a matter of cost, DJI is coming out with a new version of the Mavic. There may be some deals to be had on the secondary market from people upgrading and selling their old Mavics. Keep and eye out. We'll probably pick up a less expensive one to learn on and then grab a Mavic when we're ready.
This is an EPIC video, really really nice thank you
Thanks my friend!
Can someone tell me the song that he plays when he’s driving sick song
I’ll look it up. It’s one I found on TH-cam’s playlist of music you can use in videos.
👍 got to have a MSR w/scope and a can of Grizzly !
Ha! Yep ;-)
Love the videos but the volume changes are killing me. Actually more my speakers.
Sorry my friend. It doesn’t seem bad on the computer I do my editing on. But sounds like I need to bring the volume down on the music clips. Cheers!
music and audio in the jeep is the same volume and gtg, its when you are outside further away from the camera that I need to turn the volume up to hear, thats when the music comes in and is pretty loud. Keep up the good videos.
you mentioned are ham radio is there a time of day that you're on it what repeater or frequencies would you be on it would be fun to try to get in touch with you from New York
Usually Friday afternoons I’ll be on one of the MURS channels around 5 pm. Cheers!
@@CoyoteWorks01 is that 5 Colorado time or Eastern Time so you'll be on
I just found your channel and subbed. You do a great job.
Awesome my friend. Glad you are enjoying! Thank you for the support!
Hey coyote. Were you in prineville on the 25 because I think I saw your jeep
I have been binge watching you for 3 days now!
Ha! Excellent my friend! Hope you are enjoying the run! Thanks for the support!
That looks like some very rough country to live in.
It would definitely have been a tough place to try to make a living back in the day. Cheers!