How To Camp for FREE: Dispersed Camping and boondocking with Campskunk
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2018
- Camping fees are skyrocketing. It’s common to pay $30 a night at state parks, $50 at commercial campgrounds, and $100 at resort-style campgrounds. Many of us think there is a better way. A free way, in fact.
We sit down with our friend Campskunk, a fulltime RVer and a regular reporter on our RVLifestyle.com blog. And Campskunk tells us how to camp free, or if you must pay, how to camp for a very low cost. He reveals his secrets in our interview
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Absolute delight to watch this. The lady was behind two cameras! Talking to people who actually do camping in the wilderness is so informative and an eye opener. Thanks.
"You don't have a lot of control over the guest list if you know what I mean" Haha
Campskunk is a great person and a good interview. Very helpful information.
Would love more videos like this one. Campskunk was a great guest!
Would like to see more videos on dispersed camping on free lands.
This was great . Very in formative. Super guest he tells it like it is , very refreshing, more please ! Thank you so much
Excellent interview! You asked great questions and your guest answered with his eye opening perspective from 8 years as a full timer. Great information. ManyThanks!
Mike this was by far the best interview to educate RV’ers about the free camping lifestyle. I have forwarded this video on to all of my RV friend and wannabes. One day are paths will meet and dinner is on me.
Great segment Mike. Extremely informative from Campskunk guided by your interviewing skills! More, please.
Please, do more of these type of vids. Always enjoy Campskunk vids. Maybe follow Campskunk or vid yourself using your app to find a dispersed site and driving to it, evaluating it, setting up etc. Vid the whole process.
As a new comer to RV camping, I seek out all the great information I can find. I thank you for all I've been able to learn through your work. I enjoyed this interview and loved the scenery in the background. In connection with boondocking, I'd like to learn more about how long you are able stay in boondocking site before you would have to refill and empty your water and waste and, if you are always boondocking, where do you go to fill your water tanks and empty the holding tanks. Thanks for being so helpful.
"You don't have control over the guest list"---that is awesome. Love that description.
LOVE this interview. Traveling Europe now, soon to campervan USA & Canada as a complete novice who's done lots of research. This helps the fear factor. Thanks so much! 👏🏼
Another great interview. Class Bs are great for nomadic vacations, but I've learned to stay in one place longer. Through your travels, if you come across somebody who likes to set up for weeks at a time, I'm always interested in seeing how they make themselves at home. Happy Travels.
I’m relatively new to your TH-cam channel and podcasts. These are just great! Truly useful and informative.
I'm so grateful for this channel!! Thank you so much!
I'm greatly enjoying your videos. :) Keep doing them! I need all the education I can get before I get.
Good interview, Asked some excellent questions. Actually learned some new info. Keep up the good work Mike and Jennifer.
Another great video .Please keep them coming . Thank you
This was a great and informative interview! Thank you very much, this is the kind of RVing I hope to be doing soon!
Very helpful interview. Thank you so much Mike and Jenn.
I’m new to your channel. This interview was was very interesting. I would love to see more interviews. BTW I love your channel. You and your wife are fantastic ❤️
Great interview Mike. I would love to see more.
Great information thank you. I’m gathering as much information I can before I start my rv Adventures. Thank you
Now that was a great interview. Just starting my research for "full time" and I learned a lot. Thanks
Great. Thanks for sharing. Always love your video.
Great interview! Yes,please do more of these kind of interviews-this one was very enjoyable and informative.
Terrific interview!! so glad you shared the video version. I live in New England. I should make it a goal to try and weekend warrior boondock through the Northeast. Safe travels.
LOVED this video packed full of information!!
Great interview. Thanks!
I enjoyed this video. Campskunk knows how it's done!
Yes, please continue with videos like this one. Very interesting.
Great video keep em coming
Hubby and I are doing our research before buying an RV and I really enjoyed this interview video (plus hearing the birds in the background). I love hearing about free camping
Great interview and video Mike!
Thanks! I really enjoyed this one.
A very interesting interview. Yes, I would like to see more of them. This topic and the issues surrounding them , freedom camping V staying in paid camp sites are universal and not limited to the States. Apart from dealing with wild animals, I could easily be listening to a fellow camper from my own country giving advise. In New Zealand where I live, I struggle to justify paying some of the fees charged by some camp sites who charge per person not per vehicle. It is unfortunate that currently these fees discourage mostly young foreign campers in non self contained vehicles to freedom camp and to unfortunately leave a mess behind which give all freedom campers a bad rap. Happily I belong to a Motor-home/caravan association that has many camp sites all over the country, maintained by local club members for the exclusive use of club members that are secure, close to amenities and cost $3 per person per night.
Good info, Thank you.
Such an interesting video! Loved The no nonsense advice and perspective.
I loved this visit with Campskunk.
Great information, thank you
I really enjoyed this video , thanks .
Hello. Good information for the boondocker. I have a class A ,34ft , can't get into a lot of the way -out -of- the- way -places but I manage to fit into many as long as I plan ahead. I think any fulltimer needs to do that anyway. You have a safe journey and bye for now.
Very informative, thanks
Excellent. More of these please
Good information, safety is always a concern.
Thx.Bernie in Palm Springs.
That was a terrific interview that seemed like a chat between two long-time friends. I love the tone and common sense advice. I was waiting to see what was said about security as so many of the forums have these touchy and often heated discussions about firearms and self-defense. As Canadians we just don't even think about firearms, so it all seems a little overly-aggressive or something. Knowing so many fine Americans as we do it didn't fit the image I have of the average US person. Anyway, it's great information and I really appreciate your videos!
Great information, one of your best videos! High five to Campskunk as well!
Great info!
Mike, great interview with "Campskunk"! Keep'em coming, enjoyed it!
Yeah, loved these interview style of information, do more anytime.
This was great!
Thank you ,very cool info hugs from MN
Nice info thanks
Thanks so much for this outstanding content. I'll be sure to follow your Facebook page for 'Campskunk' posts, as well as you and your lovely wife's most informative posts. You both are a treasure to the RV world. We are about to go from a luxurious 5th wheel to a small Class C - 25 ft. (new with all the updated goodies for boon docking). Camping like this is one of the reasons why. Bring on the solar!! Safe travels and blessings to you.
"No Control Of The Guest List!" LOL
Interesting video. good info... Thanks!
That was most informative and interesting podcast on camping.
great information.
Campskunk is a boondocking King!
Really interesting discussion with Campskunk. Please do more video podcasts with knowledgeable campers.
Nice job with your interview of Campskunk, Mike. I accept that the "Trailer Park" (RV park) aspect is a part of RVing. But to not be able to get to relatively secluded camping locations, More Often Than Not, would put a dagger in my RV interest. This video has woken up my interest again after viewing posts from RVers who explain the downside to the RV lifestyle. That would be the RV park for me. The dispersement sites you both discussed would be the reason to embark on RVing in my case. Thanks so much for this post and more like it please.
Great pics of Oregon!
great interview - can't wait till I retire to travel the USA as cheaply as possible.
Campskumk told the story of a bear that ate a watermelon from somebody camp, then had to be destroyed! Bears are incredibly smart. If they are rewarded with an easy meal one time from a camper or fisherman, they will be back somewhere or some day. Please, Please use bear proof containers or Yeti like containers for your food and use the bear proof dumpsters and keep the doors latched! The irresponsible campers are to blame for the destroyed bear, or it may be relocated where it will have to fight to establish a new territory.
That was really good.
Loved video
Thank you!
Yes please, that was great
I would love to see more interviews.
Nice interview
I really enjoyed this video. I am new to the free camping world. I could use some pointers on how to find water and a dump site in the towns I visit.
Try the water treatment plants, where they treat the sewage. Sometimes they will have freed places to dump your black water
Very nice.
Good information
I love Boondocking so much better then RV park camping. I wouldn't want to live back east, not enough Boondocking oppertuninties for my liking!
Great tips! We just got our class B+/C and live in Utah so lots of opportunities in my area.
I concur!
Looking for dispersed camping in Michigan. Not able to find anything in the Southeast or thumb area. Do you know of any? Eager to try it but not able to decide on a place. Any info that you can recommend would be greatly appreciated for Michigan. Love the interview lots of information and like one of your other viewer it was like two old friends sitting around talking sharing information. Pleasant!!
We’ve been stuck in sand and mud, and needed to be towed out. This was in campgrounds. So we learned that our class B is no match for these conditions. Something to keep in mind when boondocking.
We've been forest camping off and on for 16 years now, and (knock on wood) haven't got stuck yet. We travel in a 24-ft Class C; but we also spent extra to get it converted to 4-wheel drive. And, for good measure, we carry a set of tire chains year-round -- just in case. You still want to use common sense selecting a site; and also keep a close eye on the weather forecasts. But hopefully, with these kinds of precautions it should at least minimize the chances of getting stuck.
I would also like to see more videos on disperse land
Great interview. Very enjoyable. Colorado just raised its state park camping fees. Average around $40/night plus the daily entrance pass. We're becoming more like California every day...
Keeps poor people out.
I would love to see more videos on this and in The GEORGIA area. Help Please....
Another thing about bears I used to live near Cherokee N. C They had signs along the road saying don’t feed the bears There is a reason for that .People will start feeding the bears and there a lot of bears on the side of the road coming into Cherokee from Maggie Valley up through Soco Gap. When they run out of food the bears are still hungry and will try to get into the people’s cars .One bear even ripped up somebody’s convertible top on their car trying to get in
How much do typical full-time RVers pay for gas per year in a class C RV such as Leisure Travel Vans Unity or Pleasure Ways Plateau models?
Newbie here, just wondering where you dump your grey and black water tanks when you camp in these places??
How do you get good internet so far out in the woods?
Where's the links mentioned? overnightRV dot com or something? and allstays?
I enjoyed your interview with Campskunk! I also liked your hats, how can I get one of you hats? Steve
Campskunk😄
Can you repeat the free parking, overnight like at Walmart? I stayed on and off at Trukking Restaurant and Truck Stop in Redcliff, Alberta and then moved over to Walmart. It was the closing time and opening time of Walmart that was hard with no toilet on board. They closed at 11pm and opened at 7am That was on the other side of Medicine Hat, Alberta. I would like to buddy up with another small homemade camper through Canada with my 2 caged pets and same without my 2 caged pets and head over the border. I know about the blood pressure goes down once I leave the City.
Today is March 1 9 2020 🙏 Warming up a little.
Here Warren Michigan ✋ 👍. Course we've got Corona virus shutting down America 🇺🇸 🛐🙇😟😨😰😧 Good video. I'm not a camper 😧
Wish I was. Here in Michigan they call it dispersed camping. I don't think there places
To disperse camp south of M-55. There's a spot near Reedsburg dam . Off 127 west of Houghton lake. Used to snowmobile over that way. Like to see someone do a video of places like that 🙏👍safe camping , travels 👍🇺🇸
Tell us about tent spot
How would you camp with limited holding tanks would be very helpful in future videos
Do you have the senior parks pass
Freecampsites.net and Campendium are great resources. If you boondock on public lands, please leave no trace.
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How much is cost for maintenance on camper?
Earnest goes camping he he 😛
Do u need 4x4?
Who was this man that you interviewed?
Hey Campskunk, do you know Bernie Gr....?
someone should offer the GPS files and data for sale to some of theses camp places... i would pay money for them.
People like those commercial travel parks because of the kids facilities.