@@DispersedCamperMan I missed up on that part. My whole comment is off, Lol. Someone or several people did a pretty good job of stacking the boulder on top.
Indian Bread Rocks is rather limited in the number of sites ;Mark's drone footage tells me it was full. And, the wise, sage advice of Judge Judy "Don't like your neighbors? Move." Which is what Mark did.
It's beautiful there! We saw some cool wildlife, including our first close up siting of ahuge rattler that slithered through our camp. It just kept on going. I enjoyed your video!
Neat, I'm still waiting to run across my first rattle snake. They must be still hibernating, as much off trail hiking I do, I would have imagined I would have seen one by now.
@@DispersedCamperMan They come out of their dens once they sense the underground temp is warm enough. So a day or two of '80s temps won't matter, but a solid 5 days, they start to consider coming out. Usually mid-to-late March, sometimes early April.
Great video and thanks again for the coordinates. Very helpful. In November, I camped in Portal AZ and drove through the mountains there. It's a beautiful region. Nothing like that first cup of morning coffee while gazing at a mountain range. Thank you for the informative video.
I love your video's Thank you so much for making and sharing them. May I be so bold as to make a small suggestion? Many boondockers have solar systems installed. As such, would you consider indicating during your video as to where south is in relation to how your rig is parked and perhaps how much sun/shade the site may have? This would be helpful to some RV'ers. Fortunately for me I have been to three of the sites you have reviewed. Keep sharing with us and most of all safe travels.
I'm not much into solar except for my solar rope lights. Majority of my dispersed camping is in forests, hardly no sunlight for solar due to the trees, so I don't have it. Majority of my spots in Arizona all have plentiful sunlight. If I'm camped next to a mountain, I'll point out how much sun I'm getting. Thanks For watching!
Glad you like them! I was disappointed to say the least. I just couldn't believe folks would park right next to me. I figured they were thinking security in numbers? I don't know.
Wow! I'm so glad you made it there Mark. That is one of my favorite places in Southern Arizona to Camp. Every time I head West I usually stop there. I've camped several of those spots. Approximately where you turned around with your motorcycle to head back is where I was walking and saw at a distance my first mountain lion in the wild. It was quite exciting but also made the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I puckered real tight.. I'm getting too old and tough for him to chew on anyway. I love your videos and you're filming. As always, you stay safe and healthy.
Thanks! I remember a while back you commented about the Indian Bread Rocks. I wasn't going to head this far South, but decided to since the northern part of Arizona is still a bit chilly. LOL I'm just stay south for a bit till I can head further north without being to cold. I haven't seen a mountain lion yet, but hopefully someday, from a distance. LOL
One of our favorite camping spots in. Arizona. We were there last three years ago. There were no restrictions on. camping inside, in fact we camped in a wide spot near the toilets. That was when there was a hold on gov't payroll, some goof up in a funding bill, the rangers weren't getting paid, but the one for that area did come by to leave toilet paper, and was surprised the vault toilet was clean. heh, the wife swept out the dust & cobwebs. T'was better for us as well as others. We'll go back someday, glad to see your video, especially the drone shots. Beautiful. Travel safe.
Another great spot to boondock! My girlfriend and I are almost complete with our RV renovation and we have been checking out all the places you have already experienced. We live and work in Tucson Az. And made a decision to live off grid. So many awesome places to spend a couple of weeks at a time here. We have been tent camping the past 4 years so it's gonna be a change Lol. Just north of your current location is Mt. Graham. You should check it out when you can. There are great dispersed areas at the top of the mountain. Great video Mark! Thank you for posting and thank you for your service!!!
That Mt Graham looks like a good spot. I'm already heading Northward and not in that area any more. Thanks for the suggestion. Good luck on your off grid living! Very exciting!
It's so hard to get away from people sometimes!! I spent 5 weeks in colorado off-roading last summer and felt like I was never alone. Even in the popular spots like this I still try to give folks space. Now I just spend more fun time looking for beautiful Un-popular places.
We went through Apache Pass a few years ago. That was quite a drive, I don't know if the road is open now. Grinding holes sounds really interesting. I don't know how long you plan to stay in AZ but the third week in March you should be able to see the cougar shadow at sunset on Superstition Mt. Thanks for taking us along
Very nice area, Apache Pass is. Lots of history down thru there. I visited Superstition Mt back in November. Loved that area. I arrived back in Arkansas a couple of days ago. I've still got a couple of videos to put together and upload, then I'll start uploading videos in Arkansas.
I stayed the night there once about 4 years ago. I had no idea that trail was so cool. I didn't have time for much of a hike at the time but now I wish I would have made time. I love your drone shots!
Just watched your video on this spot. Great area for sure. I'm sure on your next trip here from Texas you'll stop by and check it out. Enjoy your channel and vids! th-cam.com/video/ZoVIYjL0Q48/w-d-xo.html
Neat place. Interesting to find a Medal of Honor recipient way out there and from so long ago. You didn't put up your barbed wire and spikes to prevent encroachers.
Seriously love your Chanel Mark! Thanks so much for the awesome drone footage. We love Ft Bowie.... super great hike out there. The plaques are very interesting to read Safe travels~
Hey, Mark. Just be glad you missed the 12" of snow and sub-freezing weather we had here in Saline County last week. And now we are expecting 3" to 5" of rain and mid 50 degrees today! I Googled Orisoba Spence and Wikipedia had him listed as a sergeant. Stay safe. Have fun.
My family back home is keeping me updated on all the snow and below freezing temps. LOL I'm lucky to be here in Arizona for sure. That old Fort Bowie Cemetery was pretty neat reading all the tombstones. Lots of history there. I couldn't imagine what it was like being stationed at that Fort back in the 1800's.
We were there at the same time, in a TT - in fact we even remember seeing your camper and that van next to you...didn't know it was you, though. Where you identified a Class A and went up the hill to a 5th wheel, we were parked in between them. Spent a week there. AWESOME place. Also need to check out Chiricahua National Monument, about an hour's drive away; driving past the Bowie trailhead. Amazing rock formations.
You definitely should have stopped by and chatted a while. LOL I was there for about 5 nights, then got a little pressed with folks moving in on me, decided to leave early. I spent two nights at Chiricahua on my way to Arizona last September, I was pressed for time and didn't do a video though. Great area!
Great video as always. That is a shame someone camped right next to you when there is plenty of space to branch out. I had someone camp next to me one time that was not more than 50 ft away while I was dispersed camping. I could not understand why they would do that when there was several thousands acres of land. Take care. I look forward to your next video.
They were the second rv'ers to camp next to me. After the first night, a trailer pulled in right where they were and they stayed for three nights. Then after the fourth night the folks you see in the video pulled in next to me. There were numerous spots right a cross the road they could have camped at. I'm usually at a spot for 7 nights. After these folks moved in, I decided to leave the following day after only 5 nights. I had most of the video I needed, so I decided to end the video while driving away. LOL
@@DispersedCamperMan LOL Yeah that is interesting when people park so close by like that, especially out on BLM. I wonder if it is a safety in numbers mentality or they just really wanted your spot LOL. Thank you for sharing and Happy Travels! 😁🙏🏼💜
It was fairly crowded with I was there. Not a hole lot of area to camp at. The best time to go would be in the off season. I'll stop back by there the next time I go through there thou. I loved staying at the Indian Bread Rocks!
Good idea. I just don't have the room to carry a tent. I'm just going to make sure for future camping spots to have a smaller area so no one has the space to camp next to me, or block the path in where they can't get in. LOL
@@DispersedCamperMan There's usually a full-timer that camps in that spot. When he's there, he parks in a manner that's not inviting for a 2nd RV to get in/out easily. Saw his van in one of the drone shots too. It has a distinct front end.
Indian Bread is on my Future Camping Spot list. The Ft Bowie cemetery was the most interesting part of that site I thought. I see you skipped the more colorful inscriptions on the grave markers, along the line of John Williams, age 19. Killed by Apaches. And so on. I don't recall the visitor center they must have built that after we visited. We were there in summer and the place was, no surprise, hotter than Hades. Chiricauhua NM is just past Ft Bowie.
There were definitely several more grave markers to check out. I was kind of rushed since there was a group of hikers right behind me. I didn't want to be there when they showed up. At the end of the trail, there is the remains of Fort Bowie, and the visitor center is right next to it. I didn't get any video of the outside of it. It probably was new, the building looked very new. I spent two nights at Chiricahua on my way to Arizona last September, I was pressed for time and didn't do a video though. Great area!
5:40 Whenever I see someone pull in so close to my rig, I get a little worried about my electric bike, honda gen and other stuff that's not inside four walls. You never know what they're up to 🤔
They didn't seem shady or anything. I just couldn't believe folks would do that. LOL I do secure my generators and external fuel tank with a cable and lock. I'll lock it to a tree or large shrub. I know if someone wants to take it, they could. But I'm not going to make it to easy for them. LOL I also cable my Mt Bike to my camper when I have it off the rack. I haven't had any theft issues so far. Most folks are honest who are out camping.
Not only is it due to "safety in numbers mentality" it's also the "grass is greener" scenario when they see a camper parked there, they think it must be a good spot.
This is definitely the “high camping volume” time in AZ mate. With all the polar vortex weather around us you can see why it’s so popular. Happy trails.
![[BOWIE ~ Arizona]Indian Bread Rocks Recreational Area…FREE CAMPING](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/1yXqw0h73Cw/mqdefault.jpg)
![[BOWIE ~ Arizona]Indian Bread Rocks Recreational Area…FREE CAMPING](/img/tr.png)
Dude you find the best damn camp sites. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Jeff! Hope these places gives you ideas on where to camp and visit.
Another excellent video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great video Mark. That's a happening place. Lot is a lot cactus. Watch out for the cows. Pretty good job stacking that boulder up there. Take care 👊
I'm definitely not that strong to stack that bolder. LOL Thanks!
@@DispersedCamperMan I missed up on that part. My whole comment is off, Lol. Someone or several people did a pretty good job of stacking the boulder on top.
This was your best video yet! Thanks for sharing! ✌🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
LOL on the close quarters with fellow camper. I've certainly had that. A mystery, for sure. Thanks for your most-appreciated videos! 👍😉🇨🇦🌲🔥🇺🇸
Glad you enjoyed it
Indian Bread Rocks is rather limited in the number of sites ;Mark's drone footage tells me it was full. And, the wise, sage advice of Judge Judy "Don't like your neighbors? Move." Which is what Mark did.
I can see why it's so busy , nice place !!!
Yes it was!
It's beautiful there! We saw some cool wildlife, including our first close up siting of ahuge rattler that slithered through our camp. It just kept on going. I enjoyed your video!
Neat, I'm still waiting to run across my first rattle snake. They must be still hibernating, as much off trail hiking I do, I would have imagined I would have seen one by now.
Keep the videos coming!
@@DispersedCamperMan They come out of their dens once they sense the underground temp is warm enough. So a day or two of '80s temps won't matter, but a solid 5 days, they start to consider coming out. Usually mid-to-late March, sometimes early April.
Another good spot, and video...
Thanks again for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
I used to live near here in Wilcox ....nice to see old stomping grounds!
Great spot to check out.
Thank you for the beautiful and interesting video!
Glad you enjoyed it
That is a lot of mortars, some of the biggest ones Leah and I have seen to. Looking forward to your next video!
I was very impressed with how many I found up there. They were pretty huge, I guess they were trying to feed a whole village with them. LOL
thanks for taking us riding with you, fun
Glad you enjoyed
Good video Mark, keep them coming, that was a nice spot .
Thanks, will do!
Great video and thanks again for the coordinates. Very helpful. In November, I camped in Portal AZ and drove through the mountains there. It's a beautiful region. Nothing like that first cup of morning coffee while gazing at a mountain range. Thank you for the informative video.
Glad it was helpful! Portal sounds like a nice place to visit.
The jerk that parked close to you was probably afraid of being alone! :-) Safe travels.
Yup, they were a couple. I guess they wanted company. LOL
Yep, as a single female traveler, I sure like to be in sight range of a couple campers.
Thanks for sharing! It looks like you had some nice hikes
I did! The Fort Bowie hike was pretty neat. Lots of history to see during that hike!
lol ... I thought you were going to show us how to make Indian bread, and it is rockin' good bread! Beautiful and interesting, thank you for sharing.
I wish I would of thought of that, I would of made some for dinner. LOL
I love your video's Thank you so much for making and sharing them. May I be so bold as to make a small suggestion? Many boondockers have solar systems installed. As such, would you consider indicating during your video as to where south is in relation to how your rig is parked and perhaps how much sun/shade the site may have? This would be helpful to some RV'ers. Fortunately for me I have been to three of the sites you have reviewed. Keep sharing with us and most of all safe travels.
I'm not much into solar except for my solar rope lights. Majority of my dispersed camping is in forests, hardly no sunlight for solar due to the trees, so I don't have it. Majority of my spots in Arizona all have plentiful sunlight. If I'm camped next to a mountain, I'll point out how much sun I'm getting. Thanks For watching!
That's a nice place. Southern Arizona is the place to be in February. Another great video, Mark.
You got that right!
You have to laugh all that room out there and somebody has to pull in next to you like that I very much enjoy your videos thank you
Glad you like them! I was disappointed to say the least. I just couldn't believe folks would park right next to me. I figured they were thinking security in numbers? I don't know.
Wow! I'm so glad you made it there Mark. That is one of my favorite places in Southern Arizona to Camp. Every time I head West I usually stop there. I've camped several of those spots. Approximately where you turned around with your motorcycle to head back is where I was walking and saw at a distance my first mountain lion in the wild. It was quite exciting but also made the hair on the back of my neck stand up and I puckered real tight.. I'm getting too old and tough for him to chew on anyway. I love your videos and you're filming. As always, you stay safe and healthy.
Thanks! I remember a while back you commented about the Indian Bread Rocks. I wasn't going to head this far South, but decided to since the northern part of Arizona is still a bit chilly. LOL I'm just stay south for a bit till I can head further north without being to cold. I haven't seen a mountain lion yet, but hopefully someday, from a distance. LOL
Be safe in this wind! Crazy gusts!
Will do!
Wow. Awesome.
Thanks!
I appreciate you sharing how to get to these locations. Pretty rare to find. Thanks.
No problem 👍
Very nice...thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
One of our favorite camping spots in. Arizona. We were there last three years ago. There were no restrictions on. camping inside, in fact we camped in a wide spot near the toilets. That was when there was a hold on gov't payroll, some goof up in a funding bill, the rangers weren't getting paid, but the one for that area did come by to leave toilet paper, and was surprised the vault toilet was clean. heh, the wife swept out the dust & cobwebs. T'was better for us as well as others. We'll go back someday, glad to see your video, especially the drone shots. Beautiful. Travel safe.
Thanks for watching! Definitely a nice spot to spend some time at.
Another great spot to boondock! My girlfriend and I are almost complete with our RV renovation and we have been checking out all the places you have already experienced. We live and work in Tucson Az. And made a decision to live off grid. So many awesome places to spend a couple of weeks at a time here. We have been tent camping the past 4 years so it's gonna be a change Lol. Just north of your current location is Mt. Graham. You should check it out when you can. There are great dispersed areas at the top of the mountain. Great video Mark! Thank you for posting and thank you for your service!!!
That Mt Graham looks like a good spot. I'm already heading Northward and not in that area any more. Thanks for the suggestion. Good luck on your off grid living! Very exciting!
It's so hard to get away from people sometimes!! I spent 5 weeks in colorado off-roading last summer and felt like I was never alone. Even in the popular spots like this I still try to give folks space. Now I just spend more fun time looking for beautiful Un-popular places.
Same here. If I can't find a spot away from everyone, I'll just keep going down the road. There is plenty of places to check out less crowded.
We went through Apache Pass a few years ago. That was quite a drive, I don't know if the road is open now. Grinding holes sounds really interesting. I don't know how long you plan to stay in AZ but the third week in March you should be able to see the cougar shadow at sunset on Superstition Mt. Thanks for taking us along
Very nice area, Apache Pass is. Lots of history down thru there. I visited Superstition Mt back in November. Loved that area. I arrived back in Arkansas a couple of days ago. I've still got a couple of videos to put together and upload, then I'll start uploading videos in Arkansas.
@@DispersedCamperMan Glad you are back. Can't wait to see what wonderful places you go
I stayed the night there once about 4 years ago. I had no idea that trail was so cool. I didn't have time for much of a hike at the time but now I wish I would have made time. I love your drone shots!
Just watched your video on this spot. Great area for sure. I'm sure on your next trip here from Texas you'll stop by and check it out. Enjoy your channel and vids! th-cam.com/video/ZoVIYjL0Q48/w-d-xo.html
Neat place. Interesting to find a Medal of Honor recipient way out there and from so long ago. You didn't put up your barbed wire and spikes to prevent encroachers.
LOL Not barbed wire, maybe next time. LOL
Seriously love your Chanel Mark! Thanks so much for the awesome drone footage. We love Ft Bowie.... super great hike out there. The plaques are very interesting to read
Safe travels~
Thanks for watching! Lots of history in that area.
Hey, Mark. Just be glad you missed the 12" of snow and sub-freezing weather we had here in Saline County last week. And now we are expecting 3" to 5" of rain and mid 50 degrees today! I Googled Orisoba Spence and Wikipedia had him listed as a sergeant. Stay safe. Have fun.
My family back home is keeping me updated on all the snow and below freezing temps. LOL I'm lucky to be here in Arizona for sure. That old Fort Bowie Cemetery was pretty neat reading all the tombstones. Lots of history there. I couldn't imagine what it was like being stationed at that Fort back in the 1800's.
We were there at the same time, in a TT - in fact we even remember seeing your camper and that van next to you...didn't know it was you, though. Where you identified a Class A and went up the hill to a 5th wheel, we were parked in between them. Spent a week there. AWESOME place. Also need to check out Chiricahua National Monument, about an hour's drive away; driving past the Bowie trailhead. Amazing rock formations.
You definitely should have stopped by and chatted a while. LOL I was there for about 5 nights, then got a little pressed with folks moving in on me, decided to leave early. I spent two nights at Chiricahua on my way to Arizona last September, I was pressed for time and didn't do a video though. Great area!
Great video as always. That is a shame someone camped right next to you when there is plenty of space to branch out. I had someone camp next to me one time that was not more than 50 ft away while I was dispersed camping. I could not understand why they would do that when there was several thousands acres of land. Take care. I look forward to your next video.
I don't know why folks do that, I guess it's their safety in numbers mentality. LOL I prefer to stay my distance from other campers. LOL
@@DispersedCamperMan I figure that is what it is also. But I am on board with you. I prefer a little more isolation from other folks as well.
Beautiful! 🙏🏼💜 Love the spot you chose by the boulders. Did the people parking next to you cause you to shorten your time there?
They were the second rv'ers to camp next to me. After the first night, a trailer pulled in right where they were and they stayed for three nights. Then after the fourth night the folks you see in the video pulled in next to me. There were numerous spots right a cross the road they could have camped at. I'm usually at a spot for 7 nights. After these folks moved in, I decided to leave the following day after only 5 nights. I had most of the video I needed, so I decided to end the video while driving away. LOL
@@DispersedCamperMan LOL Yeah that is interesting when people park so close by like that, especially out on BLM. I wonder if it is a safety in numbers mentality or they just really wanted your spot LOL. Thank you for sharing and Happy Travels! 😁🙏🏼💜
I'm thinking it's the Safety in Numbers Mentality for sure. LOL
My parents live near there. It's gotten so crowded they are moving. Going to miss it.
It was fairly crowded with I was there. Not a hole lot of area to camp at. The best time to go would be in the off season. I'll stop back by there the next time I go through there thou. I loved staying at the Indian Bread Rocks!
You could set up a inexpensive thrift store tent in the area to keep folks from camping on top of you.
Good idea. I just don't have the room to carry a tent. I'm just going to make sure for future camping spots to have a smaller area so no one has the space to camp next to me, or block the path in where they can't get in. LOL
@@DispersedCamperMan There's usually a full-timer that camps in that spot. When he's there, he parks in a manner that's not inviting for a 2nd RV to get in/out easily. Saw his van in one of the drone shots too. It has a distinct front end.
Indian Bread is on my Future Camping Spot list. The Ft Bowie cemetery was the most interesting part of that site I thought. I see you skipped the more colorful inscriptions on the grave markers, along the line of John Williams, age 19. Killed by Apaches. And so on. I don't recall the visitor center they must have built that after we visited. We were there in summer and the place was, no surprise, hotter than Hades.
Chiricauhua NM is just past Ft Bowie.
There were definitely several more grave markers to check out. I was kind of rushed since there was a group of hikers right behind me. I didn't want to be there when they showed up. At the end of the trail, there is the remains of Fort Bowie, and the visitor center is right next to it. I didn't get any video of the outside of it. It probably was new, the building looked very new. I spent two nights at Chiricahua on my way to Arizona last September, I was pressed for time and didn't do a video though. Great area!
5:40 Whenever I see someone pull in so close to my rig, I get a little worried about my electric bike, honda gen and other stuff that's not inside four walls. You never know what they're up to 🤔
They didn't seem shady or anything. I just couldn't believe folks would do that. LOL I do secure my generators and external fuel tank with a cable and lock. I'll lock it to a tree or large shrub. I know if someone wants to take it, they could. But I'm not going to make it to easy for them. LOL I also cable my Mt Bike to my camper when I have it off the rack. I haven't had any theft issues so far. Most folks are honest who are out camping.
Awesome as always. Great spots in AZ you’ve been showing us
More to come!
Nice area! So I'm not the only one that people find the need to camp right next to when there's plenty of other spots to camp. I don't get it.
You and me both!
Not only is it due to "safety in numbers mentality" it's also the "grass is greener" scenario when they see a camper parked there, they think it must be a good spot.
Should have made a lot of noise. Too bad you don't have a generator. Did you videotape them?
I do have generators. When they showed up I hooked up both of them. It didn't seem to phase them though. LOL I did not video take them.
Yo - DCM. Really neat vids. Your motorcycle is very quiet. What size, etc ?
Thanks! It's a 2018 Honda Rally 250. It's fun to ride.
Hey I have a Toyota yaris, will that be ok to stay here. Ty
I believe you could. Their were cars camping out on that road. The road in was very good.
@@DispersedCamperMan oh good. I'm leaving this Tuesday from California, if I arrive there around 6pm, do you think I'll be able to find a good area
I have no idea. I was there this one time. I know for sure though, it’s going to be hot.
100% my kind of stuff! New S=U=B here ! Great editing. Someone needs to give you your own TV show !
Maybe one day! LOL Thanks for watching!
👍👍
This is definitely the “high camping volume” time in AZ mate. With all the polar vortex weather around us you can see why it’s so popular. Happy trails.
True. Next year it'll probably be even worse when the Canadian border opens. But there is plenty of room for everyone.
Do you pay Royalties for the music you use on your videos ?
No.