Solo Camping in Florida Wilderness | Hidden Oasis | Wildlife!
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 เม.ย. 2024
- Please join me as I hike back to a hidden oasis in the Florida Wilderness for some solo camping. I cook on a camp fire and see tons of wildlife!
-----------------------------------------------------
MERCH: my-store-c3a5ac.creator-sprin...
INSTAGRAM: / sambananascamping
PATREON: (Monthly subscription for ad free content and extras) - / sambananas
BUY GEAR USED IN THIS VIDEO. LINKS ABOVE AND BELOW:
(I earn income when you use the links below and it does not cost you anything extra!)
FIRESTARTERS:
Bigfoot Bushcraft Firestarters: bigfoot-bushcraft.com/?ref=i7...
15% off discount code: SAMBANANAS
FILMING
Drone: DJI Mini 2 - amzn.to/45XeKoJ
Main Camera - Sony a7iv: amzn.to/3vbrqeQ
Camera Lens - Tamron 17-28mm: amzn.to/43e5ywg
Wildlife/Zoom Camera: Panasonic LUMIX FZ300 - amzn.to/39TJ77X
Backup/Camera: iphone 15 Pro Max - amzn.to/3VcuP7L
Cell Phone Mount: PICTRON - amzn.to/3U2lTS7
Main Tripod: Endurax - amzn.to/48AxyvM
Microphone: Rode VideoMicro - amzn.to/3Ovuvu0
Back up tripod/Selfie Stick - amzn.to/3TbRhgC
Umbrella Tripod: amzn.to/47Dmttk
Camera light: amzn.to/3W6Lz0Z
MISC:
Backpack: Mardingtop - amzn.to/3TLR1U2
Headlamp: HEADLAMP: Fenix 700 Lumens - amzn.to/4cCXR74
Tiny Pump: amzn.to/3yxKhid
Paracord: amzn.to/3QgYCbr
Black Bankline (tarred #36): amzn.to/3MkFbNY
SHELTER:
Tent: Hill Zero - amzn.to/43PdJPR
Sleeping Pad: Flextail - shareasale.com/r.cfm?b=208173...
SNUGPAK Sleeping Bag - Jungle Bag - amzn.to/41FnRsv
Blue Foam Sleeping Pad: BKS - amzn.to/3yYNF5w
Pillow: amzn.to/3HFrBlq
Camp Chair: Mission Mountain - amzn.to/43WhtyT
Table: Naturehike - amzn.to/43PdJPR
FOOD/COOKING/DRINKING:
Banana Flask (5oz Stainless Steel) - amzn.to/2VwvPYf
Water Bottle: Super Sparrow - amzn.to/3GQhWFU
Titanium Pot: Lixada 1100ml - amzn.to/3ZCdbZD
Pan: Lixada Titanium Frying Pan - amzn.to/3HRh5VQ
Long Spork: amzn.to/40S5xeK
Camp Mug: amzn.to/3Sn8u4j
CUTTING TOOLS:
Big Saw: Silky GomBoy 300mm- amzn.to/3CvHeIg
Small Saw: Bahco Laplander - amzn.to/42tAMPv
Trekking HATCHET: amzn.to/3Bm7si1
Knife: Mora Garberg - amzn.to/3VzvjoZ
Sharpener: amzn.to/42toYwq
CLOTHING:
Long Sleeve Merino Wool Base Layer: amzn.to/3SPxOSG
Hiking Boots: NORTIV 8 - amzn.to/3OY2QFd
Orange Winter Beanie (hat) - amzn.to/40OWlI3
Pants: Fjallraven Men's Vidda Pro - amzn.to/40PiV3a
Black Shirt: 32 DEGREES - amzn.to/3RpE9jY
Puffy Jacket: amzn.to/3O88Ppd
Wool Socks: Time May Tell Mens Merino Wool - amzn.to/3jkjYo7
Hat (moisture wicking): amzn.to/3ODwVd6
RAIN SUIT: amzn.to/3R3jwNl
Part 1 Florida Vacation VLGO w/Mrs Bananas ---> www.patreon.com/sambananas
I'm a tough dude. I fought in Iraq. I bluffed my way out of an armed robbery with 4 guys in Benton Harbor, Michigan in an empty parking lot at 1:00 AM. That said.... I would NEVER swim in any inland body of water in Florida. Alligators are everywhere! Sam has my profound respect. He's a bad ass! :)
💪
I’m more afraid of the bacteria in the water than a gator
Read an article about a guy who made money scuba diving for golf balls in Florida. At night so he wouldn't get caught.
Looks like a great trip Sam! I'm heading out this weekend for a little camping too at a swiftmud property . Weather should be perfect. Thanks for the great video
Why? You’re a tough dude. The animals can sense that toughness and run away 😎🤣🤣🤣
I can truly appreciate what it takes to film these videos because you have to walk ahead, place the camera, walk back then walk toward the camera. You see I do understand what all it entails!! Thank you Sam!!!
You’ll be pooting tonight!!!😂
I appreciate that!
From Florida and that humidity aint no joke. Neither are those Bobcats, Gators, Water Moccasins or skeeters.✌🏻🍻
And bears where he is now
🍺🍌
From Florida as well, Bobcats and Gators no problem, Water Moccasins aka "Cottonmouth" those things are just mean little A$$HOLES. Now the mosquitoes are nothing to play with 🤣🤣🤣
"All the important gear", as he refills the banana flask. Priorities! Great video, Sam.
A vacation is a Vacation, you can rehydrate when its over is also my philosophy! Next yall will expect us to exercise and workout on Vacay too. NOPE! So yah PRIORITIES!😀🍻🍻✌🏻
Relax buzz he was just saying don’t get offended. Take a chill pill. Ask him to marry you. Mr. banana is not hurting. He’s OK.
Open TH-cam. Lo and behold! Sam Bananas was right in my back yard over easter. Another great vid.
Oh by the way…I am a good ole country girl from southeast Texas. Use to camp by myself but now I’m 70 & just enjoy watching these videos because they’re so relaxing.❤
Rock on!
I cannot explain how much I admire you and the many others that camp solo..I’m not afraid of much but this just makes me uneasy.. it might because I have always camped in groups.
It's definitely daunting to get out there alone at first. Eventually I start to enjoy it.
Florida hiking is unlike most other places. It seems to be cool but as soon as you start moving, you run out of water fast. I usually carry 3-5 liters depending on the distance I have to go. It’s an insane amount of weight but without it, I’m useless. Lots of electrolytes and water when I’m hiking
Everglades is a national park but ocala national forest is a national park too. Not sure what the guidelines for filming are but our group “Florida Bushcraft” is in there almost every weekend and they film all the time. ONF is far better than Everglades in my humble opinion! And you were in one of the best places in the ONF. GREAT job man
Also those are live oaks with Spanish moss. Chiggers love that stuff so don’t play too much it it
What happened to volume 😮
And red bugs too love that Spanish moss
Grew up in Ocala. Great forest area lots of different areas. Also lots of venomous crawlers
Love fishing and camping with the stars out and no people around. Beautiful sunrises for coffee ❤❤❤❤❤
It sure is
Sam You are so brave!!❤ Just the bugs would have kept me away from Florida camping. Not to mention the 🐊 gators. Smiles! You are right. This is your life. Enjoy it!!❤ Lots of Love and Respect Always!❤
Thanks so much! Glad to have you with me
Finally the Florida video!
I’m not even gonna watch it now, wait until tonight and put it up on the big TV👍🏻
Oooohh the BIG TV…
The big TV don’t be such a wuss just watch it. It’s not that good. I love Mr. bananas, but he still cooks the same thing dehydrated chili. It looks like something. A dog left on the side of the road but go ahead and wait till you get home to watch it on the big TV it’s gonna suck just as well on the big TV.
@@thomasmacias5032 holy crap lighten up! Zoning out watching bananas on tv and drinking a beer is a great way to finish a shit day of work
Finally catching up on some vids I missed. Dude this spot was INFINITELY better than my crappy Florida spot, what a gem! I commend you for having the eggs to swim in that body of water haha
Haha dude! Yeah a lot of people said that in the comments too. Only reason I did is because there was an older lady camped near me. I talked to her and she said she comes there all the time and there is never gators in there for some reason. I think they like murky water and not nice clear water like that.
Watch out for gators and snakes 😂😂
Thank you Sam, I've been looking forward to this! Another great video.
Yessss!!! Your back! Thanks for a great video. So happy to see new video
I love when you upload Sam!!! Thank you for the great experience 👍
I lived in sw Florida for 35 years. Wouldnt catch me camping out there. Lived on a canal and had shell put down for yard. Never went out back. The gators lived there. After the 3rd big snake was on my lanai and in garage. I sold and moved back into town. Lol
Haha ok
Chair n table..LOL!!! ANTS CLIMB!!! ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY SMELL FOOD!! welcome to florida
Production value has really improved. Keep up the great content.
Fantastic trip! Thank you for bringing us along!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Sam,assume in Florida that there are Gators in every body of water!
Right, I would imagine so. Enter at your own risk.
But he has a banana 🍌 flask,gators don’t mess around with someone who drinks from that😂😂
Even in puddles in the road 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the trip. Nice camp.
My pleasure!
Wow awesome camp site love the wildlife
Me too!
That place is full of those lengthy Python snakes. Be careful out there
Wow, I turned on my computer and you had just uploaded this video! I really enjoyed the birds and the crooked trees. Really liked the call those big birds made. I had to laugh when you were all dressed in black and had ash on your hands and face, like a navy seal on a mission! Great video as always. Thanks for uploading!
Gotta love wilderness here or anywhere
❤️
Thanks for the share again Sam.
My pleasure!
I love juniper springs!
Gorgeous spot Sam. Good pick
Thanks 👍
Me and my friends back in highschool would go canoe 🛶 camping trips, and 4 WD Trips we called swamping ,some of the best times back in the 70s and early 80s
👍👍
Great video, Mahalo for sharing.
Mahalo 🙏
Thanks!
Rashley, thanks man!!
Another great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Another great weekly video from you 👊🏽
Nice to see ya bud!!
Camped there many times! The trail continues to the south and is a bit longer and has more sugar sand, but it goes to the Juniper Springs Recreation area. The pond you were getting your water from is "Hidden Pond" and is spring fed, while the others are all ground water and are mostly stagnant and not good for drinking. Warmer times of the year, you will see ticks, pigmy rattlers and of course black bears around there. Never seen a gator at the pond, as it's pretty far from where they prefer to live. They've cleaned it up a lot since I was last there....there was more downed trees/logs around the campfire area that they removed. Even looks like they've mowed the grass in there, as the spot where you set up your tent usually is grassy. And the trees are Live Oaks. Great weekend hiking/camping spot that the Scouts use a lot in the cooler months.
Good to know!
Awesome overnighter! Really enjoyed the scenery and the sounds of nature on this one. Keep it up! Looking forward to the next one!
More to come!
My husband and I hiked to that pond years ago. Thanks for taking us back there. We live in NC now
Thanks for watching!
Oh man I can't believe you got in that water! I'm scared to death of gators! I'll stick to camping in Illinois thank you 😆
Haha I get it 🤣
Thanks, Sam Bananas
❤️
Awesome
Thanks for the vid , really liked it
No problem 👍
Good video... Enjoyed the birds at the end
Thanks me too! There was a ton of wildlife I loved it
Sam You are a master at building fires 🔥!❤
Thanks! Working on it for a long time now 😎
Great video Sam. I enjoyed it a lot. Cool location. 😊👍
Thanks a ton!
Just home from work looking forward to the watch.. very best 🍻 and hello Mrs. Bananas
Hey Sam great video as usual. Thanks for taking us along.
Love this video
Live oaks
Hello from Florida
Very cool.
👍👍
Son! Was waiting for the next vid!
Time for sam to drink some irish coffee...❤❤❤😊😊😊
You deserve more Subs Sam for the effort you put in.
I appreciate that!
How pretty! I've never been to Florida.
You should!
I live in the northwest corner of South Carolina as you mentioned. I'm looking forward to that video.
👍👍
Thought we see ya wrestling some gators!! Guess you bribed then with a sip or two off the old banna! 🤣
🤣🤣🤣
I'm a new subscriber to your channel and I can tell you that I'm really enjoying it because of your honesty and keeping it real . You make mistakes and you don't hide it like most do . By far you are the best TH-cam camping channel out there . That location you picked ...beautiful . SC is going to be your next stop . You'll be in my neck of the woods . Looking forward to watching that one . Again Thank you for being you and stay safe out there . 😊
Thanks for subbing!
Dude I don’t know if I would be swimming in ponds in the Florida wilderness.
Haha this one was all good
Good job buddy awesome ❤
Thanks 😁
Hello Sam, it was a beautiful camping site you had
Yes it was!
My wife and I were camping in ONF that night, wish we could have met you. Thanks for an awesome video.
Thanks for watching!
This was fun! Hugs to Mrs Bananas
Love you mom!
@@CampingwithSamBananas love you both too
Cool place!
It really is!
I have been here 20 years , always especially, mosquitoes, forget about water moccasins, rattlesnake , coral, panthers, coyotes, wild boars , but we still , will always do it.
I’ve camped at hidden Pond, neat place
👍👍
Heyy Sam you are brave I don't think I would be able to sleep down there, the animals and birds are beautiful,awesome aerial footage thanks for sharing stay safe 😊
Thanks for watching!
Matches in the fire kit from The Head Shed….Nice!
😎
I will be riding the OTET from Cleveland to Cincinnati and back this summer. I'll think of you as I pass through. (I made a Short dedicated to your buddy Kevin when I rode through Rochester last year). Thanks for another great video.
Very cool!
been there several times...I got to get back there
Excellent spot
Awesome views your camera skills are getting great
Thank you!!!
Great video Sam, and yeah first thing in my mind was Gators lol
Haha yep!
Great video that was a nice spot would have had to stay another night at that location
Thanks bud!
Mad lad out there swimming with the gators🤣
🤣 you know it 🐊 😎
Guessing that's a spring-fed pond? Great campsite. Also, know you were about to go crazy with that whippoorwill, those have kept me awake many camping nights.
Yep it is!
oh yeah. love ST Augustine. San Sabatian winery has my most favorite Port Wine. i do like the new tent. i'm so busy i haven't had time to camp, hike or kayak not one time this year so far. and i have purchaced some good gear starting with my Teton 75l explorer and my Hemlock Mountain outdoors hammock set up. see ya later brother.
Nice man! My nephew has that pack, he loves it
I spent many nights there in the Live Oaks.
👍
I can not believe i just pulled the car over long enough to see what sam is nipping on down in fl. Lol
Hey Sam.
Haha be careful!
I loved this camping site. The water in the pond was crystal clear. I imagine it was spring fed. Florida is a beautiful state. A person could have a channel featuring it alone. I’d love to go back and spend some time there camping.
It was an awesome spot for sure 👍
Hey we appreciate you Sam and enjoy going camping with you. Mrs. Bananas should bake you some banana bread for out in the bush. Cheers Brian
Cheers Brian!
Welcome to Florida Brother! Next time you are down here , check out the Pioneer Trail in Jennings State Forest.
It’s about 13 miles long.
It’s a gem.
❤️🤘😎
Will do thanks man!
When you see lots of moss on the trees it means that the oxygen levels are excellent there.❤
I didn't know that!
@@chillieboycampillanes1629 Hey 👋!
Yes , because moss gives off more oxygen then trees do .
@@CryMeARiver63 Really I didn’t know why. That’s cool!
Sam! Your beer weir game is improving by leaps and bounds.
Thanks man!!!
It's always amazing to see another amazing camping 🏕️ video Sam banana 🍌 yes
More to come!
Over 40k subs now!! Congrats buddy. We need to grab a beer soon!
For sure Randy!
Wow man, my buddy and I were out there 10 days before you were. We get out to the JPW as often as we can in the winter. Weird seeing hidden pond on TH-cam!
Nice 👍
Those are Live Oaks and Spanish Moss.
Nice 👍
Welcome to FL. Hope you enjoyed your time, gonna be to hot for camping pretty soon. There's a big military bombing range near where you were.
👋👋
That "hidden pond" looks like a mosquito factory! Love ya Sam!
Love ya Dan!
Great to see a different type of video but nonetheless a very interesting and entertaining video. Haven’t watched you for a while but loving your videos again. All the best my friend. John from Sheffield England UK. P.s say hello to Mrs Banana from me please 😊
Thanks so much Jon will do bud!
Oh dude thats awesome! Im in the SC upstate lol
Nice 👍
I parked for the night in the Everglades once in my old box truck and I knew the one tail light bulb needed replaced and I said to hell with that until I get back to main land during the day!😂especially since it was pitch black there. I didn’t want to be a slim Jim snack for some alligator!🤣got great pics of Orion’s Belt for my ex girlfriend though with phone and she loved em lol.
Sounds fun!
@@CampingwithSamBananas oh I’m telling ya I was a little wondering if some alligator was going to climb inside and nimble on me like a slim Jim!🤣
New to your channel and Florida.
Welcome!!
@@CampingwithSamBananas thanks brother. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. From the midwest myself. Always preferred pine trees over palm trees. And always love camping. Any Florida recommendations let me know.
Watching your video love you you’re so down to earth and real. I made a comment about Lonewolf. I’ve watched him pray to you. He is also an awesome dude and has a lot of good ideas with things keep up the good work and I enjoy the family and if I remember correctly, you have a dog, if not wrong person lol😊
Yea ma'am that's me!
Hello Sam hope you and miss banana is doing good
First American camping channel I’ve seen whose gear looks used! Hats off to you! 👍 Where do you keep it all? Your pack is no bigger than mine and you’ve got a cooking pan, grill, table and chair!
Thanks for watching! It all packs down pretty small. Makes for a comfortable camp but a tough hike.
Very enjoyable video Sam. Thanks for bringing us alone. Liked your dinner menu. Sam you think there could be a chance your wife may come on the channel and share her knowledge on dehydrating meals? Something I ‘m totally in the dark but would like to try
She's not a public person in the same way I am but she is in patreon if you ever get the urge. Also she cooks the food but I do the dehydrating. It's easy! Just type it into TH-cam it's so easy!
Check out silver lake management area in Bainbridge Ga. It is near lake Seminole. I live in the area and there is thousands of possibilities for disperse camp sites and the county owns the land which means no legal problems for filming. Lots of ponds and lakes to enjoy!!
Very cool! I will put that on my list for next time 👍
Our comfortable camping season is sadly short. May to October is reserved for the critters in the wild, not campers. Try canoeing on the Suwannee.
Will keep that in mind 👍
Nice video and different tent. I wonder if you sometimes miss your dog when he's not at camp with you. And wow Ohio. I was born and raised there. I just came back from living in bushnell Florida since 2016. Then lived in way waycross ga before that
Hi bud! Yeah I do miss the little puppers sometimes. But we have three dogs total, so leaving them is part of it.
I think Florida, I think mosquitoes! We do all our hiking in cold weather here in Arkansas for the same reason. Great content Sam!
Awesome! Thank you!