Amazing WATERFALLS & SHOPPING SPREE 😬 Solo Female SUV Camping

hi there welcome back to another video I am in the beautiful state of Oregon where I have been for the past several days I am currently at Silver Fall State Park which so far is beautiful I'm staying at the campground here it's not super private but it is very nicely manicured I'm just here for one night and I'm getting in at about 5:00 p.m. after spending a couple of days in bed which is a couple of hours from here but I got stuck in some major holiday traffic I was kind of thinking is this a sign that I shouldn't leave Bend because it was really hard for me to actually leave this was my second visit to the city of Bend and I just absolutely love it there there are so many fun things to do I love the culture it is a beautiful city and the surrounding area is beautiful with lots of outdoor activities I hit up some great cafes walked around downtown stayed at a hotel I was familiar with and really liked and did some major shopping so that brings us back to where we are right now I have to get my car sorted out I'm back to Camping I'm sleeping in the car tonight and it is completely full of all sorts of things that I purchased as well as I did stay in a hotel there so I have an overnight bag packed in a hotel and have pulled hold everything out of the little storage locations that are in the vehicle so the first step of this evening is to get everything sorted hi I'm Christine after starting life over in 2020 I'm using seasonal work to build Financial Security experience new places and most importantly keep living life as a big adventure come along as I live like a local in desired destinations spend time in nature hiking backpacking and living out of my car and craft the trips of my dreams on a backpacker's budget all right I got kind of a fat stack of new outdoor clothes which I'm pretty stoked about including this top right here and then some fun hiking and camping things that I'll show you in a little bit I also picked up two books at a local Bookshop including this one which is called the Born to Run it's by Christopher McDougall and it's about Ultra running I have read another book by an ultra Runner by Scott jerck and he seems to be mentioned in this one so I'm excited this should be a fun read when I finish my current read and then for this one to add on and just layer in it's a book of poems so I thought I could start the day with one little poem and kind of meditate on that and gather some positive thoughts for the day so part of my healthy habit regime too many clothes so I have a large duffel bag where I use a bunch of packing cubes to organize all of that stuff but I'm also using this small duffel bag which I've moved in and out of like friends houses and the hotel and things like that and this is like my most commonly worn stuff that I keep in the car cuz it just sits on top but I'm like okay what's even in all of those other packing cubes my shower stuff lives in this bin this is under the mattress behind the passenger seat I was staying in a hotel I had extra hygiene things out that I don't use on a day-to-day basis in the car so I'm going to put those away now curling iron blow dryer I'll keep this bag out there is actually a shower here so I might I'll probably shower tomorrow morning actually so let me let me leave some of this stuff out I'm not going to lie I do have a lot of stuff if I lived on the road fulltime I wouldn't own this many clothes and this many beauty products I would have a completely free and wild lifestyle but as you know I Do seasonal work and in those roles I am not a uniformed employee I am a manager there is an expectation that I present myself in a certain way I just want to be professional and so I do have a professional wardrobe I do have probably more Beauty items more hygiene items than I would have otherwise I don't know i' probably still have the hygiene items but you know what I'm saying like if I was just completely Wilderness girl it would be a little bit different I went into REI for one thing and that is a new backpacking air mattress we're going to talk about this more in an upcoming video we're going to talk about my backpacking journey and what has happened with that cuz that took a nose dive off a cliff that is is what I went in for and I ended up picking up a couple of more things while I also needed a new propane canister for my jet boil stove my half gen and then I saw these and I was intrigued this is the ca Summit large size collapsible Bowl it folds this thin and it opens up to this size I also got the cup so this is my thought these are my current bowls I like them I like the size and shape of them except they don't Nest not really let's compare storage size here I mean I'm not going to get rid of these right away I'm going to see if I like this and then these actually came from the hotel but they're a and local coffee roaster and they're just little pourover packs so I'm excited to try that out in the morning okay enough babbling on about my material items I feel pretty well sorted and it's time to get the fire started and just enjoy where I am also I've got something that I think will be pretty tasty for dinner and we're going to cook it over the campfire tonight trying not to get too much of my neighbor's Camp although I kind of like that tent tent anyway fire is going decently well I had to use the assistance of a little bit of napkin but we got there in the end so now I'm going to start prepping for dinner dinner is going to get warmed up over the campfire tonight and I picked it up earlier in Bend at Cafe D shs where I went for coffee and a beautiful pistachio croissant this is going to be great and then I have a couple of options for beverages from one of my favorite breweries in Bend which is called monkless Belgian alses I've got the brother's beer Belgian style single ale and I have curtain closer Belgian style quintuple ale aged on raspberries and cacao this one is much more aggressive with alcohol even though this one is larger so I think I might stick with this one tonight cuz I do want to get some hiking in tomorrow pop that back in the fridge I'm going to wrap this up in some foil and put it over the campfire I'm really trying to be careful and not filming into other people's camps yeah that's nice oh that's really nice yeah not sure if I've had that one before I need aluminum foil this is going to be a no dishes kind of dinner look at this sandwich it's a baguette with Bree and fig Jam okay I already took a peek but I had to put it on the fire once I did it only took a couple of minutes um okay we got a little too toasty on one side but let's see how it is o oh man give this a taste test I'm like I'mma break a sandwich in halfer before I dive in that's tasty there's definitely a little Char in the flavor but it's good [Music] I'm cozy in the car now it's honestly still pretty early um I'm not completely in for the night but I think I'm just going to watch some stuff on my phone to be honest um the light is gone a bit too much for reading and I'm at a good stopping point I think I will watch maybe a YouTube video or something on my phone um and I have a phone call coming up in a little bit to talk to a friend and that'll probably be it for the night I am intending to go to sleep early this evening because I want to wake up very early and head out first thing tomorrow morning for a hike it's not necessarily a hike that requires an Alpine start I think I think I'm going to do a 5 and 1 half mile hike or so but I just feel like it will be a super popular hike and I want to get out there sort of before everyone else does so that is the intention it has been such a great day I am just in such good spirits and I'm really grateful for days like this out on the road just having a blast making in incredible memories and I was thinking about this earlier and I should say it because today is well it's Monday so yesterday I had a video go up and just had wonderful comments and I'm seeing kind of a Revival and growth in my channel again and I'm just at a place where I'm really enjoying it um making videos and um just kind of like relearning how to do it and learning what my style is again and things like that cuz I've you know been around this channel for a number of years now but I have fallen away from it and I'm back and you are receiving me so well and I appreciate that very very much because I feel like I'm actually not alone even though I'm doing this road trip solo because I am sharing it with you all and because I'm at a place where my videos are much much closer to real time than they have been in the past year or two um it is really cool to be getting feedback on things that I've very recently done and this is me saying thank you I appreciate you being here with me just leaving the campground at Silver Fall State Park and I'm headed to the trail head it is currently 657 which is about 30 minutes later than I thought I would be leaving how did that happen in well I'm proud of my work this is a massive parking lot with additional parking areas and I am the only car here yay [Music] [Music] [Music] oh my [Music] gosh got a duck [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] well I've probably already done what will arguably be the coolest thing I do all day long there are still a number of other really cool waterfalls along this hike and we're just getting [Music] started very cool [Music] for [Music] [Music] oh my gosh [Music] [Music] can we agree that I was just big time wrong earlier like I hadn't done the coolest thing of the day yet there's so many cool things to do so many cool waterfalls also I think I lost the trail maybe this is an out and back not minding a little out and back action here I get to walk through the waterfall again okay I'm going rogue no wait I mean I'm going Road I'm going Road I'm headed back to the trail head that was such a wonderful hike the parking lot has definitely filled up now I stopped past a little cafe they had grabbed a nice little warm latte cuz it is quite cool out fortunately for me check out at the campground isn't until 1:00 p.m. it's not even 11: right now so my plan is to go back to the campground utilize their shower facilities get ready for the day and head out to my next adventure my plan for you is to thank you so much for watching this video and I will see you on the next one take care bye-bye

Channel: Nomad Unknown

Views: 644

Keywords: roadlife, camping, car camping, solo female travel, Subaru Forester no build, car conversion, travel vlog

Id: GvULu4UCPRM

Length: 19min 27sec (1167 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 23 2024