Camping in my Small Car for the First time | Overnight in Pop-up Tent

wow [Music] well we're finally going to take it camping all right folks well the day has come this is my 2002 volkswagen beetle modified to have a camper shell on top of it and uh last time you guys saw it it wasn't campable but today i'm excited to announce it's gonna be the first night we're gonna camp in it i've never slept in this thing before i haven't even opened it up you can see there's actually still zip ties holding the uh the brackets together here so we're gonna go on this adventure together we're gonna be making a simple recipe out of the out of the bug tonight and try to find a camp spot see what standing this thing's like let's get after it how do i get in here [Music] what's up dude yeah it got sent back twice to the house i was like all right i'm gonna go deliver that's weird no no worries no worries dude i started watching like two like three years ago i was like dude i wish i could do what he does now i mean hers thinking about buying a van and all do it dude that's awesome that's awesome that's awesome all right so there's some stickers left on mavemated.com if you guys want me to hand deliver stickers to you it could happen www.math www.mathmate.com get your sticker packs today there's like 50 of each left i don't i don't know i thought there was 50 left of each left when i left though all right we got the goods delivered now we have to find the camping spot well by the look of it we're supposed to get some weather it says there's a 100 chance of a thunderstorm right now and for some reason i believe it oh my gosh it's windy i mean that's pretty but i don't know i have no idea i'm just looking for a spot to camp yeah what's up man how are you doing nice to meet you what's your name andrew andrew yeah nice to meet you man yeah it's awesome yeah i just flew back to come see my parents but uh i'm gonna get back in my car all right well i'm trying my best to drive up north and uh see if i can beat this storm it's good good first test i guess i was gonna buy some lights for uh cooking because i i don't really have any lights to put in this buggy and uh this whole town doesn't have lights because they don't have power so we're going to be cooking in the dark there's three trees in a row that all had flares on them that got blown over from the wind and the policemen are out like marking them so people don't run into them this is insane i guess it's a nice welcome back to minnesota oh my gosh dude what the heck all right uh so i've never set this thing up before so this could be uh we're learning together here oh my god these bugs are so bad this will be interesting there's so many mosquitoes in here as you can tell i got some canvas made for the outside here there's so many bugs it's crazy how many mosquitoes are at right now after this storm why why is there so many this thing is a death trap are they getting up through the gaps or what's going on here well um a few issues already off the bat the main one being that there's a bunch of mosquitoes in here and i think they're getting in from little cracks in the canvas and there's nothing i'm gonna be able to do unless there's just that many mosquitoes in here but i don't think that's true my sleeping bags wet somehow i don't know why i thought this was gonna be more glamorous all right let's get cooking on some dinner i've had one of these hookers for a while uh in my truck and i really like it they carry them at walmart i'm not sponsored by this brand or anything [Music] if you want to sponsor me that'd be cool this thing is only like 60 bucks and you can use propane and white gas with it which is like super awesome tonight i'm actually going to be using propane because i couldn't find the white gas normally i wouldn't normally use it but i do like using white gas when i can one thing that's awesome about the setup is that i can access the front very easily this is where i'm keeping my toiletries as well as my propane little cutting board kit chips i love camping yes i do all you do is you take your little adapter there you go i think boils water within like a minute so if you guys are looking for a little camping thing this is what i recommend i'll leave a link in the description i don't have any like spices or anything for this vehicle yet so we're not getting super fancy tonight but one of you guys decided to send me some cajun power sloppy joe mix i thought that sounded fire so i'm gonna try it out thank you very much to whoever sent this i know your name but i just forgot it thank you i do really like being able to stand up though this is awesome like this is some next level stuff got my clif bars for the morning this is my only utensil for tonight and it's i think i got a little bent yeah bugs are definitely getting in here it's been so long since i've had sloppy joes like it's probably been two years something to be said for uh for simple camping meals [Music] some bus chips hmm i have missed sloppy joes it's smoky sweet you got that tang from the onion good thing i got a lot more to eat okay i gotta say being able to stand up it's a new level i have a sink i have a roof over my head i've got decent ventilation and i've got friends um i was gonna get a mattress for this like before i got out here because you can fit one from here to here but where i live it's very hard to find foam i just got myself a little blow up camping pad this is my 30 degree sleeping bag and i just brought a pillow from home so this is like what i got made here this is somebody off of craigslist made like this canvas and these screen doors so actually i mean it's not that bad like the construction of this is really good uh the one thing i'm bummed out about right now is that you saw those clasps they got they got clasps from the outside i think the bugs are getting in because there's like gaps between where they get buttoned i mean i think in normal pop-up campers like this it's like the material is like attached you know it's like attached on the inside somehow i don't know this is a work in progress i just wanted to get out in it and see if it was possible to camp in it and it is but it's definitely not easy or glamorous there's a water tank next to the sink it's not hooked up and i think i need to get a water pump and hook it up to a battery just a lot of things need to be done in here for it to be operable it's gonna be my bedtime so probably gonna jump in the bed here with my buddies hopefully i don't get absolutely destroyed by bugs tonight hopefully the structure stays up and doesn't close on me hopefully it doesn't rain sideways and come through my now very open screen doors so all right well by no means is it perfect but did i really expect it to be the biggest thing for me to tackle for next time is to seal it off for the bugs and figure out some sort of lighting source but other than that i mean this thing this thing's fun man i like it thank you guys for tuning in to the first episode of the bug camper um let me know if you guys like this build give this video a like if you liked it and as always until next time you already know the drill just keep on bugging

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Id: EOotUnhQqJI

Length: 15min 36sec (936 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 04 2021