Highway Rest Area Stealth Camping

hey hey welcome to camping with Steve I'm at a fairly fancy highway rest stop here with washrooms strictly a day use type of thing but there happens to be this beautiful little chunk of woods there behind us so well this place is empty and there's nobody around I'm gonna slink into the woods here you get set up quickly before I get busted falling all this stuff into a no camping zone there we go there's a small trail shouldn't cause much of an issue here I have the stealth pack like really really smaller than it used to be because it's warmer I don't need the therm-a-rest that I'm just using the hammock and the little boy the bugs are bad can't suffer them in here and see [Applause] see all these humongous mosquito looking things I'm gonna [Applause] and a little a little bit deeper I gotta find some spots that I can set up the hammock between a couple of trees out of the view of the general population so let's find a spot we'll get set up [Applause] [Applause] nice [Applause] [Applause] now that I don't have the backpack on in a bunch of stuff I want to back out there just to see if it's actually visible drinks a bit but let's check this out see what we can see [Applause] or the parking lights we've got a vehicle out there too so I have the nice ability to see people coming and going from here and hopefully they can't see me so I'll just wait until he's gone out of the way and I'll tweak this tweak this hammock up a little bit but it promises to be a really good spot I think this is just great for a day use highway rest stop [Applause] before I go to take a peek out there to see it looks like I'm actually gonna turn on clear of bugs while I go take a look out there and see you know refill this thing [Applause] there [Applause] that should clear the area pretty effectively [Applause] all right he's out of here and the parking lot looks empty so I want to see if this thing is obvious from out there gonna collapse my tripod here so it looks looks less crazy but from what I'm seeing here this doesn't really look too obvious yeah and quick look out there is an empty parking lot so it's gonna wander back to the car casually you ain't see nothing in there I'll tell you that much nice so walk around with the other GoPro I think and I'll show you what it looks like here in the camp or the rest area it's definitely day.you so only type of deal which I think it's probably probably gonna be pretty obvious where this is even watch the video I'm gonna go in here looks like it used to be Information Center that type of thing there's washers in here it's dictated it's nice there's you know quite the view around here as far as you know just getting to the Rockies beautiful view of the road there are flush toilets in here which is a nice treat and okay so probably just go outside to be honest would be better option there water fountain I didn't actually know those were still legal and hand sanitizer that's good stuff so this I can see these tablet all this interpretive stuff here they probably had this whole you know welcome to helpers dangling all over here displays but you know budget cuts and budgets constructed for you to citizens and visitors so there's there's some history to this thing and get out of here before people see me with a camera in the bathrooms and yeah you can tell it's old because they've maybe we've got ashtrays there you don't see that much these days anymore and a few little picnic key tables and to be honest I'm probably just going to cook at one of these picnic tables and act like I'm some weary traveler that had to pull over and cook some beef and broccoli for some reason so that is the plan oh and somebody's coming in as we speak so perfect timing to get back to the vehicle I don't know what started happening around this highway rest stop but it's certainly starting to look like a lot of people are coming around I'm slowly and calmly I'm gonna get back in my spot here I can't see anything from here so I'll just show you what it looks like on the way in and at what point you may be able to see what I got I can see it from here a bit [Applause] okay that's not bad that's not bad at all about here I could got my little tripod thing you know the thermos all seems to be removing the insects out of the ethereal that's a good thing I'm just gonna show you what I got in the pack and then I'm gonna try and start cooking some dinner while it's actually dinner time it the Sun stays up surprisingly irritatingly late this time of year doesn't set until around 10:15 p.m. so there's a ton of hiding to do during daylight when you can be seen anyway I'll go over what I got in the pack and we'll go from there so this this pack I brought is super super light versus what I normally carry this bag here is just the laptop and stuff so I can work on editing video but in here I've got off bug spray I would say so butane some camera batteries one of these little these little stove units on some thermos all stuff and a charging cable and some substring remain pack I've got a sleeping bag now so that's a woods brand I get these obviously from Canadian Tire like most of my stuff it's supposedly good until five degrees Celsius or 41 Fahrenheit I wouldn't take that to the bank but I'm comfortable using it 10 to 15 or you know 60 60 Fahrenheit the comfortable nights maybe even a bit lower but that's what I got there poncho cuz it's been a little bit rainy lately I got my cook set a little frying pan in a pot and everything I'm gonna cook for dinner right in there excellent bottles water a little sesame oil as well for beef and broccoli gonna make night what a flicker and a few of these bottles of water and of course a little step to grow here so yeah that in the thermos cell and the sleeping bag or the the hammock was in here too so that's extremely lightweight setup versus what I normally carry and then small electronics bag I've got the GoPro in here some toiletries a power pack to recharge things and Kevin's I even brought a fork today so I think he's turning up Steve and I gotta get this sleeping bag opened up because it crushes down pretty good then you lose the loft on them so it's gonna kind of recharge and puff up a bit I can hear a little rain coming I can feel a little rain coming so it's a spotty weather today but one of the big things with these with camping gear I had this discussion just yesterday with the beautiful wife there is no well there's not a lot of mid-range camping gear it's either you know dirt cheap stuff that you can't even rely on or it's over the top stuff that only a professional outfitter outdoorsmen will use so that's why I do like this brand I don't know if there's an equivalent in the States to this woods brand we have it here sold by Canadian Tire and I think that's pretty much the only people that sell it but it is middle-of-the-road good bang for your buck it's not gonna fall apart and it works pretty good it's not as light as the really expensive stuff but it's also now the price is right so there should be more of that middle-of-the-road camping gear because there's the cheap cheap stuff indicating tender step 2 [Applause] got a quick swig of this I don't even know if I'm in the frame of the camera cheers guys thanks for watching we're keeping her stealthy here and that's the super super stealthy summer pack oh yeah it's got some bite to it Jack always does so we're definitely gonna wait for guy over there to leave he's parked behind there gone in to use the restroom facilities because all my cooking gear is back in the woods and I don't want to attract a whole lot of tension any more than sitting out here on a picnic table by myself inside of highway and we'll get that I'm just gonna cook right here because you know if anybody asks hey you know what's going on like I'm hungry and I'm big cheapskate so I'm cooking my own food here on a road trip what's wrong with that they probably say what's with the camera and then I'll say I have a struggling Cooking Channel on YouTube I'm just trying to make another video it wouldn't be far from the truth all right I think there does even now so it should be time to grab that stuff we're gonna weigh their scrap cooking outside plan because there is a bunch of people pulled up with families that take the thing I've got everything we need right here in the woods ready to go first thing I'll do cook up some race [Music] I think it wants one in three-quarter cups water so that's what what that is [Applause] I picked up this packaged rice that has some seasoning in it as well let's see stir it in with the water yet 1 3/4 cups toilets reduce it and cover it perfect the the rice LSD has been cooped now it's time for the rest of the Audrey don't obsess me while here [Applause] get a little broccoli joining the party here beef broccoli sauce takin any bugs the clarinets of course [Applause] so beaten broccoli here it's broccoli is not overdone so there's some nice crunch to it wrench to it for sure that is quite good and of course I rice this Louis and some heat to it you know it's that every good so we'd have chow down on this yeah more vegetables per square inch than I usually avenues miles I'm liking it not too shabby somebody's threatened by right there I always seem to do this you know I'm some are pretty public it probably shouldn't pick the most takeout smelling food that you can because he's gonna permeate through the forest like nobody's business delusional time to eat then crawl into here early so don't have to use a layout here to illuminate the thing because that could just give me away yeah there's more people up there and another truck pulled up so I'm keeping her a little bit quiet super-lightweight small bag perfect for the seat there we go gonna be nice there's one one semi truck parked out there he's idling taking a break but he shouldn't be too much of a concern and I highly doubt he'd be able to see anything from from here another issue other issue can have if you're doing something like this when they maintain the law it's like they don't mow this whole thing and it looks pretty freshly mowed they typically do that once a week gun you know which every day's works out if it's not raining and this it looks freshly mowed so I'm not worried about a lawn mower coming through in the morning but if it is getting on the shaggy side of the grass that's looking like it's gonna get cut soon try to avoid that so crawl in here and hunker down oh now we're talking Yuni asymmetrical hammock you actually end up sleeping and the diagonal line you don't actually end up but don't actually end up going like a banana on your back okay that turgor there shut his engine off he maybe started her back up oh the thing with stealthy is if you're doing a stealthy you're always kind of super aware of what's going on around you but drape this sleeping bag over top of me and still a back listen to listen to the radio a little bit and fall asleep then comes the morning and yeah this is hammock I got here this is the one that has this the way you get out is through velcro things sure makes it hard to actually set up a sleeping bag or a sleeping pad or anything like that underneath but I'm gonna change it soon to one with a zipper on the side fiddle it'll let some more bugs in probably if I'm not super quick about it but yeah this time of year the Sun ain't setting until you know ten fifteen ten twenty something like that at the location I mapped so relax and hunker down I'm going to see you guys in the morning good morning good morning I can't believe I'm up this early but there's a lot of vehicles idling their engines as it is a truck stop a rest area but I do like to always use my my hoodie or my jacket is pillow because that's one last thing to bring with me I don't wear it while I sleep anyhow so it's no harm I'm waking up pretty much like a foot off the ground or a half foot off the ground which is lower than this thing usually usually goes but that's actually good because that gives me less visibility to anybody outside so pretty much at this point I'm gonna take the hammock down right away because you know as soon as I get rid of the evidence that I've been camping out here it all fits in the backpack I didn't spin any lie I want I've been looking for mushrooms picking wild blueberries you name it's right I don't know why camping is so frowned on but I'm gonna get up and we'll take this down have a snack you and we're all packed up that last truck is just drove off I realize they have my camera in like slow motion mode so I hope I can speed that up but somehow doubt it recorded any sound oh this story my life but I'm gonna make a break for the car people just leaving now and things will be all right yeah so these the woods here are pretty clean because nobody ever camps in here obviously they're gonna stay overnight they would just do that in their car so uh that's what happens there there's that's pretty pretty deserted here today this morning that's okay I'm gonna get back into the car because yeah I don't know why it filmed in slow motion to take tenth down there and hopefully I can speed that up but unbelievable okay I don't believe this I spent all that time being stealthy in the woods and I come out and I'm just walking by this this rest up washroom there seriously someone is literally just sleeping on the bench in there he is still a dying art unbelievable I may be putting too much effort into this like I could have just done that that would have been pretty great anyway let's let's continue on a little so I learned something new about my camera if I just bumped that wheel on the top it starts filming in slow motion and not recording any audio so I'm out of the woods now so to speak so I can be out in the open having a little breakfast which today is my coffee in a convenient cold coffee form because in the summer a hot coffee is a little too hot for me and supposedly if I eat bacon and eggs every single day it's gonna make me die so for breakfast I have to eat a granola bar and it's Greek yogurt so that's good and not much to it I'll say that you can really taste the yogurt hmm so I'm gonna work on this for a bit and there's obviously people here campaign I don't think I had to be that stealthy but the difference is they're in really nice trailers with slide outs and that extends him a little credibility that I don't necessarily get in the woods you know hammock the creepiness factor is up there versus you know the good wholesome family over there with their really nice camper trailer but I'm gonna pick away at this granola bar a little bit more and I'll show you the the only signs here they got as far as stealth camping as concerned I have to give a big shout out to all the people who have made donations to the beer Gift Fund thank you all so much that definitely means a lot and it makes things easier and that's good because summer's here and things are starting to get thirsty here so thanks so much guys you are guys and girls and you you're all just class act here you're amazing folks and also everybody who donated on the livestream I can't get that list I hope I got you all during a shout out if not please let me know and anybody that's got a t-shirt or anything it's all these type of things make make it less likely I'll have to prepare of furnaces hopefully when the ball comes so thank you all so much and yeah let's go around a little bit more we'll find where it tells us we can't go camping okay that's the only reference I can see that says you can't really can't be overnight obviously people do in their cars and in their campers that type of thing so I'm probably one of the few that would actually crawl into the forest or the woods beside it and camp in a hammock or tent probably some some hitchhikers do I'm sure if they're coming through but for the most part yeah there's like no garbage in there no fire rings you know a few trails but it looks like they could be game trails or something like that so I don't think it's overly patrolled obviously you know and all the times I've ever slept in a vehicle or anything like that the only times I've ever been approached by the police were at a rest area sleeping in the car for the night they asked how I was doing if everything was okay then they just kind of moved on but in nowhere else like on a random residential Road in the airport parking lot outside of the police station I've never been never had that knock on the window except for once or twice at an actual rest stop sleeping in the front seat of the vehicle so that's those the only experiences I've had and this is patrolled there is a surveillance cameras here so you know I'm sure if anything is too suspicious they'd they'd come and take a look right away so that was good I got a live stream out of the way while I was here that was fun times nice to chat with you actually a few friends Brian from South Vig hey I actually haven't talked to the guy in 18 years a good friend in saw him on the livestream so that's great nice to hear from your Brian I got your email too so I'll get in touch with you but super controversial issue here the beard so are you gonna be honest it's not comfortable it's making me look pretty sketchy and yeah under this beard I probably would look a little bit younger a lot less creepy I need a haircut too so we're gonna see we'll take a quick quick tally here let me know what you think of on the beard shaved bush your trim all that sound awful hum I could clean it up and trim a bit or you know take it take it down it's it's summer it's gonna get hot so I don't know please let me know what you think we'll see we'll see what happens with the beard but thanks for uh thanks for watching this little strange strange camping trip as they usually are and we're gonna be back next week with another good one we've got a lot of traveling that we want to do so we're gonna be not doing the the normal usual stuff we want to see something interesting for once instead of just the city and parking lots and random random patches of woods so if you like this type of thing and you're interested in seeing where it goes from here please consider subscribing and if not you can subscribe as well it doesn't hurt to try so we'll see you guys next week and thanks for following along until next time hunker down you have been camping with Steve

Channel: Steve Wallis

Views: 1,923,341

Rating: 4.8575664 out of 5

Keywords: camping, camping with steve, stealth camping, hunker down, steve wallis, rest area, rest area camping, highway rest area, highway rest stop, steve wallis camping, hammock, hammock stealth camping, stealth camping in hammock, highway, highway camping

Id: 2dsX4Moy7ws

Length: 33min 24sec (2004 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 03 2020

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[u/DammitBeavis]

Watching it right now. I’ve always been curious, has Steve ever talked about the scar on his neck? I’ve watched quite a few videos and I haven’t heard him mention it.