it's cheap it's easy it's four wheel drive it is 10 million times better than camping in a tent
it is my awesome truck van lifers prepare to be jealous this is a 2007
four-wheel drive gnc canyon it's basic yes but it has everything that i really need
it required no building to create what you see here so this is the sleep space i learned that
i have to keep the sleep space sacred i can't clutter back here because it's just my like
place that i hang out it's my zen i've got my water i've got my kindle i've got my knife
yep i got little unicorn lights i have a real mattress back there it was the
cheapest mattress it's not one that you would want for like your house but it is a nice like
twin mattress that you can easily fit two people on then i have a weighted blanket on top a real
pillow and i can sleep forever in here i really can if the temperature's right if i am not woken
up by like direct sunlight which it's nice to have these blacked out windows because that's unlikely
to happen if i've especially parked in the way that i want to facing the front of the car east
where the sun will come up so that i don't have it here i think the only thing that a tent is better
is um i can't put screens up really in here because i push the windows out to open them so a
mosquito net is really the best thing i can do and i would just tack it to the top and put it around
the mattress so i'm used to them i don't mind them and i just love that i can pull up anywhere and
have my bed here without having to do any prep without setting anything up i can just pull up
to a place look at a beautiful view have a coffee in bed that is the coolest thing about this truck
this truck is really not fancy and that's totally fine i love that about him but
i don't even think we ever had a back seat in here so it's just a two-seater pretty much everything
that i bring with me is in the back two seats just shoved back there so i have my clothes
here these are my electronics and a pair of hiking shoes i have four pairs of shoes in here and four
hats and that is something that is so exciting because you can't do that when you're flying
you can't do that when you're backpacking so i kind of like got a little indulgent and brought
all those things and it's totally fine i have the space i love that about truck camping and here
so here is my camp stove here is my cooler so this is how i this is basically my fridge is
how i keep things cold this is my kitchen if you will i do have to get ice for this every other day
basically because it's really hot here in the 90s oh boy it's all melted but i think it would last
for two days if it were in the 80s 70s i have a bag here of all the things that don't have to be
cold as well so i've got lots of snacks i have four bottles of water just across the middle
because that is basically how i make sure that i'm gonna have no problem if i break down or just
if anything happens i also really like to wash my face every night still this is my wash basin
i have my solar charger here and just miscellaneous kitchen stuff that i need
fuel and all that and then i have my bag here for my trash because i pack everything out oh and
the amount of times i pull over to pee can't even count oh my god
this is my gym i'll demonstrate it for you later one thing that's really not great is that i cannot
turn this off and every time i open the door i'm draining the battery so it forces me to be
a lot more organized and get everything i'm going to need for the next hour kind of at once because
it would be bad news probably if i needed to jump here in order to avoid setting my bedding on fire
i usually cook on a non-vegetated area of the ground make sure you look at the fire restrictions
whenever you drive into the national forest as they will let you know if stoves are allowed
often stoves are and campfires are not during fire season quite understandably
you know what it's really not bad
by the way i picked that camping spot for this okay
next adventure oh maybe i should empty the cooler first
i need new ice so in terms of driving the truck hitting the brakes on this car is
a little bit of a leg workout these brakes are not at all sensitive the biggest problem
i have though is not that it's the back windows are big blind spots and so it just takes me a
little bit longer sometimes to switch lanes which is fine that really used to cause me
a lot of anguish but i've just learned what to avoid now in this truck you know i think that
sometimes people are afraid of driving big cars and this is not that much different than driving
a sedan to be honest with you once you get used to the fact that you are higher up you probably
do have a lower center of gravity so you can't take turns super quick but i never do anyway
next i headed from winter national forest to fish lake national forest
i love that national forests allow free dispersed camping provided that you leave no trace and
aren't visible from the road when i'm out on trips like this i'm always looking for bureau of land
management and national forest options there's almost always established campsites along the way
however they never have services and almost never have tables or anything else and you must leave
no trace to use them morning i slept until 9 45 and i am pleased about that i'm at over
9 000 feet here in this national forest and i am looking at i think what i came here for right now
i am straight luxuriating today i have this like superfood matcha beverage
but the best part about it is i have a battery powered usb charged milk frother
iced matcha and pando
what more can you ask for honestly this thing is the best i even bring it when i'm backpacking it's
not very heavy it folds up really small so this guy is currently at 16 and i'll just plug him in
i'm just gonna put this in the sunniest place i can find
that auto works well i'm also able to charge while i'm driving though so that's kept my phone and the
speaker charged because i'm playing the speaker the whole time i'm driving since i can only get
the radio in this car trust me the radio in the middle of nowhere anywhere sucks i obviously have
to somehow handle charging the bigger stuff like my laptop or my drone batteries and so for that
nobody looks at you weird if you charge stuff at starbucks
then my next struggle is usually shade if i want to hang out in a place for a while
so i'll just open up these side windows let the air flow through
and it's cool enough here today to hang out for a little while doing that
in terms of washing always collect water from the source wash away from it with biodegradable
soap then scatter it away from the water source never wash directly with soap and bodies of water
you go through about one of these per day between washing my face brushing my teeth drinking i can
definitely refill these and i always do but i like to have at least three in the car and in
terms of showers truck stops big gas stations and koa campsites almost always have showers for sale
google is your friend the gym if it's not hiking kettlebell swings can be not a bad alternative
okay i think the last thing we have to talk about is what you do if you have to use the bathroom i
always have a separate ziploc for my toilet paper all use toilet paper goes in there i never leave
it in the environment i hate coming across it and so does everyone else so i think it's best
to pack that out in terms of what you do with your human waste it depends on where you are
some places they advise burying it others you should have a bucket a home depot bucket
works and you put bags in it and go in there and then throw it away when you get a chance
otherwise you dig a hole you go in nature you leave nothing but what was already in your body
i don't think it's a big deal at all in fact it can be really nice otherwise you could always
go to a gas station gas stations are plentiful and they always have bathrooms and you can use that
so realistically this setup is perfect
for that is some serious thunder oh my god so realistically this is probably the perfect setup
for me for about a week or a few days i don't think it would work great for long-term trips
in the winter i have slept in there in the winter time i did that in death valley and it does get
really cold there overnight so you've been seeing little snippets of my solo utah camping trip so
if you want to see the whole thing that video is coming out next week be sure to subscribe because
next we're hunting for that martian landscape that is all over instagram i think i found it
maybe i should pack up and move on