If you love getting out there with your rig, this is an excellent topic for you
today, because this is gonna be Boondocking 101.
How's it going, welcome to the Campendium YouTube channel, where it's our hope
and our goal to provide you with the resources and the information to get out
there and camp. And so today, we're gonna be talking about Boondocking 101 and the
top five things that we recommend where you begin to get out there and enjoy
some of these amazing places to camp. So you might be asking what is boondocking?
Boondocking, what we're gonna be talking about here is getting out there with
your RV with no hookups, so no water, no sewer, no electric, none of those things
you're not going to a place where you're connecting your RV to any type of a grid
system. So you're gonna be out there boondocking in potentially the middle of
nowhere. RVs are so great for this, you can take this living space and you can
put it out in some of the most scenic, beautiful places
for you to enjoy.
So let's dive into our top-five list of Boondocking 10. So first on that list is
going to be safety. And in this we have know the size of your rig. So you want to
be aware of the size of your rig and this is where Campendium is a huge
tool because you can get on Campendium and do a lot of research for where you want
to go boondocking, you can read through reviews and what people have recommended
for different sizes of rigs that have been out there before, you can find a lot
of information on the Campendium app or the Campendium website. So you want to do
your research to see if you can get your rig back there safely. And with that you
want to consider the weather because weather can change the conditions of
where you're trying to get. So pay attention to what the weather is what
the weather is going to be while you're out there, and give you an idea of what
those conditions are going to be like. Because if you're out there on a road
and it's good one day, if it gets wet is it gonna get real soupy and muddy and
difficult to get out. You don't want to bury your trailer or your RV up to the
axles trying to get out of where your boondocking. So pay attention to the
weather. Along those same lines I'm just gonna be aware of what I'm doing when I
get out there. So I'm gonna keep an idea in my mind of where I can back up, where
I can turn around, so I kind of have an exit strategy
if the site that I was going for, doesn't exactly work out. So be aware of those
things and then also once you're out there, be aware of your surroundings. If
there's a forest fire in the area, because you're out boondocking and maybe
not in a an RV park or an RV campground, you may not have a ranger coming to
knock on your door to make you aware of maybe a rains or floods or a fire. So
just be aware of what's happening around you as you're out there. Number two on
our list is Leave No Trace. The reason that you're going out there to enjoy
this area is because it's going to be beautiful, it's going to be quiet, it's
gonna be serene. So Leave No Trace when you go out there. Rule number one in this
if you're gonna pack it in pack it out. If you want to take a step above that,
take an extra trash bag and if you see some trash on the ground why don't you
pick up a little trash and haul it on out so that it's just beautiful for the
next person to show up. Another way to say this I'm sure you've heard this
before is take nothing but memories and leave nothing but footprints, so let's
just be aware of the impact that you're having on the land when you go out. So
it's best if you stick to existing roads so that you're not tearing up more
landscape and use the roads that are already there and along with that too
you can also use existing campsites kind of established campsites that are
already out there, so if it has a fire ring and you can tell somebody's already
pulled up there and used it rather than tearing up a new piece of the landscape
you can use these areas that are already established. And when you're in that site
it's best if you can stay self contained so don't be dumping your tanks on the
ground. In some places it's against the law to empty your tanks on the ground. So
just remember if you're gonna pack it in, you might as well just pack it out. So
that's a good rule to follow. Also a little message from Smokey the Bear
(lowers voice) "Only you can prevent forest fires"
that was a terrible impersonation. Maybe if I had
like a bear head on my head - You know what forget it. Let's just get back to it.
All kidding aside, it is a good idea to fully extinguish any campfire that you
have after you've been out there to make sure
that it's completely snuffed out. No chance of you starting one of those
devastating forest fires, you don't want to risk the forest, your life or anything
like that just make sure your fire is completely put out. And along with that
thought it's going to be respectful towards wildlife. So respect wildlife
while you're out there. Number three is a short one but a goodie,
is just obey the rules. We covered some of the rules of above and the first two
but you want to be aware of the rules. A lot of places have a 14-day stay
limit and there's just other rules with with animals and fires and all those
things. You just want to check out the rules before you get out there and just
obey the rules. Number four can actually just kind of apply to life. Just be a
good neighbor. So first off don't park obnoxiously close to somebody else.
You're getting out there to have a little space, enjoy the serenity,
so don't park too close to your neighbor. Give a little space to the people that
are out there. And with that, looking for that serenity while you're out there,
don't go crazy with a generator. If your generator is gonna be running, use it to
charge up your batteries, try and run it is minimal as you can so that it's just
not noisy for everybody putting those fumes in the air, you're probably going
out there to enjoy the peace and quiet, so just try and minimize how much you're
using that generator if you're using solar and you got a decent battery bank,
that's just a leg up, a step in the right direction to to really just enjoying
that boondocking location. And with keeping those couple of things in mind
just being a good neighbor, just be aware of how loud you are. You
don't want to be the loudest most obnoxious thing out there. Again, you're
going out there to enjoy this beautiful spot. Just enjoy it! And number five is
just gonna be a few quick tips so that you can better enjoy it when you get out
there boondocking. Number one just be prepared. There's not gonna be a grocery
store out there so that you can just grab a few more items come prepared to
be out there, have enough food have enough toiletries, whatever you need to
be out there. Just be prepared for going out boondocking.
And since you took these tips you're gonna go out there prepared, make sure
you conserve what you do have. Like conserve the water you have if you're
gonna take a shower, you can take a navy shower you can use close to like a
gallon of water, you know you get in there, you you get wet, you lather up
after the waters been turned off, you turn on real quick, rinse that off it
doesn't take a whole lot of water to do a navy shower, so there's plenty of ways
that you can use to conserve water. Same goes for the electricity. If you can
conserve on the amount of electricity that you're using, that's less that you
have to run your generator and the less noise you're gonna make when you're out
there. So just be conservative of the things that you're using so you can stay
out there even longer. Well not past the 14-day limit but you know what I mean.
And last of all, just keep an eye on your wastewater tanks because I know that our
wastewater tanks are gray and our black are not quite as big as our freshwater
tank, so we can haul out more fresh water than we can and our waste tank. So just be
aware of how much you're putting in those tanks. So I hope you enjoyed this.
Remember to get out there and camp. Enjoy some of these amazing boondocking places
that you can find on the Campendium website or the Campendium app, I mean
there's just so many benefits to getting out there. A lot of times the cheaper the
place you can stay in your RV, sometimes the more beautiful in the more serene. It
kind of goes almost hand-in-hand, so plus if you're out there, you look way cooler
carrying an axe out there in the woods than you would in an RV park actually
you might get called on the cops might get called on you if you're walking
around the RV park with an axe so you never look more manly than when you're
carrying an axe out there boondocking. I think that's gonna do it for today
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stay safe and we'll see you in the next video.
Planes flying overhead. Noise pollution. What are you gonna do with that? Might as well
run my generator right now. Just kidding it's just a plane. It's fine.