Truck Camping | Ocala National Forest
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
- youtube.com/@C...
youtube.com/@R...
youtube.com/@J...
Camp at this campground! Link 👇
www.hipcamp.co...
Hey everyone, Kevin here. I figured I’d start a RUclips channel that felt a little more personable as I brought you all along on my adventures. Florida can be a tough state to camp in. I usually camp twice a week from November until March with friends. I still camp through the summer, just not as frequently as other adventures seem to take up the long summer days. I work rotating 12 hour shifts that allow me to have off 14+ days a month. Combine that with my sense of adventure and I'm able to see what the states really have to offer. So please, go ahead, subscribe and follow along for some fun outdoor adventures!
For business opportunities or to sponsor a video email Kevinh6340@gmail.com
Instagram / kevin_hillyard
Overland Florida Toyota 4Runner t4r Tacoma tundra Jeep Jeep gladiator camping truck camping 3rd gen ford maverick wrangler skottle ikamper Dometic van life
Thank you for telling the masses they don’t need to charge their cards to go out and camp.
But yet, so many people do.
Man, that was a ton of garbage! Hopefully, someone can organize a clean-up.
Great looking food at that campout 😋🤤
What an awesome time out you had😁
They do have clean ups, but its hard to hit all of the areas of the forest. It's roughly 430,000 acres.
@@OverlandFlorida glad to hear they have clean-ups! We have the same problems here as well. It's sad☹
Nice video! You know how I’ve harped on keeping it simple for years. I have no problem with the “stuff” but I get upset when people push the narrative that it’s actually required. I tend to bring way more if I’m camping with a group, but I’ve got my personal setup whittled down to something you could easily put in the backseat of a Corolla, yet still be very comfortable. Thanks for coming out again!
You are right about that. Thanks for the invite. Hopefully we can do it again before March.
Great advice Kevin for tell people don’t go crazy and buy alot of camping junk👍keep it simple. Nice vid.
It’s true and people don’t say it enough.
Crazy rain with this front! I saw your buddy’s Florida Trail sticker on the front of his windshield. Very cool! I help with the trail maintenance in our Indian River Chapter. Yall should check out Bull Creek and Prairie Lakes to camp at. Beautiful out there. You’re absolutely right that you do not need all of that expensive gear. I brought a butane burner for last trail meet to warm up coffee as we were there a night before food was provided. We enjoy y’all’s videos! Thanks!
I don't think it was really bad here in the Tampa area. But other parts of the state got strong wind. I donated money to the FT a couple years ago and got a hat and some stickers. I don't think many people know that the trail system even exists. Thanks for helping maintain the trails.
Thank you for watching.
just found this video while looking for florida overlanders! very excited to have found your channel & everyone that you tagged in the description. hoping to start running around the state in my outback soon!
A Subaru is perfect for Ocala. Just don’t t fall into deep ruts.
Great video Kevin, I love the idea of keeping it more simple and budget friendly! It makes it more accessible to everyone! Thanks for emphasizing that! Hopefully we can camp together again soon!
Thanks, it’s easy to get carried away with all the cool and flashy gear. Hopefully we can do it again soon when it’s actually cold outside.
Brother that's how I roll in my Suburban. I roll up on my camp site in any conditions and I'm set up
The simpler life is usually better.
Totally agree my wife and I just bought a Coleman Skydome Darkroom 4 person tent at REI in Orlando to use up in Ocala. Thats why I was asking where you camped at. All we can ever locate is the campsite y the bombing range. I think that’s Haines Prairie if I’m not mistaken by the lake.
Hopkins Prairie is a beautiful place to camp.
Yeah 😂That’s it
Awesome overnight and great advice to those wanting to get into camping. Truly hated to see the dump area with all the trash...great way to ruin it for everyone else wanting to enjoy the great outdoors..one of my favorite fishing sites got closed for folks dumping stuff all over...and the sad irony is that they have a dumpster right there to use. Great mantra you have...leave it better than you found it. Great content as always and I appreciate you sharing your adventures with us. Thanks again for all you do.🚙🔥⛺🇺🇸😎😇
Yeah, the trash is getting out of hand. Thanks for watching and I can’t wait to camp from the boat again.
I have an Ozark trail tent that is 15 years old and I still use it on occasion. Agree with the coleman stove as well.
The biggest complaint of the Coleman stove is controlling the flame to an even low temperature. I don't really have that issue with the foods that I cook.
@KevinHillyard yes, that and the wind guards are easy to knock down. But otherwise it's a good stove.
Nice video, thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Hey Kevin, can you do an updated review on your maverick. Thanks, from Greg in Lakeland.
I will do. I’m going to make a 50k mile review here in a couple days.
Great vid.
Thank you.
I just came across your channel. A little bit of advice. I wouldn’t leave your tackle or poles on your boat. I’m 40 now, but when we were teenagers, we would take our little Jon boat out and take tackle boxes and fishing poles off of boats on the St. John. Not proud of it, but that’s what we did. Just trying to look out for you. You can’t trust anyone.
Well, luckily I don’t fish. So no tackle or fishing poles 😂. Thanks for the advice.
Why does it have to be a trailer lol thanks for the video
Because 9.9/10 times, it is trashy people that live in or on the edge of the forest.
How it used be a primitive camp cost nothing back in the early 2000s What sucks they gave up on the Jeep trails to the side bye sides. Sad to see that much trash
Awesome trip. I enjoy your videos. I’m in Miami and You make me want to go on an overnight truck camping trip. Do you ever miss the old setup?
Thanks for watching. I miss the old truck sometimes, but I’m saving money right now for something much bigger.
Where is that campground I go to ocala national forest often but I don't recognize that one. I did see you went through hopkins Prarie and it was trashed very sad
That campsite was just outside Ocala. Hopkins Prairie has actually been very clean. That trash was on a different trail.
I've seen a lot of trash all around Ocala National Forest. The Forest Service has had to close areas because of it. Such a shame people act like pigs.
It breaks my heart to see all that garbage left behind. How can anyone be that disrespectful and uncaring about the environment. If you can carry it in full you can certainly carry it out empty.
They are too cheap to pay to dump it.
Ron, ever gonna get that 4wd fixed?
@@10ectaco10 Ehhhhhhhhhhhh. Probably not lol
So where exactly are you camping at?
It’s an area you have to to get a free online permit from St. John’s water management district.
What happened to your truck? Naked
I sold everything off of it.