I can't figure out if this is a "Don't waste your energy beating the dead horse" or a "Can't hurt to try" post.I always say, "Never saw a dead horse win a race against a dead horse being beaten."
I can't figure out if this is a "Don't waste your energy beating the dead horse" or a "Can't hurt to try" post.I always say, "Never saw a dead horse win a race against a dead horse being beaten."
I can't figure out if this is a "Don't waste your energy beating the dead horse" or a "Can't hurt to try" post.
always with the negative waves.
forget I even thunk it up.
My wave says "I used to do it often."
When I got divorced way back when, the reconstruction of my life was financially challenging. The entertainment budget (including dating) was trumped by the Child Support and Separate Maintenance budget.
As cheap entertainment I cut out on Fridays and went motorcycle vagabond or stealth camping for a couple of nights and rode home on Sunday.
Many, many times I camped in the wooded median of larger divided highways. Southern I-45 was one of my spots.
Occasionally stayed on the side of the road where the side of the road rises up above the pavement level. Hill Country and near West Texas roads have a lot of "cuts" thru the hills and you can climb the rise with a smaller bike and stay in the wooded area up high over the road.
Homes and/or acreage For-Sale were good spots. Look for gravel/dirt driveways that haven't been traveled recently.
Another good spot was small town cemeteries. The gates are often unlocked or non-existent. Stay at the back and they are nice n quiet. Sometimes Friday nights can be bothered by the local teens coming to drive thru the graveyard to scare their girlfriends. Ha!
I never cooked out, I just bought stuff at the local store and cold-camped. I also carried a large can of Raid bug killer and sprayed the ground around my lean-to shelter to keep the itchy critters at bay.
I never really "made camp", I picked a spot earlier in the day and came back about dark and just spent the night. Less likely to be spotted that way.
The only real troubles I ever had was the local dog. Even though there may not be a house within any sight-distance from you, the local dog always seems to sniff you out and wants to share your nightly meal!
Great stories abound... Have fun!
I think it says in the Bible that lighting cannot hurt you on church property
You gave great examples. Now I'm no goody two shoes and will do what I want when I want. But I do so knowing and accepting the consequences if enforced against me.
This is generally because they have paid campgrounds. Don't want to pay and instead you go camp outside the campground, then that is stealth camping. Against the NF rules and basically a theft of services. Same would apply to any public land NP, SP, BLM, COE, etc. with camping permitted only in established campgrounds.
Much more than that do it, hundreds of thousands each year. This is free dispersed camping; allowable, publized and encouraged by the NF rules. Completely different from the above stealth camping.
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Thanks, I'll check that out. Currently using freecampsites.net but an offline app would be great. Hopefully that one is.Try US PUBLIC LANDS app for your phone. Heard it is only $3 bucks.
Thanks, I'll check that out. Currently using freecampsites.net but an offline app would be great. Hopefully that one is.
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Ha I was just at Lowes today to pick up a few pieces of lumber and slow rolled those buildings thinking about your post lolStealth camping is pulling your bike into the display storage buildings in the lowes parking lot. Rolling out the sleeping back and rolling out early....
Years ago, wife and I stopped outside some panhandle town after a full day of crossing Texas from Houston. A DPS stopped, checked on us, and periodically passed through the rest stop all night. We made coffee for him at sunrise.Up until a few years ago, TXDOT really frowned on people sleeping in rest stops, except in their cars. Pickup beds were sort of a gray area, but they really didn't want you spending the night in your trailer or lying on the ground. They've since changed their public policy, although I think setting up a tent, camping trailer, or other shelter is still off limits.
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Ha I was just at Lowes today to pick up a few pieces of lumber and slow rolled those buildings thinking about your post lol
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Wife said arguing with me is beating her head against a dead horse.I always say, "Never saw a dead horse win a race against a dead horse being beaten."
May the best dead horse win.
Haha, bring your screw gun with screws for the door and your set
I imagine they do that to keep the homeless out of them, but I was checking them out and the ones by me are not closed. I've seen many that were open.
Ha! Right.Haha, i meant the reverse, to lock it while your there. Silly, I would never do such a thing.[emoji38]2: