SAFETY WHILE TRAVELLING ALONE
Hello All, I am new here. In the future I would like to live and travel full time in my truck camper. At least for a few years after I retire, maybe forever : ) My question is about personal safety...
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If bear spray or mace is not readily available just plain ole WASP SPRAY will work great as well... Be sure it is the LARGE bottle...
Of course doing all of these things will just make them mad at you. Best to take them out I guess...
I have been making runs to the mountains around here by myself for years doing my Emergency radio drills etc... Recently I am starting to see folks just wandering around up and down the Natl Forest trails. Never use to see that... Don't know if they are homeless and now living in the woods or not... Does give you chills sometimes...
I have been approached a couple of times in the woods a few years back asking for food...
Just be aware of your surrounding and always a plan B escape route in mind...
We ran into a lady a few years back that was going all over the country on her motorcycle and was doing stories for some magazine. She had her tent setup on the back of her motorcycle. She was parked right next to use on one of the Blue Ridge camp sites. We had a good visit with her that night...
Roy Ken
Of course doing all of these things will just make them mad at you. Best to take them out I guess...
I have been making runs to the mountains around here by myself for years doing my Emergency radio drills etc... Recently I am starting to see folks just wandering around up and down the Natl Forest trails. Never use to see that... Don't know if they are homeless and now living in the woods or not... Does give you chills sometimes...
I have been approached a couple of times in the woods a few years back asking for food...
Just be aware of your surrounding and always a plan B escape route in mind...
We ran into a lady a few years back that was going all over the country on her motorcycle and was doing stories for some magazine. She had her tent setup on the back of her motorcycle. She was parked right next to use on one of the Blue Ridge camp sites. We had a good visit with her that night...
Roy Ken
