How safe are you when boondocking
My wife and I have never boondocked before, nor have we ever spent the night in a Walmart parking lot. We have always stayed in campgrounds or RV parks where we know we will be safe. We our consider...
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Location location locstion. Go to less desireable places, they attract less people because there is no major fun attraction that would make people want to go there. Bad guys and gals like to go to nice places too. I find you need to be a couple hours from big cities before you get mostly serious campers. The closer to town you are, the more makeshift campers there are and they are the ones that have loud radios and party in my experience. I stayed at a Walmart one time in Spokane and it was fine along with about twenty other travelers. Spent over 200.00 there loading up to cook for a Montana State graduation weekend camp trip.
If in the rare event you have trouble, make the alarm button on your keyfob your first move. Get that truck alarm blaring and make some noise. Nothing makes trouble scatter like good loud noise. If that clears the area, get in the truck and go. Leave your stuff and call the police, ranger, sheriff, or go to the nearest store you know of and report the incident.
If that doesn't work and you haven't already pulled your weapon, gun, shotgun, spray, white flag, etc. get it out and ready. If the person, persons, are still advancing toward you, you need to have already made the decision of weather you are willing to shoot or not. Center of mass.
The likelihood of this ever happening is very low. You are going to read about this sort of thing happening many many times before it might happen to you.
Before you boondock, drive around the area and get familiar and see who your neighbors are and what they're doing. Decide if you want to stay.
Before you go, try to imagine the different scenarios you think could happen and plan how you would handle each of them. Have a plan and know what you would do before it happens. Preparedness is your friend.
Lastly, have a great trip, post pictures and information for the rest of us, and don't spend your time thinking about or imagining things that most likely never happen.
If in the rare event you have trouble, make the alarm button on your keyfob your first move. Get that truck alarm blaring and make some noise. Nothing makes trouble scatter like good loud noise. If that clears the area, get in the truck and go. Leave your stuff and call the police, ranger, sheriff, or go to the nearest store you know of and report the incident.
If that doesn't work and you haven't already pulled your weapon, gun, shotgun, spray, white flag, etc. get it out and ready. If the person, persons, are still advancing toward you, you need to have already made the decision of weather you are willing to shoot or not. Center of mass.
The likelihood of this ever happening is very low. You are going to read about this sort of thing happening many many times before it might happen to you.
Before you boondock, drive around the area and get familiar and see who your neighbors are and what they're doing. Decide if you want to stay.
Before you go, try to imagine the different scenarios you think could happen and plan how you would handle each of them. Have a plan and know what you would do before it happens. Preparedness is your friend.
Lastly, have a great trip, post pictures and information for the rest of us, and don't spend your time thinking about or imagining things that most likely never happen.
