Stealth Camping
Great article in TCM on stealth camping, thanks to BKA. Well written Bryan and some great tips in there for many of us! Stealth Camping
Forum Discussion
Now you know why BKA is the king of full time truck camper travel.
BKA's article has the most substance of any I have ever read on the subject.
Camping in plain sight has been one of my interests over the years. It is the timing of arrival and departure that both Tioga George and BKA stress about stealth camping. Bryan has had many a cool night in the 'box' out in the boonies to assemble such a fine treatise on stealth camping. In a couple weeks we will be stealthing in the camper-unfriendly area of Seattle.
I, for one would like to see refined, 'Stealth Camping' into another term; one we could all agree gets the, 'illegal', getting-away-with-something, or 'sinister' part out of the term. Some have been floated, like, 'vagabonding', or 'layovering', or 'overnighting', or 'Bohemian travel', but no term has struck a sympathetic chord as of yet. I'm a Moravian so I can use my people's term, Bohemian without intended malace or degradation. When layovering, you are really not 'camping' in the traditional sense, you are just staying overnight (or two) while you explore the environs. As BKA mentioned, nothing on or outside the TC to indicate that you are actually camping. No light emanating. No steps down. No lawn chairs. No pop-outs. No loud. Blend in to the surroundings, which is hard to do with a white elephant.
More and more I'm seeing TC layovers as never before. The bumper pull, travel trailer community has a tougher time finding the 'ideal spot' and rely more on campgrounds and RV resorts while traveling. I'm even seeing more Class A MoHo's doing the layover.
regards, as always, jefe
BKA's article has the most substance of any I have ever read on the subject.
Camping in plain sight has been one of my interests over the years. It is the timing of arrival and departure that both Tioga George and BKA stress about stealth camping. Bryan has had many a cool night in the 'box' out in the boonies to assemble such a fine treatise on stealth camping. In a couple weeks we will be stealthing in the camper-unfriendly area of Seattle.
I, for one would like to see refined, 'Stealth Camping' into another term; one we could all agree gets the, 'illegal', getting-away-with-something, or 'sinister' part out of the term. Some have been floated, like, 'vagabonding', or 'layovering', or 'overnighting', or 'Bohemian travel', but no term has struck a sympathetic chord as of yet. I'm a Moravian so I can use my people's term, Bohemian without intended malace or degradation. When layovering, you are really not 'camping' in the traditional sense, you are just staying overnight (or two) while you explore the environs. As BKA mentioned, nothing on or outside the TC to indicate that you are actually camping. No light emanating. No steps down. No lawn chairs. No pop-outs. No loud. Blend in to the surroundings, which is hard to do with a white elephant.
More and more I'm seeing TC layovers as never before. The bumper pull, travel trailer community has a tougher time finding the 'ideal spot' and rely more on campgrounds and RV resorts while traveling. I'm even seeing more Class A MoHo's doing the layover.
regards, as always, jefe
