Truck Camping | Ocala National Forest

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Hey everyone, Kevin here. I figured I’d start a KZfaq 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!
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@850OVERLAND 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for telling the masses they don’t need to charge their cards to go out and camp.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

But yet, so many people do.

@acmecompany 6 ай бұрын

Great advice Kevin for tell people don’t go crazy and buy alot of camping junk👍keep it simple. Nice vid.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

It’s true and people don’t say it enough.

@charlesroberts6965 6 ай бұрын

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.🚙🔥⛺🇺🇸😎😇

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, the trash is getting out of hand. Thanks for watching and I can’t wait to camp from the boat again.

@agesadventures 6 ай бұрын

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😁

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

They do have clean ups, but its hard to hit all of the areas of the forest. It's roughly 430,000 acres.

@agesadventures 6 ай бұрын

@@OverlandFlorida glad to hear they have clean-ups! We have the same problems here as well. It's sad☹

@Jackalopestravels 6 ай бұрын

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!

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

You are right about that. Thanks for the invite. Hopefully we can do it again before March.

@artat777 6 ай бұрын

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.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

Hopkins Prairie is a beautiful place to camp.

@artat777 6 ай бұрын

Yeah 😂That’s it

@vince4316 6 ай бұрын

Brother that's how I roll in my Suburban. I roll up on my camp site in any conditions and I'm set up

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

The simpler life is usually better.

@ReWyldOutdoors 6 ай бұрын

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!

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

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.

@nichole112 6 ай бұрын

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!

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

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.

@blockaid 6 ай бұрын

Nice video, thanks for sharing.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@gregory6300 6 ай бұрын

Hey Kevin, can you do an updated review on your maverick. Thanks, from Greg in Lakeland.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

I will do. I’m going to make a 50k mile review here in a couple days.

@user-gv9kl1vp9z 6 ай бұрын

Great vid.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

Thank you.

@buckdaily8288 6 ай бұрын

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.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

Well, luckily I don’t fish. So no tackle or fishing poles 😂. Thanks for the advice.

@sunshinestatebushcrafter3049 6 ай бұрын

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.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

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.

@sunshinestatebushcrafter3049 6 ай бұрын

@KevinHillyard yes, that and the wind guards are easy to knock down. But otherwise it's a good stove.

@mattclark5480 6 ай бұрын

Why does it have to be a trailer lol thanks for the video

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

Because 9.9/10 times, it is trashy people that live in or on the edge of the forest.

@dang5553 6 ай бұрын

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

@artat777 6 ай бұрын

So where exactly are you camping at?

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

It’s an area you have to to get a free online permit from St. John’s water management district.

@_onthemike_ 6 ай бұрын

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?

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I miss the old truck sometimes, but I’m saving money right now for something much bigger.

@jeffreydubois1457 6 ай бұрын

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

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

That campsite was just outside Ocala. Hopkins Prairie has actually been very clean. That trash was on a different trail.

@jefftammy9606 6 ай бұрын

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.

@robtalaska1355 6 ай бұрын

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.

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

They are too cheap to pay to dump it.

@10ectaco10 6 ай бұрын

Ron, ever gonna get that 4wd fixed?

@OverlandFlorida 6 ай бұрын

@@10ectaco10 Ehhhhhhhhhhhh. Probably not lol