GFC Night #9: Hipcamp Uncle B’s Farm outside of Sioux Falls, SD.
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Late to the party here. I do not have photos from every night we have been in the truck especially if we have stayed in one spot for several nights, but let’s get this going 
We took a big break here to do some life admin stuff, then got back on the road for a while.
Camped beside a cement pit toilet one night that we were under tornado warnings
first night back with @julian for the big summer trip
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Yay @DirtTrailsWanted is finally here!
NIGHT 053 / Ingonish Beach Campground, Cape Breton Highlands Nat’l Park, NS
NIGHTS 054 & 055 / Chéticamp Campground, Cape Breton Highlands Nat’l Park, NS
NIGHT 056 / Northern Shores of Cape Breton, NS
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Night 6. Kootenay National Park B.C. Forgot to take a pic of the site but we were there through the rain.
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How did you like the Rigd Supply Ultraswing?
this is gonna sound stupid, but I do wonder:
i was told the best practice when camping in bear country is to cook in one spot, clean up, then move to camp spot somewhere else to avoid attracting bears. aren’t you worried about bears paying a visit (referring to the skewers and marshmallows)? or dry freeze food is still the best practice?
also, is that near stampede road? i have one night planned for Healey when I head south after Prudoe Bay
So theres a lot to explain and I’m not sure I will get it all correct BUT for the most part bears are almost everywhere in Alaska and we are always cognizant of it and make sure to never leave food or trash or cooking items outside at night but very rarely am I camping in their habitat if that makes sense. Almost every spot I camp is near bears and they can be present but I am almost never in THEIR territory to where they are active in the area.
There have been a few camps where we’ve taken extra precautions because of bears but the only detrimental wildlife encounters we have had so far this year and last year were a couple coyotes getting too close to the dogs.
Even when we go off into the mountains miles off the main road we aren’t really in an area that theyre going to frequent and maybe thats because of the vast areas that humans are not in. Again I’m not an expert and all that might have been heresay BUT we also camp with protection of the pepper and lead variety to be safe.
This campsite is about 30 minutes away from stampede and I’ve actually marked it on ioverlander. It’s south of healy on the left hand side as youre going towards the park from healy. You should see my name as the author of the campsite location on ioverlander 
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Night 9: Aux Arc Park, Ozark, Arkansas
Night 10: Chick-fil-A, Manchester, Tennessee
Night 11: Area 931, Bonnaroo, Manchester, Tennessee
Night 12: Area 931, Bonnaroo, Manchester, Tennessee
Campsite didn’t change so here’s some pics from the weekend.
Night 13: Area 931, Bonnaroo, Manchester, Tennessee
Night 14: Area 931, Bonnaroo, Manchester, Tennessee
Night 15: Aux Arc Park, Ozark, Arkansas
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Night #1 - Camped along the Snake River outside of Jackson, WY just past an area called Hoback Junction.
Night #2 - plans changed due to weather but found a cool spot up the canyon in Cedar City , UT
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Damn this is the cleanest tundra🫡
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thanks!
im sure it’s just all the videos and clips I’ve watched that are playing with my head and getting me to want to avoid bears at all cost. same thing happened when I did Black Bear Pass back in 2021 lol i scared myself until I was actually there and was like “that’s it?”
i’ve also read that bears are more scared of human, and would avoid human territories unless they are hungry or some irresponsible campers leave food outside? as a local and based on your experiences spending time out in the wild, would you say it’s less likely to encounter a bear at those roadside pullouts due to human activities (cars, roads, etc)? Or they’d frequent those more because people cook and eat there when they stop for the night?
just curious about all these from a local’s perspective since I’ll be doing my Alaska and Yukon trip this August. I’m doing most of my camping at paid campgrounds (because I’m going through Canada so no lead protection for me and I’m soloing it), i think paid campgrounds with RVs and other humans present would be safer. But there will be nights where I’m camping at “wild camping” or “informal camping” areas marked on ioverlander.
speaking of, I’ll take a look and put that spot on the list!
Can’t tell if pics 2-5 are Canyonlands or somewhere else. Love those isolated views for miles.
very close to the Needles overlook area, but not technically in the park. Isolated is definitely our preference
Don’t trust my word as anything other than a guy that lives in Fairbanks and camps too much for someone with a 9-5 lol
We don’t have bear bins in town but we do have them along the highway rest stops for what it’s worth.
Bears are for sure a problem but seemingly more so when hiking that off-roading.
Alaska is great because of those roadside pull off campsites but there are spots a billion times better that are easy to find with just a tiny bit of effort and google maps satellite view.
Traditional campsites in Canada is smart as outside of the Dempster I’ve not done any wild camping.
Once in Alaska you’ll not have any trouble finding dispersed sites. He’ll I drove past Denali last night and saw 15 rigs parked about 3 miles north of the park road entrance and it made me chuckle because another 5 minutes up the road is that cliff spot and it’s always empty
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