20 Dry Camping Tips // Understanding What is Dry Camping and Boondocking // Truck Camper Living

If you've recently purchased an RV you may be wondering what is dry camping? Or maybe you've heard other people talk about boondocking and you want to know what is the difference between dry camping and boondocking?

In this video, we help you understand that dry camping is simply being able to be self-sustained in your RV when you camp. Whether you dry camp in your family member's driveway for a night or spend two weeks camping on BLM land, the idea is the same.

When you dry camp you do not require power, water or sewer hookups. Essentially you only need a "dry place" to park and camp for the night.

Boondocking is the same concept. However, you may find yourself paying to dry camp sometimes. In places like US National Parks and forests, you will find that resources for campgrounds are limited. So you may end up paying to spend the night there dry camping with no hookups.

On the other hand, boondocking is typically considered "free camping." We usually think of boondocking as camping off-grid in some beautiful place where there is typically nobody around. Think about vast desert areas, isolated beaches and campsites buried beneath the thick forest. This is boondocking.

Thus you will dry camp when you boondock, but you may not necessarily boondock when you dry camp.

In this video, you'll learn the difference between dry camping and boondocking as well as over 20 tips, tricks and suggested items to have with you when you dry camp or boondock.

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[cslay]

Good stuff. Another great tip for re-using your same plastic dishware and cleaning them up quickly without running water - Bring a spray bottle of vinegar water (half white vinegar and half water) and just spray your dishes as soon as you are done using them and wipe them clean with a paper towel. Works great and you're not doing traditional dishes in the sink.

[thomasking]

Recently came upon your videos. Simple, to the point and with salient information. Thanks for NOT having any mind numbing background music. We appear to have the same barber.

[mendyviola]

Shower/bathing tip from the villages in the jungles of Borneo: get a collapsible laundry tub and dipper. Fill with warmed (or cool) water. Just fill the dipper, put it over yourself, and bathe. Having a mat to stand on to keep out of the dirt helps, if not, flip flops work to keep your feet clean. No need to buy a lot of expensive solar/electric powered equipment. I did that regularly (as did the locals) for many years when I lived in Sarawak.

[JamesMulkey-gw]

Great video! I have just purchased a new cargo trailer slated for custom conversion. I also will be living full time (by necessity) bouncing to and from free camping in the Deep South, when I have the trailer suitable for occupying. I am relying heavily on YouTube and people like yourself to draw from your experience and knowledge. Thanks for your generosity with your time and resources helping the rest of us enjoy the purity of freedom.

[melloyello]

Thought that was a snake at the end 15:08😦Great helpful video!

[robertard]

Robert here. I'm100%disable medically retired from. U.S.A.F. First time I've commented on you and your wife. I really like your program. Hopefully you will have more episodes. I know I will.

[duckiegirl]

Great tips! I didn't hear you mention a solar or wind up weather radio. We saw them at Bass Pro Shop.. you never know when the weather is gonna turn evil! A good first aid kit, good cooking over a fire instead of the propane.. and family wireless entertainment.. get the kiddos unplugged! Withdrawals are unpleasant, but worth it! 🛻🚌❤️

[HailMasterChief]

Good practical tips. Would like to see more on 12 volt or solar system next video.

[daisybrown]

To wash dishes I just use very little water in a dish pan because that’s pretty much the same as spraying it down with a bottle of water

[RandisAdventures]

Great boondocking tips! Conserving water takes practice but it almost becomes a game!

[robertshinazy]

Thanks Good video. 95% of my camping is dry camping Don't really care for campgrounds just have a little teardrop trailer .

[toddsickinger]

Perfect list of things to consider, especially if you’re camping more than 3 days. We dry and boondock about 3 nights and 4 days, so we have more finite energy numbers which gives us more confidence. Everything you say is true, but for the days we are out we are not as worried about water, our grey and black tanks filling up or energy. So we may take showers more often unless we are at 5he beach where we swim and may have additional rinse options. That being said, focusing on all these items is key regardless of the days out. For example, we haven’t completely dialed i. The gas use of the generator over the days we are out. So we focus on how, any gallons of gas we bring and may bring more than needed until we dial it in. Experience is the key AFTER you’ve gotten great advice from videos like these.

[LadyTam]

I live off grid in the high desert. 16.5 years ago I move here. Set one wind genarator as there's wind all the time till you need it. Started with a 500gal water tank. As time went on I got solar as it was 10 times higher back 16 years ago. Just a little at a time. A bucket with a cabinet over it for compost. Use wood chips when you go. I dump my bucket into a 55gal drum and let sit a year or more then bury it the compost. It's been just a little more all the time but this is for living off grid full time. I have my water haul in now as I gotten older. But now I am set up where I can run a 7.5 cube freezer and a new refrigerator as the new ones don't pull much. All led lights now. You can do the same with, a camper one step at a time. I am getting ready to get a use fifthwheel to travel with. I will take all I have learn over the last many years. But if you try you can live on very little.

[paulhudson]

We just bought a truck/camper combo last September. Tried it a couple of times before the winter. Parks were closed so we managed to find somewhere to park for the night. We have an onboard propane generator if needed. I would rather dry camp boondock than go to a park full of people unless the park had some nice scenery. We like to keep moving around. I like the sound of that harvest property overnight staying idea. Thanks for the ideas. We have lots to learn. One thing I did do was switch our incandescent bulbs for led ones. It wasn’t cheap but they use almost no power for brighter lights. We reside in Canada so we have a huge province and country to explore.

[paulywally]

Great information I just found your channel here and it's very helpful another suggestion that I actually use in my daily boondocking routine is having a spray bottle with soapy water and a spray bottle with just clean water and then I can just wash this by spraying some soapy water on wash them up and then rinse it with the spray bottle and you conserve water. And catching the water in a small tub that the size of the sink and using a biological friendly soap you can safely dump your dishwater in a safe spot. And save on the space in your gray tank.

[jasoncowling]

Thank you for all your advice. I just bought a camper and new at it. I watch these videos to learn more. And i learned alot from you. Thank you

[vincebarillaro]

Great tips, as I will soon start my own adventure of living in a truck camper

[hammer-r]

Thanks for the video. We just bought a trailer and am in the process of fitting solar and batteries so we can boon dock on some friends land out west. Many of your suggestions we hadn’t thought of and will help. Thanks again

[LivingInSantaClarita]

thank you very much. Very helpful information.
Really like your straight to the point information. Not any fluff. Yes a pup is great to have!

[LilRubyBonanza]

Yep, gotta have that cute adorable puppy or two above all else! 😂🐕🐕❤️🏕️ that’s my favorite part, and my two 4 year old heelers as well … brother and sister from the same litter.