Hi David, thanks for the video. There are many types of work camping positions with various responsibilities and hours required per week. The trick is to find the sweet spot that gives you the pay commensurate with the duties expected and enough time off to see the local sites. I can see $13/hour would be ok for just collecting fees and cleaning the bathrooms a few times a day but not for someone skilled in mechanics and electrical issues. Those are highly skilled positions and worth a lot more. Life is nothing but a learning experience and you and Roe have certainly learned from this experience. More sweetie please. Take care

I appreciate your ability to articulate so clearly what you are experiencing and share it with the many of us that end up watching! Keep up the good work!!!

Surprised you didn't mention a wifi range extender as an option to reach campground wifi. About 2 months of ATT data would pay for that extender device.

I just skirted my 32 foot trailer today $600 canadian in some good quality two inch foam. You were spot on with your pricing

Thank you for your candor!

Thanks for the honest review David. We actually just got the Hollylane Lark M2 mics and love them too. Great sound- Kyle and Michelle

The gunfire in the background really helped me decide 😎

This was a wonderfully informative video, thanks David! I love the way you moved locations every few minutes and love the new wireless mic. Well done!

It is always amazing to me that my fellow Europeans left for the Americas and f^6ked it up to have green water

In my nearly four years of work camping in various states you’ve described similar situations and circumstances. This year was the first summer gig that was actually great, I got paid a great wage and received benefits. I’d like to suggest looking for seasonal jobs with state parks & become an employee. Look into it. Thx for sharing your pro & con experience.

Valuable info; thanks! And I'm going to look into the offerings of your sponsors; they looked really good.

Well David, for me the cons heavily outweighed the pros. I know you tried to present both sides but for me, I would never work in a situation like that. But it was eye-opening.

Shaking my head and rolling my eyes when having to pay for things and not enough free time is a con…obe la di…

Cons wins, never gonna do that

Interesting perspective

Very clear pros and cons for your venture here. Great info. Thanks for the vid! Stay warm.

Try the other side of the lake. Camp for free.Learn how to fly fish and You're evenings will be well spent. When you two are done there head to the lower Colorado ,Picacho SRA,. We camp Host there, I'll set two up with a camp sight. Take Picacho Rd to the Colorado river and the campground, 18 miles of desert Rd NOT INDIAN PASS RD

THANK YOU so much. Excellent video. Takes away the intimidation. Excited to DIY! -Love to you and yours from the SouthWest (US)

How do you keep the kitties inside? I am afraid to take my pudd in my tent trailer.. any tips🤗

I work camp in the reservations office. I’ve actually had campers come to our site when I’m not working and ask me to go to the office and check availability for them. That’s a big con for me.

Hello again David. My wife and I have been following your channel for 5 years. We appreciate your honesty! We have work camped for the past 3 years. We're full-time also. Heading to Rocky Mountain National Park in the Spring 2025 for a new work camping job and opportunity to visit and explore the wilderness in Colorado. We do experience the very same things of everyday living where you work. But in life, there is pros and cons to everything. One huge pro with work camping imo, it's temporary. If it's terrible, you can leave. If it's just okay, the season is short and there's an endpoint. We love this. You don't have this option when you have a mortgage with bills and a full-time job. You also show how much you love your wife to find compromise with what she needs. You're a good man! Have a great rest of your stay and you both enjoy your next adventure together! 😊

Good insight. As you say, everyone's experience is different. Here's ours. For the last four years, we have camp hosted at a State Park in MD. It works for us. Being retired military with a 30 year pension, we are ok with hosting in a purely volunteer manner. We get a free site and we consider it the best site in the camp. No sites next to us and we back up on a small creek. The one con is we only have electric at the site. The nearest water point is about 30 feet away, so we fill up about once a week, use the bath house as much as possible and dump with a blue boy every two weeks or so. The work is perfect for us. Cleaning sites, greeting and helping the campers, filling the wood shed, preparing the day's permits and other basic maintenance and landscaping as needed. We don't have to clean the bath house, just check the consumables and report any "messes". Another pro for us working here is we are close to our two adult daughters and still do all of our medical out of the National Capitol Area. We usually stay for anywhere from a month to three months. After that, our nomadic spirit kicks in and we must move on and do other things. Our requirement for the site is 20 hours of work a week. We will keep doing this as long as they keep having us.

Kinda seems like a 4x4 utility quad would be your style. Such as the Yamaha Grizzly. 4wd, winch, racks, independent suspension front and rear, space for an extra person etc. Raptor is cool, especially the 700, but for adventuring a utility quad would be the ticket.

Easy to break down. The owners son is a moron. 3-6k! Insane. As someone who knows quads that is ridiculous. But, it makes sense. The same lack of intelligence that it takes for someone to hold onto something they don't even remember they have is the same lack of intelligence that allows them to think it has some kind of inflated value. I know several people like this. It bleeds over in their personal life decisions also. Makes no difference me to what they do but it's also a warning for me to not waste my time listening to them.

So did you guys get rid of your Lectric bikes? Seemed like you were riding them a lot… or did you part with them when you moved back into sticks and bricks?

Great video and information. I had previously thought that work camping might be a good option in retirement but this has made me think again. Really liked all of the scenery changes and the mic sounds fantastic.

Love that sweety

Full gear, not just a helmet. 👍👍

hey David, this is Faith, please check your email, thanks a lot

Wyoming doesn't have a state income tax while Montana doesn't have a sales tax. But West Yellowstone Montana created a sales tax. Running to Bozeman is time consuming.

They are very lucky to have you and I’m sure the campground went really smooth for the owners. I’m glad you have something to challenge your mind with fixing things because you’re very intelligent for that! Thanks for sharing!

Great video ... thanks for sharing 👊🏻

Thanks for the clarity on the pro’s and the con’s of workcamping.

Wow, fantastic! Very inspiring, such patience! Included several key disassembly techniques that are useful for many situations like this. For re-assembly, would be interested in a couple of key techniques... specifically how to press the stator back on and of course, see it running with new engine. Thanks for sharing :)

I looked in to work camping a few years ago, for something to do when I retired. The one con that made me not chose to do it was being locked to one location. Now that I'm retired, I love the freeness of being able to just strike camp and move on to someplace new.

If I had to stay all summer at a campground in Yellowstone it’d feel like punishment. The dispersed campsites outside the Park is way better

What is the actual daily work being done? (I would assume trash collection, perhaps checking campers in and out? Maybe trail clearing? - What other types of things make up a typical day? For example, litter pickup for an hour, collecting trash for 2 hours, working the entry gate for an hour, etc? Thanks

Your voice is way too loud. Also you can't use an infrared thermometer on a reflective surface

for me this video fell flat. you talked about work but never showed what you do. I have enjoyed your videos in the past but for me , this was not memorable. sorry.

Get what you get. Aspire to get a pud job, get pud treatment.

We stayed at that campground 2 summer's ago. The road was a terrible, very washboard . Is it any better now? And we were sad when we got there and were told we couldn't leave our dogs in the rv when we go. So we followed the rules, and since we were with our son and daughter-in-law, we stayed there and watched their dogs while they went to Yellowstone, but one night, a big class A that was right near the office had dogs and they were in the rv alone and barking like crazy. So we decided we would go to Yellowstone. Also, nobody said anything about the dogs being left behind. Is this still their rules ?

A good benefit the owner could have extended was a free week at the end of the season so you could enjoy the park. If that's not possible, then the Con's out way the Pro's, in my opinion.

I'm working right down the road from you. It’s the workcamping campground. Been fun but everyone is working so not much so little socializing. I'm getting ready to go to my next gig. Then who knows!!

Maybe you could find a niche in bringing improvements to parks upgrading their wifi and solar systems...work travel.

I can’t imagine Jenny staying there the entire summer under those conditions.

Once again you knock it out of the ball park....great video and nice sponsored advertisement. Smooth and to the point.

David, I think you meant to say 40 hrs not 40 weeks.....Just saying

I’m surprised it’s not just an even trade, free camping for doing chores. I think you found a great deal to be getting paid some cash too.

Great video, of your work camping job. Don

Dude that is the easiest job ... i could do it with one arm. Work a construction job, have kids, a house and still do stuff after work every day