Living In My Car On The Florida Panhandle

[@Doctorfirefighter]

2 minutes in and it looks like the state park in Panama City Beach. 9 minutes in… definitely apalachicola

[@cheryljohnson4175]

As soon as I saw the bridge, then the lighthouse I knew it was SGI.

[@cheryljohnson4175]

As soon as I saw the bridge, then the lighthouse I knew it was SGI.

[@cheryljohnson4175]

As soon as I saw the bridge, then the lighthouse I knew it was SGI.

[@ozgott1415]

I live down here and I can't even stand walking out to get the mail.

[@NewBeginningsWithYou]

I live in the Panhandle also. The beaches are incredible!

[@Fairplayer43]

Yeap, the ocean will back stab you and turn against you on a dime. I am glad you are having a healthy sense of caution. Thanks for the field trip. 😊❤ PS, that area used to be my stomping ground years ago. (The land that time forgot)❤ (Have you heard of a Doppler Radar in the weather channel? They are pretty good when predicting the weather.) just saying...😊

[@DjWesRolan]

I’m in Panama City Beach. Where are those primitive sites? I’m wanting to go there when it cools off.

[@deborahashaw6044]

Glad to see you back Matt!! 🫂🫂 Safe Travels 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@MattMaderic]

Thank you!!

[@jeffbudd9689]

Safe travels

[@MattMaderic]

Thank you Jeff!

[@Weberoadtrippin]

Love the video. As soon as you turned at the lighthouse, I knew you were headed to one of my favorite spots. Kind of appreciate that you didn’t name it 😂 But why didn’t you just drive your truck down to the beach access/bath house things! You could have chilled there all evening and the breeze off the water keeps the mosquitos at bay. Remember that next time! Subscribed!

[@andrewkast4087]

Hey Matt, I just happened to see an ad on Facebook marketplace place and thought of you. It is an SUV fly that fit over an SUV and hooks under the rear wheel wells and anchors to the ground with plenty of room for an open hatch. I can’t find the ad again but after see this video last evening that ad looked like something that might allow you outside in buggy or rainy weather. Take care and safe travels!

[@MattMaderic]

THANK YOU! Yeah I was looking around too and something like this seems like a great option. I'll probably end up getting something like this as the trip progresses and I get more tired of having bugs in the car hahaha

[@dannybrennan6953]

Just found your channel. Big fan brother!

[@MattMaderic]

Thank you!! Glad you stumbled on the videos🤙🏻

[@SuperClayJones]

Get a sun shade for your windshield, it will make a huge difference

[@thomasb.1124]

Subscribed because of the Subie. Another outback traveler here.

[@MattMaderic]

Let's go! Safe travels out there

[@jackfntwist]

You're so close to having an amazing, unintentional mullet. You should go for it. lol.

[@andrewkast4087]

Great video! Anytime I have gone to Florida, it has been January and February, I am not a fan of heat and humidity! The beaches look great, to bad the water was so rough. The primitive campsites looked great, number 2 would be my choice too. The ant hill could not have been to pleasant. Your last town was definitely the high rent district looking at the houses and cars, the beach was too crowded for me. Looking forward to your next video!

[@tom-ss2mn]

Hiking in the rain is kind of fun

[@MattMaderic]

confirmed

[@flyonawall6521]

Camping in Florida during the summer months? That's like camping on the North Pole during the winter. lol Dec/Jan/Feb a better time frame.

[@DWtechfan]

I don't know if you went there but both Destin in Florida and Blue Mountain Beach near there are my choices for the best beaches in Florida. Blue Mountain Beach in particular is just the prettiest blue water with that smooth white sand. Also, you should check into a swamp cooler to keep you cool when you sleep in your car. There are other obscenely expensive actual air conditioning units but the swamp coolers will do in a pinch.

[@gretchenmillhollon7076]

I am new to the channel. Very enjoyable. I just subscribed

[@MattMaderic]

Thanks for subbing!! Glad you enjoyed the video

[@2AZSUN]

Looks like the trip has been going well, and you've been able to get some sweet adventures in along the way. Continued safe travels!! One of the portable A/C's might be a good plan. The desert has gotten pretty warm already. As you head west the humidity is nothing, but the temps have been higher than average. Need to be able to get some good sleep to keep driving.

[@MattMaderic]

Yeah I definitely found that out as I kept going. Without the humidity it isn't too bad, but I've had a day up to 106º and that one was tough. Thanks for the heads up!

[@lisasescapades]

Hey Matt. I just recently found your channel. I look forward to watching your trip to Alaska. 😊

[@MattMaderic]

Hey thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed the vid

[@TimArmstrongmarketing]

Sacré bleu it gets hot and humid down here in z summertime. but it's better than shoveling snow LOL.

[@wanderingoutyonder]

Great area to spend some time!!

[@bencuraza6503]

Killer primitive beach camp sites and talk about vibes at the last beach site was a downer with all those people. Me a B-Line outta there. Watching from Central Coastal California. Although I have Citronella, inside the Van I use my E-Bug swatter or stove BIC lighter RIP LOL. Stay SAFE💪😎

[@thomastevis8655]

Awesome videos clicked sooo fast

[@AlexBeckleysRVs]

There are portable AC units though not cheap.. there is also iceybreeze, which is an actal AC not swamp cooler alot cheaper. Keep it up love your videos

[@MattMaderic]

thanks for the recs I'll have to look into that one!

[@Simple_man_65]

You ever thought of buying a portable a/c for cooling your car at night while sleeping?

[@lyric8529]

Wondering where he is now in early September 2024 (it seems way too HOT to be car camping in Florida

[@cheryljohnson4175]

Looks like SGI

[@barbaragrider9136]

The white sand isn't found all over Florida. I believe the truly white sand is seen only on the panhandle. You also find the "sugar" sand on the Alabama Gulf of Mexico coast.

[@CurlousCam]

The Appalachians give us our white sands and emerald waters.

[@Noneofyours33]

Clearwater Beach has soft powder white sand as well.

[@Verb130]

You were standing in a fire ant mound. They will swarm up your legs and not bite for several minutes while they swarm, and then suddenly...

[@loriurban1070]

Can you car camp at any campground in Florida or just the state parks? Here in Illinois, you can’t car camp at the county campgrounds ..only the state parks.. Love your videos..call your mother often 😂

[@MattMaderic]

That's a great question, I'm not really sure. Didn't even really think of it being a problem, I just booked a site and parked. I guess I should be more careful of that in the future, thanks for keeping an eye out for me haha

[@ecomchase]

What camera do you record your videos with?

[@johncedarleaf224]

Were you on St. George Island?

[@MattMaderic]

I was!

[@kevlarazalea]

Awooga!

[@danl2502]

Yo that’s my hometown

[@MDobri-sy1ce]

But Matt you could have roasted up those ants!

[@MattMaderic]

hahahaha

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[@DjWesRolan]

This is my home 🏠

[@CaptainJeffMarchant]

Born & raised on the Atlantic in south FL (15 min N. of Ft. Lauderdale) we got brown sand. Sand on the West Coast of FL on the Gulf of Mexico ( Naples, Sarasota, Ft. Meyers Beach) they got the powdery white sand. That's the good stuff. I am so lucky with the mosquitoes...they hate my blood. Only time i get bit is in the Everglades...and i grew up west 5 miles from the everglades. Don't you have a smart phone with a weather app that has radar tells you exactly what's out there? You stepped on fire ants ....argh sux! take pants off & shake em. They are everywhere in FL. They hate citrus, so buy an orange, peel it & cut peel in small pieces spread them everywhere...the fire ants will move their home. You win without harming. Lol That beach was super crowded. Mine doesn't get that crowded. I ride my bike...its like 2 miles. Was writing this comment as i was watching. As shit happened. Lol. I am subscribed now. I follow a few guys that travel & live out of their camper, truck, van, etc...my kinda living. LIVE FULFILLED! I like that.

[@MattMaderic]

Hey! Thank you so much for subbing and watching the video! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Consider yourself lucky the mosquitoes don't like your blood hahaha I always thought they didn't like mine either until this trip

[@wextremeart4399]

Till it get in your car

[@MegaNelson1966]

I'm the first viewer!! 😀

[@leah_ruane]

Florida man 🤝🏼 Rain man 🤝🏼 Ant man

[@MattMaderic]

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