Oregon Coast Camping: Exploring The Shores Of The West Coast

[@IndependenceOverland]

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[@DerrickDevine]

Just wanted to comment...Man, I've been a subscriber for a long time and your videos keep getting better and better....your editing is second to none. I watch a LOT of overland channels and yours is my favorite by far. Keep them coming and I'll keep watching!

[@IndependenceOverland]

That really means a lot man, thank you! I am always hoping I didn't miss the mark when I publish some of this. I have a lot more coming soon! Thank you very much! 🙏

[@jonathanmackenzie2570]

Kia Ora from a Kiwi FJ owner and overlanding enthusiast. Your visual and narrative storytelling really is exceptional. I love how it’s completely devoid of cliche and so artfully shot and intelligently and sensitively narrated, Well done, all three of you!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you very much man I really appreciate the kind words! They help keep my motivation up! 🙏 You are appreciated!

[@markspinner7220]

Wow the drone footage and music almost half way through. Amazing! Love going on your adventures with you. Thanks for another great one!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks for coming along Mark! 🙏

[@rafterwhomestead]

Bend, OR is great if you end up around there. Lots of great beers there. The nearby Cascades lakes scenic byway is awesome, as is crater lake.

[@AllThingsOverlanding]

So beautiful. Great vid as always buddy!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks my man!

[@ronarnold5826]

Definitely my favorite overlanding channel on youtube. Awesome videos!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Such a compliment, thank you!

[@Echo22WC]

So much amazing scenery, thank you!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you for checking it out1 Episode 2 coming soon!

[@ninez5740]

“One Sunset to Rule Them All”, how apropos. One of my favorites, can’t imagine being in it!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks for checking it out man!

[@iteotwawkiaiff8948]

Tyler! I finally got to watch some more. And this episode is amazing! From the shots and editing, to the music and story! So bummed to see all those areas trashed. When you panned away from the tree made my jaw drop. Looking forward to episode two!

[@IndependenceOverland]

You’re awesome man, thank you! Episode 2 is up, and I’m hoping to have the 3rd done by Monday or Tuesday next week! Thanks for your support bud! 🙏

[@explore_off_road]

Another great one. ... Some folks camp for "epic views", but sometimes (most of the time) we love being nestled in the trees. And if your lucky, you have some water flowing by. So that first campsite ... Perfect! ... Oooo! Newts! Cool

[@IndependenceOverland]

I love camping near streams and wildlife like that! So cooL!

[@explore_off_road]

@@IndependenceOverland TOTALLY Agree. The Salamanders were a cool surprise.

[@WarehouseHotline]

This is so dope!!!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks for checking it out Aviva! You are one of my inspirations, my friend!

[@qayyom]

Hey Bro, awesome camping video! 🏕 Really enjoyed the scenic views and your journey. However, I'd love to see more of the nitty-gritty camping experience too - you know, the real deal! Could you consider showcasing the cooking process, especially in remote areas? It'd be cool to see how you whip up a meal with limited resources. A bit of bonfire action and the struggles you face would add a touch of reality - we all know camping isn't always a walk in the park! 😅 It would be fascinating to see how you tackle weather challenges and wildlife encounters during your camping trips. Sharing your tips on handling these situations could be both informative and entertaining. Overall, keep up the great work, and looking forward to more camping adventures from you! ⛺🌲

[@IndependenceOverland]

Cooking out there with a fridge and propane stove actually does make it a walk in the park, we don't really struggle doing it at all. In some of my other videos I touch on that kind of stuff a bit more. I tend to eat repetitive meals from one trip to another as well, so I don't want to bore my subscribers remaking the same food every video. Some people like the cooking aspect of these kinds of videos, and some people don't. I will take a poll on the channel and see if more people want to see that kind of stuff and if the majority votes it in, I will start doing more of it. Thank you for the feedback!

[@qayyom]

@@IndependenceOverland Hey, appreciate your response! Totally get it, Your variety in content is cool, and it makes sense not to repeat the same things. Your approach to considering what your subscribers want through a poll is spot on - keep doing what feels right for you! Looking forward to more of your adventures! 🌟⛺️

[@flyfisher530]

I have only camped on the beach in one spot on the Oregon coast, and so want to go back and explore more of it. Such a beautiful State and the beaches are amazing! Great editing and drone shots, love it! And I have to agree on how well the Alucab does in strong winds - just point it into the wind like a sailboat and you are good to go!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Yeah man, get out there and do some exploring! As for the Alucab, its such a solid design it always feels more like climbing into a little cabin than a tent. Not having the anxiety of the tent taking off in a strong gust of wind seriously helps me sleep better. I used to lay awake half the night with previous tents I used.

[@jonnytacooutdoors]

Outstanding video 🎉🎉🎉

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks man, your support is awesome my man!

[@Kung.Pao.Kitty.]

Awesome video. BTW you're a true FJ owner.... compass light flashing. 🤣👍🏽

[@IndependenceOverland]

I knew someone would call it! 😜

[@GATORADDAM]

Excellent!

[@ArmTheCreative]

After you said that 5:25 paragraph, I’m SUBSCRIBED!!! Yes! You can spend your whole life exploring AMERICA and never finish. I love this country and all its hidden gems that just require no passport!!

[@IndependenceOverland]

This is truly an awesome place to live!

[@dizi17]

Solid story-telling man. Top marks

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you sir, I appreciate that! 🙏

[@baileylittle5170]

Loved this video! Beautiful shots

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks for checking it out man!

[@PROXIMO22]

ump-kwa great work, subscribed. i love seeing my home through others

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you sir! 🙏

[@vettencle]

16:33 watched the equinox video after this and there was no taco debrief. Chopped some lettuce and sautéed with butter….and that was it. They look super good, so if you make them in the future be sure to add that to a video. Subscribed and will be keeping my eye out for tacos!! Keep the great content coming

[@IndependenceOverland]

I’m actually going to rerelease the full length version of this later in the week. So I reference my Equinox video because I shot another video on that trip. It was my Skottle video. Tembo Tusk Skottle Review: Is It Worth the Investment? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIiWpHt8e96Hoqc

[@TMcClintock]

Great adventure....just strain that whiskey through a couple of coffee filters.

[@TMcClintock]

I should have held up on that comment until later. LOL

[@IndependenceOverland]

Haha! Problem solved! 😃 Thanks for watching!

[@WolfOverland]

I love the longer adventures

[@IndependenceOverland]

Me too man! So fun to get out there for so long! The work when I get home is intense though!

[@robbergstrom943]

Great video! Run the whisky through several paper coffee filters just like that and all good. I’ve been there as well!

[@IndependenceOverland]

It was a first for me, but I made it through that bottle unscathed! Thanks for watching bud!

[@joecerda630]

Extremely inspirational... I wanna get out there

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks for checking it out Joe! 🙏

[@dawnfirephotography]

Great video as usual!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you sir!

[@mikechandler3791]

Thank you for sharing and being forthright about the issues Oregon has seen in their forests of late (last decade or so). We are planning a trip to PNW this coming summer and going to visit the Owyhee Canyon area on the way out (eastern Orgon desert area), then after the PNW head to the coast but I am thinking heading up to Washington after seeing what you experienced. I do have a friend that lives in Eugene and he has also shared how degraded the Oregon wilderness/forests have become. I did a cycling tour of the pacific coast from VC Canada down to northern California then back to Wisconsin (where I lived back then) with two friends in the early 80's and slept off grid the entire time and never saw what you experienced. It's a shame as Oregon has some of the prettiest forests. Washington has (had) more wilderness beaches that allowed camping in the past. Will have to do more research on that before heading that way. Thanks again - love your channel.

[@IndependenceOverland]

I am ready to explore more of Washington. The next episode is all about Washington, though we didn't do much coastal stuff. Thanks for checking it out!

[@SteveMcNeill-t9i]

I was born and schooled in Oregon so it makes my heart sad when I see all the beauty I remember trashed when I go back for a visit.

[@IndependenceOverland]

Yeah, Its so crazy to me to see it like that. I really hope Oregon can figure out a solution.

[@hawkeshots]

dayumm! this was awesome video! thank you for sharing about the abuse of trashing sites. who are the people that do that? so sad, i ALWAYS leave a place better than i found it! unfortunately, I dont find a camp spot that doesnt need some help! keep up the good work! you inspire my retirement travels!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks for watching man! I really appreciate it!

[@syntrax-og]

16:00 I have used a coffee filter to remove glass from inside of bottles before. Nobody died or got sick, lol

[@IndependenceOverland]

Yes sir, as I’m sure you saw I did that. I don’t carry coffee filters, so I stopped and grabbed a whole pack just to use 3 🤣

[@mikeh6481]

Great Video! Anxious to see the next one. Question: How is your Traction Boards attached to your Spare Tire? Are they being held in the Trash Bag mounted on the Spare, or are they held by straps or something else? I struggle where to mount my traction boards on my FJ. Currently they live on the Roof Rack with rubber bungees and a lockable cable which also locks my shovel. I do not use an RTT, as I like Ground Tents. But my Tent (Gazelle Tent) is about 6 feet long in its bag and needs space on the Roof Rack. I make it fit, but its tight. I would like to move my Traction Boards to the spare tire. Keep up the great videos and thank you.

[@IndependenceOverland]

Hey man! I covered that and show it up close in this video: Its Cheaper Than You Think To Rescue Yourself - Recovery Kit kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaCrY6RreK2WatE

[@AllOverOverland]

Great visuals

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks my man!

[@stevensatenstein5846]

What brand roof top tent do you use? Thanks !

[@IndependenceOverland]

Hey there! I use Alucab, which is the most solid tent I have come across. They have had a few updates since I filmed this review, and the newer ones are even better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bXWpfWprq6pssLs

[@richards144]

pronounced "ump-qwa". loved your video. do you have a video walk-around of your rig. I going with a Jeep Wrangler myself, but your rig looks beautiful.

[@IndependenceOverland]

I do, a few small things have changed since I published this, but for the most part its the same! Thanks man! kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3u6nWaLhMyGjbM

[@COvrlnd]

A lot of the homeless population from Portland ended up on the coast after being pushed out of the city. People dump in the Forrest out there as well because disposal charges are outrageous. The coast and the Willamette Valley are too wet to have landfills. Trash is taken by semi to eastern Oregon.

[@IndependenceOverland]

Yeah I assumed it was something like that, it’s not all blatant land abuse but it’s such a bummer to see no matter the cause. We crossed into Washington and it was immediately cleaner. Like 5 miles from the state line.

[@TheUnorthodoxx]

I mean, that's not the root cause.

[@Colom990]

Great video!! It made me feel like rinsing my Fj undercarriage 😂

[@IndependenceOverland]

Haha yeah, I washed this thing SO many times when I got home. Wet salt is not a vehicles best friend, thats for sure!

[@questfilm6121]

This is a video that makes me very happy as an FJ rider! Could you tell me the name of the song you used?

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thanks for checking it out! I used a lot of songs in this. Which one are you looking for?

[@questfilm6121]

thank you for your reply! I really like the song 'Natalia kills' and would like to know its name and composer!

[@IndependenceOverland]

@@questfilm6121 sorry, Natalia Kills is my wife’s Instagram account. The song is the video right there is called “that sound” by Oliver Michael.

[@offroadaddiction2073]

Great video 👍, Inspiring but sad to see public lands being trashed.

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you for taking the time! 🙌

[@spencervalentine33]

Hey how many miles does your FJ have?

[@IndependenceOverland]

240k! Burns a bit of oil these days.

[@spencervalentine33]

@@IndependenceOverland I got 320k on mine and been looking into doing some overlanding, any advice?

[@IndependenceOverland]

@@spencervalentine33 no sir, if it’s still running good then get out there! I’ve always been a light footed person, so my engine has had an easy life aside from pushing such a heavy truck. Take it easy on it, and have fun!

[@rc07333]

Where was that beach camping area? Such a great video!

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you for watching! Sorry, I don’t share my campsites. If I posted them online, they would get flooded with people so I avoid doing that.

[@rc07333]

@@IndependenceOverland That's understandable. Do you use onx or another trail service to locate them? or do you just use google earth and drive away? lol Living on the east coast I know all of my areas, but as I venture west, its harder to find these camp sites since no one wants to share. (for reasons above)

[@IndependenceOverland]

I use every mapping app, plus I do research on Google Earth. On this particular trip I used OnX the most, as it had the most coverage and made finding roads to look for camping a bit easier. @@rc07333

[@johnwolfe9129]

@@IndependenceOverland Revealing locations is the reason people watch travel videos.

[@bragi1]

If you watch the video closely enough, it's obvious where they camped. I wouldn't recommend trying to camp there unless you have a very capable 4x4 vehicle.

[@dino615]

I would have ran that whiskey through a coffee filter 😢

[@dino615]

I just reached the part of the video where you did exactly that. Sorry I doubted you

[@IndependenceOverland]

haha no worries, thanks for watching it all the way! 😃

[@pmurphy12667]

we are planning a Pcific northwest Over;landing trip in July nad this was my fear of Oregon as evryone has been saying the same thing. May have to Venture farther east as not as many out there in Oregon but kinda ruins our vision of Oregon.

[@IndependenceOverland]

I just released episode 2. Check it out! We crossed into Washington and its everything you could want! We love it out there! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6qxdIKqp6t1hNU

[@Molecule541]

Take the OBDR through the Cascades, you won't see garbage like that

[@oldakela6834]

Oregon was the state I had some of the highest expectations of for overlanding, but was most disappointed by mostly for the bad primitive camping and weird amount of paved roads in remote areas like you encountered. Not to mention the surprising amount of clear cut logging areas, which would inevitably be where the most available “campsites” were IME. Had good camping in Washington, good camping in northern CA, no good camping experiences even in less populated eastern Oregon. Not saying it doesn’t exist but I guess you’d really have to know the secret spots.

[@IndependenceOverland]

Yeah, I was pretty bummed by it. Hopefully some locals show us the sweet spots next time, and I have had a few reach out.

[@aung3627]

လှပသောပင်လယ်ကြီးကိုငေးမောပီပင်လယ်လေကိုရှူရှိက်ရင်တညတာနာခိုပီးလှပသောအေးချမ်းသောတောအုပ်ကြီးထဲမှာနာခိုကြတာကျေးငှက်သံများနဲသစ်ခွပန်းလှလှလေးတွေမြင်ရဒေါဦးယျဉ်ထဲရောက်သွားသလားထင်မိပါသည်

[@LoveTribeOverland]

The homeless situation is out of control on the west coast. Unfortunately they dont respect the land like we do.

[@NerjoeZenhue]

The more we leave a trace the less we will be able to enjoy overlanding...

[@IndependenceOverland]

💯

[@rener44]

The gentrification of camping and road tripping

[@Oregontrailblazin]

ump -qua

[@Cactus800]

Umpqua= Ump-kwaah

[@IndependenceOverland]

Thank you!