Camp Like a Hobo! [ Unveiling the 1930s Railside Wilderness Adventure ]

[@WayPointSurvival]

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[@jamescook3297]

Top video buddy well done

[@thankmelater1254]

HI! My comment here is off-topic. I've been thinking about advices regarding lighters. I've concluded that the bic lighter is well-complemented by the partially used dollar store lighter that produces a low and more controllable flame that the bic doesn't readily produce. Thanks!

[@thankmelater1254]

and the mostly used up dollar store lighter can have that small flame burning when even very low on fuel, by lighting it with the bic.

[@robertmiller8072]

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[@krausearchery8749]

It's just great videos to explain what happens on the trail.

[@craigeckhoff99]

50 years a hobo. This is what I'm talking about. A story line while instructing. The first 20 years I was a hobo there were still hobo jungles. I rode lots of " granger " railroads back then. They service lots of co-op grain silos. Which made for some decent quick jungle site. You could find a jungle by a fry pan and mirror always hung up on a tree. You could heat water in the pan for a " spit bath " and shaving. There was a system among hobos then. You put something in the stew pot before you took something out of the pot. I carried a can or two of beans to leave for the next guy. Empty tin cans ( didn't have the lid completely removed ) I could make a tin can cup with a handle ( bent with pliers ) for a coffee/stew cup for other hobos. Of course you cleaned the fry pan, picked up any trash, and remove it to keep critters away.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wonderful! Those were the days!

[@bkay1067]

​@@WayPointSurvival Amen !

[@kokopelau6954]

My uncle said you didn't waste a match with a perfectly good fire around.

[@kokopelau6954]

I have a knife just like that one.

[@TexasSon74]

Love this. Hobo saw it all. Some people looked down on him. But I always thought he was a survivor and blessed somehow?

[@DrDuckMD]

Nowadays the contents of that trunk would be posted on eBay or Craigslist lickety split! The salt pork is intended to be soaked in water, to remove some of the salt. You can then boil some of that salty pork water into a hydrating broth. My grandmother, born in 1918, taught me this. I love this type of content!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely! That's why I pointed out that it would have been better in a pot of beans!

[@williamenglish9036]

Your grandma taught you how to boil water? What a memory.

[@Cool-Lake]

That was so entertaining. I was raised along US route 40 near Hendrysburg in SE Ohio during the 50s, when there were still a handful of Hobos still traversing this main route. We allowed many of them to camp below our barn area where there was plenty of privacy, water, deadwood for fires and we even allowed the ones we became familiar with to bunk in the lower section of the barn. Mother said they had to have placed signs someplace nearby because we had many stop. She never let them spend the night without a couple of sandwiches and a jug of fresh milk. They always asked to help with chores but we declined their offer. They always kept the grounds pristinely clean where us kids, and neighbor kids, would sometimes play. We got to know a few by their handles, Tex, Top-Hat, and Roy are all I remember. We would gather around them as they waited for Mother to prepare their food. They shared wonderful stories of adventure. I looked forward to their visits. Shortly before Mother passed, she asked me if I remembered these men. And of course I did so we shared a lot of warm stories about this era and the wonderful characters we had been so very fortunate to meet. Thank you so very much.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're very welcome! Thanks so much for sharing this bit of history! It's good that someone still remembers their names and their stories!

[@robertmauldin4987]

You and your family were an excellent family and great Americans!

[@estherloske1396]

Thank You for sharing🦋

[@natscat4752]

You have a good family background 😊 your Mum obviously held these memories dear.

[@shaftomite007]

And weren't you surprised when your mother told you, "Son, it's time you learned that TopHat is your real father. Well either Roy or Top Hat"?

[@paulworgan6599]

I lived rough for over a year in various woodlands in England and Wales I loved the feeling of freedom and waking up in the morning surrounded by nature.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed! There's nothing like it!

[@Matt-to1bi]

What did you hate

[@paulworgan6599]

@@Matt-to1bi I guess having to always sleep with one eye open.

[@KennyHache]

​@@paulworgan6599spent time on the streets and in the woods living this is the absolute worst for sure. Its not even wild animals that could be scary it's other humans

[@paulworgan6599]

@@KennyHache Totally agree

[@Captain-Max]

Really enjoyed the story format. The long coat, hat, and cane really add a layer of respectability to the life. At first I questioned the authenticity of such a well stocked camp, but it was a different time back then. Humanity had more respect for the multitude of men in the same boat. A very well done video!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@dananorth895]

Don't let ignorance nor ego blind you. There's much you'll never know!

[@IamVintage72]

Now it's like a Horror movie out there.

[@syang1116]

very inspiring comments... reminds me the very recent movie.. Perfect days where the need of modern people desperately seeking freedom and liberty from inside.

[@craigeckhoff99]

That's due to drifters being replaced by drugs and despair.

[@michaelmoll3031]

My old neighbor rode the rails after serving in WW2. He talked about avoiding the R.R. "Bulls" who was the hired muscle for the R.R. to handle the free riding hobos. He said he never knew where he would end up but would try to grab trains that were heading towards whatever crops were needing workers. He might be working in potato fields one week and then travel across country to work in the cotton fields. He finally got tired of the difficult life and hopped a train to Minot N.D. and enlisted to go fight in Korea. He really struggled in his older years with PTSD and financial issues because his S.S. income was small because he was paid many years with cash. He died 30 minutes before his 94th birthday. 😢

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, that was an amazing life but sorry that he struggled later on. Thanks for watching the video and for sharing the bit of family history!

[@gud2go50]

I struggle with PTSD, so I can kind of understand your friend. He lived a hard life and I hope and pray he is looking down on us from paradise. Thank you for sharing some of his story. You must be a good person!😊

[@onedrinklater]

i would have loved to read his journal tbh

[@markeverson5849]

​ he should have stayed the hell out of Korea and away from Uncle scam Sam what was he thinking these career criminal politicians are of the devil and these wars are fought for profits empower the United States has been all aggression for the last 85 years

[@WomBatVIC]

As @gud2go50 said, you must be a good person... to take the time to listen to the stories of your neighbor and take an interest in him and his way of life. A friend of mine was close to an older English bloke who was in WWII. When you mention old and PTSD I think of him although he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia (a severe form). I never met him but evidently he used to relive those days quite traumatically. I wonder if dementia was only part of his problem...

[@MikeClavetteSr]

brings me back to my train hopping days in the mid-70's ........... there were still hobo camps even then !!

[@WayPointSurvival]

So very cool!

[@paulworgan6599]

Wow!!!!!!😯

[@rosskennedy1960]

There were still "jungles" (hobo camps) in the early '80's in B.C. in Canada when i was riding the rails.

[@beautifuldreamer3991]

Now they are scrounge homeless camps all of trash

[@gjnezat]

Where supplies left in them like this video depicts ?

[@belindahugheslifestyle]

Hey James! Another home run, knocked out of the park. There was an elder guy, probably a boomer who remembered the Great Depression, in my state years ago, who fell on hard times, moved his wheelchair-bound wife in with family, and made a hobo-style tarp camp in the woods, just past the railroad tracks between some multi-generational rural villages. He was doing fine until one day a suspect unwittingly led police on a chase through his secret camp. After they finished with the suspect, the police came back and made him break down his camp and get signed up for government aid programs he hadn't wanted. Contrary to their intentions, I think he felt like the one who'd been robbed. Thanks for all you do, James. Bright blessings. 💖

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's an unfortunate and sad story. That scene has been repeated many times over the years in different hobo jungles and camps. It seems like the authorities can't just leave people alone. Thanks for watching!

[@sandybeach3576]

This is most definitely one of the best KZbin channels.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, thanks!

[@Flashahol]

I agree

[@randomvideos786]

Agreed!

[@lordofthestings]

For sure.

[@Timberbeartrail]

It’s very disappointing to me that people love today care nothing about the people that would come after them or who came before them Just look at some of the places that are just wrecked with garbage along the way This truly depicts a much better time and life of a hobo Thank you for sharing this with us

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@rosesmith6208]

@@WayPointSurvival to bad shoestring did not participate in your videos, he could of protraryed the hobo life in camps and what to carry stuff like that. he seemed like a very gentle soul, getting rare these days. so many people feel so entitled,

[@parkerwhite741]

Amazing to see your commitment and authenticity to the period. You're showing a window to life without plastics.

[@nikolai6489]

Plastic was invented in 1907. They would have had access to plastic.

[@billingram-jd8mm]

​@nikolai6489 But plastic from 1907 through the 1940's & maybe 50's was more expensive to make. Steel & tin were cheaper, as was glass. That's why they were more commonly used.

[@nikolai6489]

@@billingram-jd8mm true

[@wombat3455]

Superb storytelling, with far more worthwhile things to teach and share than 99% of the mainstream media can offer

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@scottselliers1672]

Thanks for making these hobo videos! For all of the consumerism that surrounds the notion of camping, it'd be easy to believe that getting by in the outdoors was a new activity that requires hundreds of dollars. Learning how folks in the past made due with what was available is something we would all be wise to spend some time doing. Hard times are never more than a twist of fate away for any of us - having lessons like these means more of us can suffer much less.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and I'm glad that you are enjoying the series!

[@randy-9842]

James, there's something very pleasant and soothing about videos like yours. Thank you and God bless you and all the Hobos past and present!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so very much!

[@Georgecobb-s1v]

Well, Mr. Bender, you make a great Hobo & play the part well! I would have used a flaming splinter from the fire and SAVED that match! Interestingly, I have identical or very similar camping gear in my accumulation of stuff, including a mirror very similar to the one which you used while shaving! Other than the trunk full of gear in the Hobo Camp, that style of camp grew out of the Age of Classic Camping & during the Great Depression. I have camped many nights under an old canvas tarp suspended from a ridge line or ridge pole. The Military canteen looked like it was WWI; I also have one of those! Other viewers will gather than I am Old School & OLD. In fact, since your last video, I had another birthday. At age 83, I especially enjoy your videes of the Good Old Days which take me down Memory Lane. May God bless you & yours!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! It is indeed a World War I canteen. There's something special about camping under an old canvas tarp tent that you don't get in the modern nylon ones. God bless you and happy birthday!

[@diligentsun1154]

Can you offer a word about how hobos handled things such as mail and Identification?

[@Georgecobb-s1v]

By the way, one of my beloved grandfathers (with whom we lived during WWII) served our country in World War I. Thanks for the birthday greeting.@@WayPointSurvival

[@pyrosmoak53]

Happy birthday old timer

[@TheKompromissi]

I was deemed a weirdo when backpacking in Australia for picking up a stray car mirror for shaving. Travellers these days don't know what it is about

[@petejohnston5375]

Watching this clip automatically brings me back to seeing the 1973 movie "Emperor of the North" with Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine and Keith Carradine. What great movie which sadly is never shown anymore. Thanks for your videos.

[@tomcatt998]

i hv 2 of the DVDs & know it word for word 👍,,, don't even hv to turn the volume on 🙃

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much for watching the video! I'm glad I can provide a little bit of nostalgic recall!

[@stephenolaughlin6595]

I used to watch Emperor of the North with my grandpa & dad. Grandpa used to ride the rails during the depression. He would tell us stories about all the old times growing up in north central Mo. He found grandma & settled down in St Louis. Mom would tell how grandma would feed hobos on the back porch step. Grandpa was away working for Phone Company in the southwest. It was a better friendlier time.

[@murlmutant7448]

Definitely one of the best channels on KZbin.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks! I Really appreciate it!

[@Mapmywellness]

Thanks so much for this video and the way you portrayed the "hobos" of the era of the Great Depression. Many men were "down on their luck" at that time. My grandfather was a steel mill worker in Ohio in that same situation back then. He traveled all the way to California looking for work. I thought it was just a great adventure where he told of crossing the Rio Grande and never getting his shoes wet. I later realized that he was like many people of the era going through such hard times. Your video gave me a glimpse - perhaps - of some of what he may have experienced. The sheath knife you showed looked exactly like one I inheirited from him. He made it back home, found work through the W.P.A., became an elder in our church and a city councilman. Thanks again!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're very welcome and thanks so much for sharing a bit of the family history with us!

[@justastudentoflife2510]

Love the hobo series, and full respect to those that lived through these times and hope that such honor and respect still exist if we have to go back to this again..

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed!

[@rosesmith6208]

@@WayPointSurvival I watch videos like this, and people traveling around etc to learn if I ever getinto a situation based on what I have been hearing of having no money, could happen if they decide to take social security or reduce the amount at least I know what I should absolutly carry no?

[@lauriemclean1131]

Thank you for always pausing to pray before you eat. Such an important detail in these videos.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely! My faith is very important to me!

[@randy-9842]

@lauriemclean1131 - Amen. It's something I miss these days - even in myself.

[@steveww1507]

@@WayPointSurvival one of the reasons I sub.

[@steveww1507]

@@randy-9842 He is always waiting for us to return . he is always there

[@randy-9842]

@@steveww1507 Thanks, Steve. I absolutely believe in God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit and have for about 60 years. I know I must depend upon His grace, forgiveness and salvation. My lament is that my personal testimony is poor and that my sanctification still has so much further to go. I'll never be perfect in the "here and now" but one day, in the not to distant future, He'll call me home and I very much long for that. Maranatha!

[@donbaisden1519]

When I saw the sea bag and Gallia County. I was born at the old Holzer hospital in 55 & joined the Navy in 73. Thanks for the videos. God Bless you and your family.

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's very cool! Thanks so much for watching and for your service to our country! May God bless you and yours as well!

[@gkaye9393]

THIS SHOULD BE AN EXERCISE IN GIVING THANKS FOR EVERY BREATH WE TAKE AND EVERY SPEC OF FOOD WE ARE BLESSED TO HAVE--CLOTHES ON OUR BACKS ---A WARM SAFE PLACE TO SLEEP AND SAFE WATER TO DRINK----------THANK YOU SIR!!!!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely!!

[@explorer8125]

I was thinking the same thing. Even though it’s not luxury and the nights are hard, Just being able to wake up in the morning and have a full day ahead of you with the birds chirping and a bit of food… doing things like this make you grateful for the life we live now, and having been close to death and been around death a lot, it makes you appreciate being alive even if you’ve got a hobo lifestyle.

[@happyhermit3d399]

Latrine management is a rarely covered camping essential. Might you cover that too? Staying clean, managing odor. And drinking water. Sanitary and sanitation tips for hobos. I really enjoyed this for both content and atmosphere. A pleasant and productive watch. Thank you.

[@WayPointSurvival]

I did do one on a hobo shower. I will think about incorporating other ones in future videos.

[@craigeckhoff99]

You dig a little pit, like with the toe of your shoe, or even by hand, do your business, then bury it. Like a cat does in their litter box. It's even a kosher law described in the Old Testament. Cleaning ones body is also described there. Bath in running water, like a stream, use sand and leaves rather than soap as not to pollute. Or a "spit bath" in a helmet or sink etc. Carry a sock with a bar of soap to wash with as well as a "sap" if need be. Many hobos were farm boys and knew about a "sink hole" for drinking water. That's a hole dug in a river bank. Water would seep into the hole from underground minus most of the slit. Collect the "clean" water into a can. Hobos always seem to be drinking coffee and boiling the "clean" river water helped make sure you didn't get sick. Most old timers carried an empty bleach bottle for storing water. The bleach residue would help purify the water as well as add that "city water" taste. It's fairly easy and quick to wash socks, and underwear in a sink. Even a T-shirt. Wring them out and put them back on. A short stroll in the outdoors plus body heat dries them and removes most wrinkles from the hand wash. Socks you baby pin to your pack tho.

[@dananorth895]

Millbanks bag for prefiltering, filters are cheap as is bleach and there's always boiling. Soap and washrag for bathroom, although paper and wetwipes are better. Avoid running any type of oil or tannic tinted water through your filters, it'll ruin them quick.

[@craigeckhoff99]

A coffee filter or sock will work in a pinch. I made do a number of times with a sock. Old farm boys usually know about "sinkholes". You dig a hole in a riverbank and the water forces it's way up filtering much of the silt etc. Boil afterward of coarse. @@dananorth895

[@margomoore4527]

@@dananorth895what is a millbanks bag?

[@robertbarnhouse1677]

You have also provided insight for me regarding my father and my grandfather from the 30’s /35’s. I know the railroad signs of hobos and enjoy your videos. I tend to challenge you, in the past, to prove yourself. You are proven to me and many times explaining what my father and grandfather was not able to explain before they passed. Thank you

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're very welcome!

[@brianloeppky2953]

Love the videos. You are a wonderful storyteller. Totally love the relationship with you and your lord. Take care and God bless you

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you! You too!

[@waterbetterthangold1169]

I was a smoke jumper for 30 years. We spent our time in the woods most our lives. I'm telling you one thing right now. Parachute cord is a must. No matter what. put some of that in your pack. And a good pair of gloves.

[@Coinz8]

a 1930s Hobo Series! This is a dream come true! YOU SPOIL US!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

I'm glad you are enjoying it!

[@seasonstudios]

This was terrific James and a lot of information. I hope people can appreciate the time and effort it takes to prepare and set up the shots. Maybe we might see a continuing story of this wanderer. God bless ya man and happy traveling.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! It really is a lot of work but it is definitely a labor of love. I enjoy bringing things like this to my subscribers and viewers. God bless you too!

[@patriotpreacher43]

@@WayPointSurvivalyes, would like to see a continuing series periodically inserted into your content! Thanks for your efforts!

[@MrCarter4121]

That natural light at night definitely helped out! Love your videos!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@artfulcoyote]

Excellent story and video. thoroughly enjoyed this. I grew up in a small town on a rail line. you could set your watch, 10pm nightly, to the engineer blowing the horn. fond memories.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks! Those were the days!

[@randy-9842]

@artfulcoyote - my sister's kids would run out to their backyard and wave at the engineer every time they heard him approaching and he'd always wave back. It got to the point that he'd give a little toot on his horn whenever he was getting close. Simple pleasures!

[@smokeymountainbushcraft252]

I feel like standing and applauding at the end of your historical videos brother. Thank you for the time and hard work you devote simply to share your love of our past. It's rough living in the wrong century isn't my friend?

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely! Thanks so much for watching!

[@lauriemclean1131]

I like this narrated format with music in the background -- nicely done.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@richardteuten4435]

Enjoy your Hobo history lessons. Alot of people think they were a bunch of ruthless drunks but you clear things up quite nicely. Keepem coming.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, will do!

[@Antiquefirearms724]

Thank you so much for keeping history alive and sharing it in such a beautiful way! I'm a young fella so I try to find my own place to have adventures like this! But you sure inspire me to get outside and try more outside without all the crazy expensive stuff!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Keith-wb2nn]

I lived in a storage unit for a couple of months... I can tell you that the first night I got my unit I had a double mattress, new sheets, pillow and a comforter.... best sleep I could ever want.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Definitely what's most important is that you are able to make the best out of what's available to you! Thanks for watching!

[@dandean2345]

Superb mate. Its only when you're on the bones of your arse do you realise how small acts of kindness and solidarity can save your life and restore your faith in others

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed. Thanks so much for watching!

[@billcamus8766]

I love this series. The videos take me back to my childhood days. We were poor, and as kids, we were taught to keep life simple and make do. The kids I grew up with would wear a wool shirt of our dad's. During hunting season, we could drop food and other supplies down into the baggy shirts. I didn't even own a knapsack or backpack till I was a young man.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! You learned how to get by when you didn't have much!

[@SnyperMac1]

So that gillette super 109 you had was a product of 1969, for a 1930’s DE razor you’re looking for a ball end gillette tech razor. This was a fantastic video as always, see you on the next one.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@ajevans8814]

Love the choice of narration for this video. It feels more immersive than just talking to the camera. Great story telling.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! Have you watched any of my 1790s series? There are a total of 16 episodes plus an intro that are filmed in the same way. There's a playlist on my channel.

[@ajevans8814]

I will have to give it a look. Thanks for the suggestion@@WayPointSurvival

[@Lordrixson5489]

Hello sir, i'm British but i've become very interested in the 1930's American Hobo way of life after watching several of your videos on the subject! I find it extremely fascinating and inspirational! So much so that i plan on re creating as much of the clothing and gear as possible for a history project 👍🏻

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wonderful!

[@Lordrixson5489]

@@GauguinLyon Duke of Lancaster mate 👍🏻

[@rayandbrendabelk9106]

I’ve watched a lot of your videos, but I think this might be one of your best. Thanks for all you do to teach history. And God bless you.✝️❤️🙏

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, thank you! God bless you too!

[@epoh8698]

There was this Place where the steam train use to stop to unload and load grain in my old town. There was a old platform along with about 12 big old slidding doors sheeted with old flat tin. The amount of drawings poems & love letters that were writen all over the doors with coal was unbelievable. As a kid we use to go there alot as it was near home. That was 40 years ago now and still to this day i wish somehow i could of been there the day it was torn down. But i lived far away at the time and didnt know. I t was truely amazing art work made by the old time workers there and hobbos that traveled trough there. never forget it and i remember as kids we use to spend hours just reading the stories.

[@estherloske1396]

Thanks for sharing🦋

[@WayPointSurvival]

What wonderful memories! Thanks so much for watching the video and for sharing!

[@natscat4752]

Fascinating 😊

[@NoelCo-yd1gu]

I know some people may disagree, but the way you did the music for this video was perfect. From the day time moving music seeming upbeat, to the night music where you are preparing for sleep seeming like the close of a day. Can make a montage of workers, people walking the train rails, men smiling joking on the job site .. then, the closing moments of the night where the day is reflected on .. then forgiven. Beautifully done.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@richardshansky3040]

Reading all these authentic comments from those who have been there, is as enjoyable as the video itself. Thanks for sharing your personal stories.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely!

[@squirrelwhispererUK]

Brilliant video, you've got the perfect voice for telling stories👍

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much, that's very kind!

[@davidleasure9138]

Great video James. You make it look so realistic. Makes me feel like I’m right there. Thanks for sharing

[@badandy925]

This was such a cool video James. The hobo lifestyle is so fascinating and has a certain elegance to it that you captured perfectly.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@tomritter493]

That' makes sence my cousin and me found a wood box full of Rusty junk along the rr tracks here in pa couldn't figure why it was there makes sence now

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed. Those old timers were resourceful for sure!

[@braydonrogers3461]

Love this sort of narrative demonstrating the time periods like the 18th century series

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@sherryduncan7968]

I'm so glad I watched and can't wait to see more! I bought that same mug and brush for my father when I was a young girl. I didn't think he would like it but he loved it. That brought back memories. We had that mug/brush long after he passed. I also had someone who found a cast iron dutch oven down by the river with dirt partially covering it. I told her it was left there. It was an antique over 100 years old. I said... No one just leaves a cast iron by the river. It was intentionally placed there years ago. Thanks for the explanation into that old beautiful cast iron with the hanger. I'm sure it could tell lots of stories. I'm sure it held lots of food with conversation.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wonderful! Old relics like that hold a lot of stories if only they could talk!

[@keithnavarro2930]

Write a book or two. I would buy them in a heartbeat. Thank you for your research and videos.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, thank you so much for the great compliment!

[@angelaparker4110]

I second that. Many of us learn best from the written word. A blog, please, if nothing else.

[@WayPointSurvival]

I do have a Blog but I haven't updated it in quite a while. It's [e-mail]

[@sandybeach3576]

Thanks!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, I truly appreciate it!

[@quantum_satis_]

Я не могу назвать это видео, это отличное кино, которое я посмотрел с огромным удовольствием. Атмосфера свободы, мечты и трудолюбия. Спасибо тебе Джеймс!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so very much!

[@charlesgillette2925]

Outstanding look into a different time.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@kristenvincent3622]

Love this storytelling style of video, you really give an appreciation for the time period and it absolutely draws the viewer into a bygone era. My papa was born in the late 1920’s and told me many stories of growing up during the Great Depression. There wasn’t a big hobo culture in Newfoundland due to the whole “island” aspect, but there were still some travelling workers.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! Have you watched any of my 1790s survival series? It's filmed in the same way with music and commentary. There are a total of 16 episodes plus an introduction that gives background and history to the story. There was a playlist on my channel.

[@kristenvincent3622]

@@WayPointSurvival not yet… but thank you so much for the recommendation!

[@plaguemouse5549]

The way he started walking after stretching himself at 8:40 really convinced myself it was 1930's. Also I've tried making KZbin videos before, making this by yourself as a small channel must have taken a lot of work that we don't see, props to that.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@victorfranko8317]

I love this video! Thank you so much for sharing. Your hard work is appreciated.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@victorfranko8317]

@@WayPointSurvival No sir. Thank you.

[@BBQDad463]

Thank you for this excellent, highly informative bit of storytelling. You have given us a glimpse into a bygone era. Those men lived hard lives indeed, never knowing where their next meal was coming from, or exactly where they would lay their heads in the coming night. I pray those hard times never come to our Nation again.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kentcostello5286]

Thank you for that. I had a couple great uncle's that had to Hobo.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@lewisrogers4904]

Heres a tip for sleeping in a tarp. Dig a little trench around your tarp to act like a gutter if your expecting rain. Keeps you from soaking your bed roll.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Indeed.

[@cayetanogonzalez4265]

My Ma, myself, and my sisters lived near the tracks. The occasional hobos visited us and were fed well by Ma. They worked as handymen for their meals and strictly policed each other as gentlemen when in Ma's company. I believe the rail station crew knew them well, and discreetly referred the trustworthy ones over towards our house when Dad was called away for military missions. My father passed along his gratitude to all through the station hands, and made certain Ma had a stocked pantry. He offered spare clothing also.

[@WayPointSurvival]

That's very cool! Thanks so much for watching and for the historical information!

[@maxpinson5002]

I used to use a straight razor and a mug and brush for everyday tonsorial chores, but I got shakier than I wanted, so I quit with the straight razor but still use mug and brush and williams soap. Some years ago, I started using a clean #2 can (peaches?) for a shaving basin to save water and keep the sink and such whisker free ( to keep the peace) I still do that for daily shaving. Get a can of water. Stick brush in to soak a bit. Get a wet rag ready for afterwards. Make up a lather and shave. Use the can water to stir the razor in while shaving. Soapy brush goes in the can to clean. Wipe off with the wet rag. Shake off cleaned brush and stow it to dry. Dump dirty shave water and stash can to dry Only uses about a pint or so of water at home or in the bush

[@WayPointSurvival]

Great tips!

[@MuskratOutdoors]

When I shaved, I used my Great Grandad's Straight Razor....the same one he carried in the Klondike during the gold rush. I'm ugly enough, a beard is better now!

[@timberdrifter8225]

😂​@@MuskratOutdoors

[@mitchmedeiros453]

I enjoyed your presentation on Hobo's way of life . Very interesting and educational for me . Thank you

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pboone1231]

Sounds like you are reading from a Hobo journal. If you wrote the script that way yourself then I congratulate you. Goog work and thanks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! I did write the script.

[@pboone1231]

So wrere there truncks left at points for other hobos?

[@craigeckhoff99]

More often just a jungle tree with pots, pans, mirrors etc hung from branches. @@pboone1231

[@craigeckhoff99]

@@pboone1231 Way back when there indeed were. But in the 1960s/1970s it was still fairly common for me to see a fry pan/mirror/improvised grill in a jungle.

[@sineriafrankenstein7316]

What a lovely video!!❤ Beautiful, relaxing and many good lessons. And as usual terrific authentic gear!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sotoo9645]

He went half mad... but found comfort in narrating his daily routine. It seems we'll never know what became of the video contraption.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Right?

[@ragingpatriot772]

It is a bucket list item for me to live like a old school Hobo.

[@WayPointSurvival]

It was a hard and dangerous life even back during its heyday.

[@MuskratOutdoors]

Great video! I was born in 1966 and recall Hobo's riding the rails. You don't see it much today,....heck, not as many trains either. Back then Hobo's weren't bums. Just down on their luck, or wanting to live free. They were willing to work....not like the panhandler bums of today.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Well said!

[@TomDavidMcCauley]

Panhandler bums ARE willing to work. You’re just not willing to give them a job

[@jamesmonahanmusic]

May I recommend an original song written about a HOBO ? THE HOBO SONG (C)2006 From james monahan original songs.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for the heads up on that!

[@craigeckhoff99]

The old Big Rock Candy Mountain of course. BUT that was sugar coated song based on a dark poem about hobos called " The Apple Knockers" Lament "

[@Joseph-dq5wb]

It warms my heart to see people doing good things for the next person. Even though they didn't have much of anything they still shared with the next person. Compassion for the fellow man a code if you want to look at it like that. Man this is a great opportunity to see what it means to spread love thank you. I didn't know about these things the hobos did for one another until now

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely!!

[@Joseph-dq5wb]

I think way too many people have lost this level of caring for their fellow man. My generation included generation X but I still have that heart wich a lot of us do. But not enough people feel like this I'm glad to see that you are teaching people it means a lot to me. Especially when you gave God thanks man that's powerful

[@RPNN]

"Biden era living"

[@WayPointSurvival]

Hoover style for the 21st century!

[@craigeckhoff99]

@@WayPointSurvival Odd how that works. The so called Tent Cities are the 21st century Hoovervilles.

[@XC797]

Great job. I remember back in the 70s when I was in high school , I would see hobos near the train tracks .

[@WayPointSurvival]

Very cool! Thanks for watching!

[@leenorthcutt8421]

This is so amazing and I’m comforted to know that there was a network of comrades looking out for each other. Thank you for bringing this history alive❤️

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@andylundberg2932]

This is such a fun video! I love the narration style, felt like going back in time. Thanks for doing this for us!

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@joshuachurchdelpiano3015]

Tucson, Az.my first ride , I was a kid ; This other hobo , showed me the the ropes on what too do , and who too stay clear of.God bless you.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks for watching and God bless you too!

[@dianatrott5359]

James, this one may have been your best yet. I learn so much history and survival skills from you. The music was perfectly selected. Well done!!!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it!

[@theoroth3669]

Not even having finished the vid, i have to comment. Having grewn up on a small farm in Germany, i am still in touch with simple living and your tellings about hobo life touches me. On one side their skillfull and focused way impresses me, on the other side it is shamefull that at the same time a few people swam in unimaginable richness plundering the workforce for allmost nothing of those who had no other choice. Might get it wrong from here. Wish all people on this planet prosperity.

[@WayPointSurvival]

We will always have the poor with us and any attempt at forcing equality usually ends in general misery. However, I do agree that we need to have equal opportunities for everyone!

[@noblast1967]

Dropping some of the crushed egg shell into the coffee will settle the grounds to the bottom of the pot. Love your videos, very informative. Thank you,

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, that's a great tip!

[@craigeckhoff99]

@@WayPointSurvival Also a tiny pinch of salt on the grounds to "soften " the water.

[@oxyfee6486]

You are a incredible teacher, your passion keeps me interested throughout the entire video. Thank You for all the effort it takes to produce these videos.👍🇨🇦🇺🇸

[@WayPointSurvival]

Wow, thank you so much for all the kind words! You're very welcome.

[@petejohnston5375]

I come back to this one from time to time to remember my own times of camping out alone with just the basic necessities of getting on until the next day. Thanks James......

[@WayPointSurvival]

I really appreciate that!

[@grogvaughan5649]

I love the shave you get with those old style razors. I spent almost 2 years looking for one at second hand shops until I found one at either Family Dollar or Dollar General marked down as clearance. Paid $5 for it. Pack of 5 (used to be 10) blades is $1. Best shave ever.

[@WayPointSurvival]

They do work very well. Thanks for watching!

[@dananorth895]

They still make "safety razors" avoid the chinese ones trust me on that! They work but are rough and cut easily. Gillete still makes em, just paid $10.00 bucks for a plastic one thats folds open on top. Not as studey as metal but gives a real nice shave! A box of 100 stainless blades is usually 7.00 to 10.00 bucks.

[@grogvaughan5649]

@dananorth895 I haven't had any issues with the one I bought. Had it 2 years now.

[@ardentabacist]

I can't express enough how much I loved this episode ( like all of them) Thank you so much for bringing this to life. I believe that "back in the day" whether you were Theodore Roosevelt out in the woods or your average guy "down on his luck" or just traveling. Many of these "old-time skills" were shared by all. God bless you and many thanks! ~

[@WayPointSurvival]

Absolutely! Thank you so much and God bless you too!

[@panaque]

Great video, one of your best. I really liked the narration. Makes one think about how times were for common folks not too long ago. We sure got it good.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@patrickharmon9459]

Great video. Even though the hobo area of the 20's are long gone, I've often helped some one in need of help. And just like the true hobo, I would just say, Pay it forward. And that's how it should be!!! Keep up the good work James, and God bless you and your family

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so very much and God bless you and yours as well!

[@BeefT-Sq]

" To posit God as the creator of the universe is only to push the problem back one step farther : Who then, created God ? " -Nathaniel Branden-

[@beatwizerd1976]

This is just how I live day to day. Nothing special. Rough and Rugged. Love Waypoint Survival ❤

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@steveandlisa1044]

Love it when you do these videos. I bingle watched the 1790s series. Thank you for all the hard work you put into these productions.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so very much!

[@BrokenBarBox]

That was wonderful! Thank you for taking the time to make this for all of us!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@daynester]

This is my favorite video of yours so far. I love the narrative approach, and that coat is timeless! Keep up the good work.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you! Will do! Have you checked out the 1790 series? It is the same type video with narration and has 16 episodes plus an intro. There's a playlist on my channel.

[@ModernKnight]

I really enjoy these historically themed bushcraft videos, thanks.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're welcome!

[@uranus2970]

I find it so odd that I miss these times although I am 23 years old and I have never been a hobo. Your videos give me a humble feeling of freedom and security which I so urgently seek for in our modern society. Greetings from Germany 🙋‍♂️

[@WayPointSurvival]

Glad you like them!

[@curtisholmes703]

I loved this video. I randomly came across it in survival videos and it was great! Earned your self a sub

[@WayPointSurvival]

Awesome, thank you and welcome aboard!

[@abcstardust]

I really enjoyed this video! True, it shows what challenges the Hobos had, and how they dealt with them. There’s also a heartwarming aspect here.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks!

[@TrzCharlie]

I really enjoy your reenactments. I see of lot of what you do in what my Father (and my hero) did when we camped. Thank you so much for this.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks, that's awesome!

[@haroldmiller6853]

It never fails to amaze me the amount of thought and time you put into these skits James kudos on you another excellent vid sir

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!

[@douglasphillips24]

I tell ya this is way better than any hollyweird film . Thank you for bringing us this most enjoyable realistic video. God bless you greatly and your house.

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thank you so much and God bless you too!

[@jobellecollie7139]

My family home had railroad tracks running behind it. The old Boston & Maine and my Uncle was the conductor and he always gave free rides in the caboose. My Grandmother always made sack lunches and filled random jam jars with either coffee, tea or "swill" a cold lemon drink. A hunk of bread and whatever we had extra of. Fruit, meatloaf or apple pie. These lunches were left on the fence and the "empty" jars would be left for the next meal. She did this from the 1920's until her death in the 1970's. When her death notice was in the newspaper, the following weeks letters of thanks from hundreds of people we never met recalling how grateful they were for that meal. I hope the US never has to suffer another Great Depression, but I know I'll be prepared and I'll know how to help those who pass my way.

[@estherloske1396]

Beautiful💜 Thank You for sharing 🦋

[@WayPointSurvival]

What a wonderful story! Thank you so much for sharing it!

[@natscat4752]

What a wonderful grandparents you had 😊

[@RobertDay-c6h]

Really enjoyed your video! I love all the detail you use in your kits. I also like how you leave no trace when you camp and often leave it in better shape. A sign of a good bushman and gentleman!I always had a soft spot for hobos. My uncle was a hobo in the thirties and had some great stories of him travelling around the country looking for work. The biggest obstacle were the railway bulls. Company policeman that would baton the hell out of person for riding the rails. I worked for a railway for over 38 years and had a lot of people ride on our trains. I would often lecture them on how not to be noticed when travelling the rails. My philosophy was as long as they aren’t hurting anyone or destroying railway property, I would give them safe passage on my trip. I I could always tell which ones were up to no good. The eyes always give a person away. People are generally well behaved and respectful if given the chance. There is still a lot of good out there in world even when you don’t have much..Take care out there brother and keep up those great videos!

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much! Also, thanks for everything you did for The Travelers and Wanderers and the Working Men of the hobo society!

[@paul5403]

I really do enjoy watching your videos on the hobo life . I live a modern version of this life . I live in my van and travel round the UK picking up work here and there . I've spent over 30 years practising survival/bushcraft and traveled all over the world learning different survival techniques. The hobo was a true master of survival and a shining example of resilience and good old toughness. Thank you for your videos.

[@WayPointSurvival]

You're very welcome and thank you so much for watching!

[@allhandsonsteamdeck1440]

❤ Hobo skyrim with a splash of new vegas love the writing and educational and even the videography bravo 👏👏👏

[@WayPointSurvival]

Thanks so much!