Stealth Camping On the Coast of Northern California

In today's episode, I am stealth camping on the coast of Northern California. Honestly, I hate stealth camping, but I had no other choice outside of Redwood National Park. This episode is filled with more giant trees and stunning drone shots. I was even almost brought to tears just because of the sheer beauty. I could cry! If you're new here, hi, I'm Sydney, and I've been living and traveling the country in my Volvo XC90 for a little over a year. I kicked this episode off where the last one ended, in Fern Canyon. Stunning. The freezing feet are worth it. Today was such a fun day to get 10,000 steps. This has probably been one of my favorite days in a while. I mean, every day is my favorite day, let's be real. I'm in a playground. This is so fun! How many of you guys actually knew that Fern Canyon existed? Because whenever I see pictures of the redwoods, it's just redwood trees. It's never this. I've been blown away today, multiple times actually. I think I'm going to head back down the canyon. I left my lights on by accident. I am heading to a giant tree. There's an elk. Oh my gosh, there it is, there it is! Wow, that was so cruel! I didn't expect to see an elk today. Dang. Why has this been the best day ever? Part 60. The people in front of me are from Virginia. What are the odds? One out of 50? I'm on the hunt for the big tree. What the, what the? Big tree alert. So the diameter was 70, or sorry, the circumference was 75 feet. It's 1,500 years old. That's the biggest tree I've ever seen. This is crazy. What? This is crazy. I'm the same height as the diameter. From this angle, that looks like one big tree. Isn't it crazy? It's three separate trees. These trees are making me feel like an ant. I'm an ant. This low-key might be one of my new favorite national parks. Every hike is so easy, and you see the craziest stuff you've ever seen. Again, it's not fair to compare national parks. Okay, I think I'm gonna head towards where I'm supposed to be stealth camping tonight. It's so moody right now, I love it. Okay, so it says it's on the left right here. Oh my gosh. I don't think anybody was back there. Let me check out this other spot down here, and then I might turn around. The other spot is a cemetery, or next to a cemetery apparently. Well, let's check out the digs, shall we? Camp? I mean, I don't see why I can't camp here. It is a little bit uneven, but it's okay. I'll deal with sleeping slanted because I'm next to the ocean. Okay, I think I'm gonna sleep here. Hopefully nobody yells at me. As soon as I said that, I got company. I hope he's not trying to sleep here too. I was, but if you can't peer, I'll probably go. There's another spot down the road. It's under a power line. It's kind of hidden. I don't think anybody's there. Yeah, I'll just go to the other one. Okay. Okay, yeah, that makes sense. Okay. Okay, thank you. You too. That guy came up to me asking if I was gonna sleep here because we both have eye overlander, and I was like, ah, I can't go to the other one, but he went to the other one instead. He let me have the spot. Well, camp. This is a pretty good stealthy camping spot in my opinion. Stealth mode. There's a car coming. I feel like I'm being really obvious. No, they don't know that, do they? Act natural, act natural, act natural. This is the issue with stealth camping. There's just people all over. Solar panels, laundry. I think that's everything that needs to come from the back to the front. I strongly dislike stealth camping. Stay. Dinner. I'm not even gonna warm these up. That's the beauty in raviolis. You can just eat them cold. Do you guys hear the seals? Horsey lions? Yay, stealth mode activated. I have a lot of work to do, as always, so I am going to do that for the rest of the night. I am gonna get some work done. Hopefully nobody bothers me tonight. I doubt anybody will, right? But famous last words. There's somebody right there. Please leave. Why are they so close? Gosh, it smells like weed. I survived the night. No funny business happened, so that's good. I do want to get out of here though, just in case anybody comes up here. So I'm gonna get dressed and get ready for the day. I know my hair is gonna puff up as soon as I do this, but part of my bangs were sticking out and it was really annoying me. Okay, I think that's good. Maybe I might put a little bit of makeup on. Last time I put makeup on, everybody was like, you don't need to do that. Like, what's wrong with you? Like, they came at me for putting makeup on. Like, can a girl not put makeup on? Gotta cover these under eye circles. Oh my gosh, the sun is trying to come out. Okay, I did just put some cornstarch in my hair to make myself more presentable. Today is an exciting day, you guys. We're going to find more giant redwoods. Going to Damnation Creek Trailhead. This is so pretty. Look at all the seals. Look how big these clovers are. I'd tell you more about this hike, but I was just told that this is a hike to do. I know nothing beyond that. I don't know how long it is. I don't know what I'm going to see. I don't know if it's an ocean viewpoint hike, etc. So I'm just rolling with the punches, I guess. I got a hold of a map of the trail and it is going down to the beach. It looks like there's a lot of switchbacks. I'm already going downhill quite a bit. I kind of want to go and I'm just going to have to grin and bear it on the way up. It was recommended on Reddit, so you know it's got to be good. I don't know if I want to do this. A mile and a half of straight downhill and then uphill. I'm turning around. I'm not doing this today. Plus, I'm trying to be at the library in 53 minutes, so this isn't going to work. I was walking and I almost stepped on this snail. It's probably never had its picture taken before. Okay, I'm going to try to find a beach that's more accessible than this trail and then I think I'm going to wrap this video up. What the heck? What the heck, world? I could cry. Why is it so pretty? Okay, my friends, I am going to end my video here. Thank you so much for watching. I really enjoyed this video. I'll catch you on the next one. I just wanted to let you all know that I do have a Patreon, so it would mean the world to me if you guys considered supporting me over there. You get behind the scenes videos and deleted scenes videos of every episode, as well as thumbnails that weren't chosen and extra pictures that are on my Instagram, all for $5 a month. Thank you all so much for watching and I'll catch you in the next one.