Our First Night in Ozark National Forest - Dispersed Camping 

Thank you! Tim still teases me about the water, lol! Of all the places we have ever camped, this is one of our top three campsites.

That is awesome! We were truly surprised by how beautiful it is and how many places there are to explore there!

Thanks! Great to know - I always second guess myself, lol! Such a beautiful area!

I think this is probably our favorite place we have taken it so far! Such a beautiful area. We had so much fun down there and met some great people while we were there!

@@SendaDaniels-xr5nw this was our first time here. Such a beautiful area to live!

@@SendaDaniels-xr5nw we had such a great time exploring. I can see why it would be your favorite place, lol!

Our pleasure! We heard some "knocks" in the woods across the river - Tim says it was a Sasquatch, so we were glad we had our Campinawe instead of the tent, lol!

@@Regular_Gamer thanks for letting us know!

I know, right? It takes a little bit of muscle but was definitely doable. This is definitely right up there as one of our favorite places so far. Thanks for watching!

We are always a little bit nervous when we disperse camp in areas we are unfamiliar with, but you can't beat places like this - it is worth it!

When we were younger we always joked about how we would never move south, we're northerners, we can handle the snow, lol! Now that we are getting older we are laughing at our younger selves!

@@HEKNBAK We did the same thing! LOL

Thanks for watching! Colorado is on our list!

Thank you so much!! 😄

@@HEKNBAK have a great week😁

Such a beautiful area! We'd love to get back there to explore more. Thanks for watching!

Yes, lol! We debated getting a truck camper before we bought the Campinawe. We couldn't believe how beautiful it was here!

It did and in tomorrow's video we take it down some even more rugged roads - it is getting a workout, lol! Thanks for watching!

I have to say that we were very surprised how beautiful it is. We didn't know what to expect - we loved it!

Thanks so much! We appreciate it!

You should! What a great idea to get your family together! This was our first time in Arkansas and it was so beautiful even in December. We have never been off the mainland - at least not yet, lol!

Your figure it out is no different.

We loved driving these roads! We did some driving in the Ouachitas this trip too - that will be coming up. We drove up to some radio antennae's there. We are back home now working our "real" jobs, lol! Looking forward to the days we can travel full time. Thanks so much for watching and the kind comments!

Thanks so much! We were looking at the descriptions on OnX Offroad. We were using Gaia too, but the trail descriptions were OnX.

Unfortunately we didn't mark it. It was right on carwash falls road though. From the south you would turn off Hwy 123 near Haw Creek Falls Campground onto CR 5881 and follow that north for several miles. It will become 311. From the north you would take 311 south off Hwy 29. There were several campsites along this stretch of road - all with great views of the Big Piney.

Where we ended up camping was Big Piney Creek - not too far from Carwash Falls, but the campground we drove into was Steel Creek. We weren't planning to camp at Steel Creek, but had a moment of panic when we saw the sign, lol! We aren't from the area, so we didn't know what we were getting into.

No bears, lol, but sometimes Tim is mistaken for one!

Unfortunately we hadn't started recording our tracks and locations at that point . It was right on carwash falls road though. From the south you would turn off Hwy 123 near Haw Creek Falls Campground onto CR 5881 and follow that north for several miles. It will become 311. From the north you would take 311 south off Hwy 29. There were several campsites along this stretch of road - all with great views of the Big Piney. There is some private property interspersed with public land, so it is good to use something like Gaia or OnX Offroad to make sure you know what is what.