Small Town Stealth Camping 

I like how Steve's idea of a town having everything it needs is just a montage of bars and liquor stores

I'm surprised more communities haven't invited Steve to stealth camp. What a great marketing opportunity for the town / city.

"I'm not going to promote junk on this channel. Ever." Another reason I just love this guy and his content. Respect to you Steve for not selling out for advertisements.

Hey Steve, don't be too quick to throw out that particular non-DEET mosquito spray. The one you have is 20% icaridin (sometimes called picaridin) which in my experience (with heavy population of mosquitos in the summer in Japan) is actually better than DEET (I know hard to believe), but you have to treat it differently. It doesn't really repel them away but 100% prevents them from biting, but only in the exact areas you've applied it. So treat it more like sunscreen and thoroughly wet and spread it across all your exposed skin (though don't get it in your eyes). One reason it's better than DEET is that it doesn't really have any strong smell or sticky feel, and it won't melt plastic, so you can apply tons of it. 20% icaridin is lab tested as effective as 30% DEET but because it's easier to go ham applying multiple coats of the icaridin you can get protection that would take an uncomfortable amount of DEET to equal. I know it sounds like I'm shilling for it, but I just really wanted to inform you because I'm super glad I found out about it living here in with the amount of mosquitos in Japan. I enjoy your content and can see that mosquitos are an issue for you so just wanted to give a heads up on it. (BTW there are tons of other "non-DEET" sprays that don't do much at all, so check label to make sure it has 20% icaridin (or picaridin).

"Everything you need and more" *compilation shots of every bar in town* LOL Steve, you're the best!

He seems so happy and himself doing something he loves. Recently I’ve been feeling down and I’ve been binge watching all of his camps. While watching Steve I forget about everything that’s been going on. It’s like a trance. He really deserves the world, never complains about anything. Just wanna say a huge thank you to Steve for everything he does. Living legend ❤️

Funny how when I drive along the highway’s now, I’m always looking for stealthy spots for camping.

After all this time I finally realise why I love Steve’s videos so much: I’m so damn paranoid about everything I do, born of a childhood fear of getting in trouble for the most irrational things. But Steve, he just goes out there and is like “I’m literally going to walk into a forest and sleep there and just Not Get Caught”. THATS why I find so much cozy comfort in his content, the fact he can go anywhere and set up a comfy camp and be visibly so calm that nothing will go wrong.

You've inspired me to stealth camp around town that I eventually sold everything I owned, and bought some high quality camping/hiking gear and I've been homeless for two years. I ended up saving a shit ton of money and have had a freedom to go and work wherever I want without anything weighing me down. What a thrill ride.

This is my first blind, I'm using it for coyote. Easy to set up and take down. ru-vid.comUgkxLQGtOO9dXIsNktEeycGoIT6jtJJNTScA Definitely happy with what I got. If you are looking for something cheap to get you by, I recommed this blind it does the job just fine. I'm giving it a 5 star over all because it was better then I expected, I really thought with it being so cheap I was going to get what I paid for and I'm happy with it. Also I had my 11 year old son and a buddy of mine in it and it wasn't too cramped

You have no idea how much these helped me when I was homeless🙏 still addicted to these videos 😂

"Nothing better than going to bed with trains in the distance." I quite agree, and thought I was the only one. It reminds me of my childhood, as a major RR line crossed through the center of my town.

I love how cautious and alert Steve is, like this little park might be safe now, but give it a few hours and there could be patrol cars and helicopters combing the woods 😂😂😂 It’s the perfect mixture between innocent and exciting.

Imagine meeting Steve at a bar or something and he casual brings up he has 1.41 million subs on RU-vid. You'd think it was a joke, he's the most laid back and non-pretentious person of this size. He's an international treasure.

Do we all just sit on our hands waiting for Steve to drop a Thursday video? I know I do.

For 1M sub special, let's get the fanciest stealth camping possible. Wearing a tux, step 2 with Champaign!

This is literally the most wholesome dude on the planet!!! We need more Steve’s in our lives.

My daughter and I are planning to build houses near to each other. Right now we are shopping for just the right piece of land. After watching you and your wife building your house, I have a feeling that when we find the land and start actually building, it is not going to be a piece of cake! I appreciate your candor and honesty relating to your successes and failures! You have helped me a lot to face the realities of building your own home. Thank you.

With all the problems in the world today, your videos are great for a mental diversion. I’m so glad I found your channel. Thank you for what you do. Everyone needs some Steve in their life.

I appreciate how you always play up the drama of the noise created by cracking open a single beer while you're alone in the woods.

Steve, finding a drunk bum in the middle of the woods is an important milestone in any child's life. You have the opportunity to provide that experience and should take it.

For once it's not snowing, pouring down a thunderstorm, or blowing like a banshee! Nice to see the Spring camp work out so well! Thanks Steve!

I’ve been so depressed and mentally ill that I’m not coping and have fallen behind with videos. Anyway…..this cheered me up….and believe me! I needed it!!! ❤️🙏thanks Steve xxx

Steve, between yourself and hidden valley bushcraft, your sharing of not just getting out into the wild but also personal experiences and coping mechanisms is inspiring. You have no idea how helpful your honesty helps those who find it hard to speak up to strangers. I have worked with many people who can relate.

Stealth beer cracking tip: Put the thumb of one hand over the little oval that opens and use the other hand to raise the tab as you press down a little with your thumb. Generally, this will mean that your thumb with both muffle the sound and the downward pressure will help the opening of it not to be as sudden, which means less overall force in a single area, which contributes to the cracking sound. At the very least, people might not know what they heard. Also remember that soda cans and energy drink cans all make that same sound so it's not like people immediately think beer when they hear it.

Literally got into bed and thought “man I wish there was a new camping with Steve stealth camp”. What a beautiful moment when I saw this thumbnail, smiled and settled in to watch.

Haha the little twinkle in Steve's eye as he's waiting for the last trail hiker to pass before going in to the woods, it's pure joy as his plan to get away with no one being the wiser.

Everyone needs a friend like Steeve! These videos are like my comfort food!!

Hey Steve. I've been watching your videos for about a year now give or take. One thing I always like about your videos is the meals you make, they look pretty good for camping meals, some of them are better than my own camping meals!!! I wish there was a way to compile all of your camping recipes into a book (Steve's camp cook book) lol; Without re-watching your videos and writing the recipes down. I also enjoy seeing your different camping style with each spot you camp. Keep up all of the good work :)

I'm camping right now (not stealth though). I've noticed in every campground I've been to in the past year, everyone has an rv or camper. I'm the only one in the whole campground with a tent. It's like a glorified trailer park. Might have to do more stealth camping. Thanks Steve!

Just when I thought I couldn’t love Steve anymore he makes Donairs!!! My little Nova Scotia heart grew 6 sizes today!!!

Nothing like getting a video notification from Steve. Highlight of the day!! Cheers everyone.

I think the best way to stealth crack a can is to start pulling the tab so the edges crack, let some of the gas hiss out slowly, then put your thumb over the cut-out gently (not pushing because you don't want to push your thumb into the sharp hole!) but just keep your thumb over the metal while you pull the tab the rest of the way, your thumb blocks some of the high pitch of the "tinny" sound of the metal cracking apart and crinkling, the softness of your skin kinda muffles it in a way, if that makes sense. And you wanna do it all really slowly. Sometime I have to stealth crack a secret beer camping after my friend falls asleep because she's trying to stay sober and I don't want her to start craving a beer because she heard me crack it. Also do the same at home sometimes if I don't want my dad to know there's beer because he can overdo it sometimes XD so I have mastered the stealth crack pretty well.

I love this channel. I haven't been much of an outdoorsman the last two decades, so it's nice to live vicariously through Steve. It's still very relaxing.

I feel like another person should create a RU-vid channel solely for the purpose of catching Steve. Steve tells them the town he will be in and that person try’s to find him. Of course if they win, Steve has to give up his Step 2.

The “backpacker” thermacell is the best model, as you can attach to regular isobutane cans instead of having to buy their ridiculously overpriced plastic fuel canisters.

What's funny is there is a good chance that if a hiker finds Steve, it will be one of his viewers bringing him a step 2 😆

Steve thank you so much for your vids. I quit drinking 79 days ago because I was drinking too much, but I enjoy sitting watching your videos and watching you enjoying a beer two. You always seem to bring me up when I'm down AKM Always Keep Moving!

It's incredibly surreal to watch someone doing stealth camping in places I've been to or grown up near. Born and raised in Edmonton, my grandparents have a cabin at Wabamun. I don't know why it's so fascinating in a video when it was so mundane in reality!

The beginning part is absolutely my favorite. Growing up in a small town, and county, there is literally more bars than food places.

Steve, never used one of the hammocks except military ones, I am definitely going to get a couple now! Thank you! Great video.

Laughed about your “juicy brown recluse spider” in your boots, although it is not a laughing matter, I was bitten in my lower left leg about 4 hours into a trip from central MA to Aiken, SC (1000mi, 2days drive). Didn’t realize the severity of the situation until I reached SC in great pain and agony and then spent 2 weeks in University Hospital, Augusta, GA and almost lost my lower leg and suffered two operations. Recovery was long and painful. Now just a slightly disfigured and discolored limb is a constant reminder about what those little bastards can do!

You’re such a nice guy Steve honestly. One of the good ones. Cheers to you and yours. 🍺🍻

What I love about a village or small town is that they are always clean. No litter. Whereas cities are filled with litter from people who have brought their bad habits from other countries and provinces. I once nicely asked a young man and woman to pick up the napkin they had dropped on my lawn. The guy apologized and picked up. The girl wined "it's just a napkin!"

As someone who may soon be finding let's say... "creative" places to sleep, I appreciate your videos.

Just... so much love for the joy this brings me every week. I don't get to camp this weekend, but next weekend we will be, so this tides me over.

Your production value has skyrocketed over the years , nicely done Steve!

Steve is my kind of guy : "nothing like the sound of trains in the distance when going to bed", and "the sound of rain on a tent fly", two thoughts I totally agree with.

I’m glad someone else can relate to the peaceful sound of trains in the distance especially when going to sleep

I definitely agree about trains in the distance. I used to live along the river directly in front of a power plant that was a mile across the river. There was a train track about 75 yards behind my house. If the trains didn't put you to sleep the hum from the power plant would.

Never camped and I love your channel. Spent 13 in a small town in Illinois & I loved it. Weather was great and the area looked lovely. Looking forward to the next stealth camping trip you bring all of us on.

Compared to the winter it's really remarkable to see nature come to life during the warm months.

I never leave comments but, Steve I hope you’re doing well. I love your videos and the personality you put into them. With much love I hope it gets better

That was a world class Stealth camping spot. Scouting efforts do pay off from time to time. Dinner looked very tasty.

That “magic heat“ is Sterno. They do last six hours. It is what is often used to keep the steam tables warm at weddings and things like that. They do work great, low but steady heat. Thanks for the great video!

Never manages to dissapoint. I love the content man, helps me alot during this shitty hospital time.

I've had pretty good luck keeping mosquitoes away using a lantern full of citronella tiki torch fuel. The smoke free stuff works great if you also want light, but the regular stuff will black out the glass pretty quick if you dont

Bringing me back Steve. Used to hitchhike long distances throughout US. Stealth camping was a constant, critical component of survival You've discovered the alcohol stove, its amongst my favorites for the following reasons: 1. Fuel can be purchased many places not just outdoor shops. 2. Does really well in windy conditions. 3. Consistent flame. 4. Very cheap. 5. The flame isn't bright and is quiet, good for stealth. There's even a cool design you can male from a soda can and a zippo wick (+ access to some tools)

Hello Steve! The Thermacell seems like a lifesaver literally. However, a cheaper repellent, I found is unscented incense sticks, upwind of me, chases skeeters away. They don't like any smoke. Speaking of smoke, bud is finally legal in Virginia! Hooray! Happy Trails Steve & everyone.....

I'm sitting in my car with the rain outside, watching this. How relaxing....till lunch is over.

No other stealth camping videos even come close to yours steve! You're the best!

“What I really like about this place”….proceeds to show liquor signs! Love it Steve! Step 2

the best first minute in a long time. Not often they give you a guide on where to be stealthy!

“Some of them are the size of a baby” best food quote! Great vlog as usual.

Watching a stealth video on a Thursday night… doesn’t get any better than this

Loving all the trees and greenery in this! 😀

Thanks for the Update Steve. Love your videos, but take all the time you need to heal. Safe journeys and we hope to hear from you soon!

Those fuel cans can be found at restaurant supply stores, colloquially known by the brand name “Sterno”s. They’re used for buffet tray warming.

Steve was complaining about the mosquitos and I was thinking "I hope my thermacell actually works for camping this weekend.", and a few seconds later, Steve pulls out the exact same one I bought. Thanks for the excellent video and the knowledge I made a good purchase!

As always, some of the best camping content on RU-vid. No distracting music, sponsorships, or unnecessary intros. Just a guy having fun and documenting it. I've been under the weather recently and these videos have been the best. Hopefully I'll be able to get out there again soon.

Steve should be a proponent of the "right to roam" movement. We need it in Canada.

"What I'm making is what people eat after the bar in the middle of the night. They're usualliy the size of a football, some are the size of a baby." Thank you Steve for sharing our culture with the world. Now I want a beef donair.

The feeling of camping in a place discouraged, makes the adventure feels exciting 💀👌

Steve you and your family have been on my mind. I know this is a tough time. I will be thinking about you buddy.

I keep waiting for the day when Steve see's people go by and they say, "Steve, is that you?" lol

I love Thursdays and camping with Steve. Another great one Steve! 👍😁

I was looking at a map of Alberta and a few km west of that metro area is Lake Wabamun. I thought, "I wonder if Steve ever visited that place?" In this video, Steve hits a homerun outta the ballpark with this great video!

I haven’t seen anyone else drink that step two since my pops passed away in 2021. Man brought me back ! I love the content!

I really love these little stealth camps. Nothing beats the roundabout though lol. Great vlog Steve.

The Thermacell devices work impressively. Last summer I was camping on Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. My tent is mostly mesh and when I woke up, above my head there had to be hundreds of mosquitoes on the outside of the mesh. I fired up the Thermacell and went to make breakfast. Even though the mosquitoes were obviously swarming I didn't get a single bite.

It's weird how I learned the cutting grass schedule of places around my area so I can Van life without being woken up in the morning

I played away hockey games a couple of times in Wabamun when I was growing up, I distinctly remember that giant dragonfly statue. It's so weird and interesting seeing Steve visit the places you've been. Great video as always!

I am so proud of you Steve. That took a lot of energy and love for us campers 😀 You are right we have a wonderful community here. We care for you very much and I think if you listen you can hear 1 million happy campers yelling to you, "Everything is going to be alright! We love you!" First step has been taken and we will be here when Step 2 happens😉❤️🍁🍂🌹🍺🍷🥃🍸🍹🍶🍼🍵☕🍾🥂Cheers! 💗🌾

I love your "contentious" meals Steve! I love to cook also and even when I camp I like to be "fancy" sometimes. In fact I'm hopefully, if I don't chicken out or something, gonna do something kinda fancy when I do a stealth camp here in November some time. It's interesting what you can do even with limited elements. Last time I did car camping with my friend, I made french toast one morning (brioche slices in ziploc bags, cracked eggs into a jar to carry and spoon out when needed, and a bag of flour and bag of sugar, my camping "pantry" items), and the second day I made eggs, sausage and biscuits with sausage pepper gravy - made the biscuits at home the morning of departure and cooled them, put in a freezer bag, envelope of peppered gravy mix, eggs in the jar except for the 2 I used for french toast the previous morning, and a packet of heat-and-serve sausage links, 4 of which were chopped into the gravy at the end. I also love cooking a ziploc-marinated steak on the open fire or grill and sauteing onions and mushrooms in olive oil I brought in a little spice bottle I cleaned out. And sometimes I'm lazy and just put a can of chicken into a Knorr Fettucine Alfredo side. It's all good lol. I'm also gonna try to do either a cobbler or a crisp with ziploc baggeed ingredients and a can of fruit pie filling, we'll see how that turns out.

Love watching your videos and winding down from a long day

I've been watching Steve for so long every time i see a upload I'm like a school child again running home from school to watch my favourite show lol. I never thought the first time I would get to use my learnt Stealth skills would be in a hospital car park lol. My sister got very sick and asked us to take her to hospital (myself drive and my mother take her in as hospital rules atm only 1 person allowed in with the sick person) I drove them them up and got there at 10.30am I pulled up in the 1 of 7 drop off zones and thought i will wait here as long as possible because the parking lot is paid parking and was hoping to get away with free parking lol anyway security started walking around by 12pm so i got out of there before there was problems i then drove into the big layered car park i pulled up on the first floor as there was many available spots and just watched RU-vid until i started getting tired and had started to worry as i had work the next day and couldn't take the day off. So i remembered my mother has a massive blanket in the boot of her 4 wheel drive so if she has something big in the boot she puts the blanket over it so it doesn't scratch the boot lol anyway I by 1.30 i thought i need sleep so i got ot off the car had a stretch and then put the back seats down and the front driver's seat down so i could slip in and get away fast if needed i then drove around the car park looking for a nice undercover spot where i could see if needed but people really wouldn' t have the need to walk past and see me. I found a spot then slipped into the back without getting out off the car i put the blanket over myself I ate the banana I brought with me a had a little bit of water to wash it down. 😅 I slept like a baby lol I was so comfortable and warm i slept right up until they called me to get them from emergency at 4.30 am lucky i slept there because i just went home got into my work clothes and went straight to work. Sorry for the long story 😅 thank you Steve for all the lessons 👍 lol my step 2 was water lol

Someday we are going to find out steve just goes to these towns for the antique stores; all this time we've actually been lamping with steve.

As a proud resident of Halifax, thanks for the shout out!! Your videos are the best thing on RU-vid to me. Thanks!

Great vid. I enjoy all of them. Best channel ever. Especially your rafting with Crazy Neighbour. Keep up the great work.

Great video Steve. Looks like a really nice spot for some stealth camping. The rain on the tarp or whatever is one of the best sounds when you're camping. Helps you drift off to sleep. Hope you and beautiful wife are doing great. More great content thanks Steve.

I’m sad, I want to see other camping videos for a change and have found nothing like “camping with Steve”…Steve your are the meaning of camping for enjoyment. Keep on camping.

Unbelievable that your microphone actually picked up the sounds of the mosquitoes as you were setting up your hammock. I was wearing headphones, and it was really noticeable,

How did I just find this channel now!!! I must be living under a rock

These videos are pure zen. Maximum comfy.

I am literally in the woods camping right now and finally got to crack a step 2 with you! Love the content Steve

Everything I know about Canada's natural beauty I learned from Camping with Steve! Also weird boujee Canadian foods and how to cook them all over a tiny flame 🇨🇦

The birds in Wabamun make it sound like Steve's in the Amazon. Great jungle stealther, Stevie!

I love you Steve. God Bless You Brother!!

my favorite mosquito deterrent is dryer sheets. I never get bit when I use that method. just take 3-5 of them, rub them all over your body and clothes and then stick them in your pocket.

You actually inspired me to start sleeping in a hammock at my own house Steve! I think it's the highest quality of sleep, assuming it isn't cold. And it isn't cold in southern Appalachia