Solo Tent Camp & Cook in Florida | Jonathan Dickinson State Park and Blowing Rocks Preserve

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@steveblindlost9424 6 месяцев назад

My wife and I camped at JDSP perhaps 15 years ago. We set up our tent and went for a hike. We didn't leave any food out. Upon return our tent was unzipped about a foot. Inside were raccoon tracks from my wife's bag which they had also unzipped. They got into her skin lotion and tracked it around the tent floor, no damage really. Those sneaky raccoons! Enjoyed your videos as always. It's great seeing you visit so many places here in FL we have been, thank you, safe travels, and Merry Christmas!

@leedanielson7452 6 месяцев назад

Kelly I started out along time ago just watching your hiking videos, but you sure have branched out and I really enjoy all your adventure videos you are making nowadays….Awesome!❤😊👍👏🏻

@starman9458 6 месяцев назад

I started out watching her Florida Trail videos until the end and that's where I went back and started to watch the AT videos and I'm now halfway through the AT videos with only 85 more to go.

@mfarmer2742 6 месяцев назад

I really love your videos! You are truly living the dream. I've been living in Florida since 2001 and haven't done as many excursions as you because I'm alone but you've shown me what I am missing out on. Thank you so much!

@anneoconnor3614 6 месяцев назад

Just love going on your adventures with you !! I admire your cooking - you make it look so easy cooking over a camp fire ! Thank you Merry Christmas !

@joebacarella1304 6 месяцев назад

Hey Kelly...I'm hooked again. Love your videos. The detail to your cooking, the originality to the recipes, the cool places that you go, even the music that you add. You take such pride in what you put out there and it shows. Appreciate it all.

@leedanielson7452 6 месяцев назад

Kelly’s statement of the day “I have no interest in ever consuming a turtle” 😂🐢 Agree!!!😊

@GatorLife57 6 месяцев назад

I'm a Florida boy and love soft shell turtle, gator, rattlesnake , frog legs, and other exotic meat.

@davidfoley529 6 месяцев назад

And opossum, surely! @@GatorLife57

@leedanielson7452 6 месяцев назад

@@GatorLife57 Next you’ll be saying you eat possum!!! And armadillo!!!🤣

@GatorLife57 6 месяцев назад

@@leedanielson7452 haven't tried those yet.....lol

@leedanielson7452 6 месяцев назад

@@GatorLife57 🤣🤣🤣

@stephenkenny7661 6 месяцев назад

Kelly!!!! I love your channel!!!! I'm big into the PEOPLE documenting their Appalachian trail hikes!!!!and I love the solo camping stuff. I love Florida...grandpa lived there for 45 years!

@joesoutdoorplaces 6 месяцев назад

That is one beautiful state park. You cook like you’re from Louisiana. 😊 Cast iron is hard to beat. That was a delicious recipe. Those rascal raccoons were after it. Great adventure as always.

@robmechanic 6 месяцев назад

Wow you were so in my back yard. JD State Park is the first place I ever camped some 50 years ago. Was very primitive back then. My wife and I are camping at Highlands Hammock State Park for my 60th birthday in January. Thank you for sharing such a great video. God bless. ❤

@maureenmukhlis2934 6 месяцев назад

WHAT A FANTASTIC OUTING FOR YOU!!🥰🥰 Thank you so so much for sharing all of these incredible adventures! They are going on my wish list 😍

@DavidDavis-fishing 6 месяцев назад

Gooood afternoon from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great afternoon!

@graym7803 6 месяцев назад

That was such an awesome trip! Thank you for sharing it!

@ericfinley3915 6 месяцев назад

Great adventure! Dinner and breakfast looked DE-licious! Thanks for taking us along.

@user-kq1wt9zf3w 5 месяцев назад

Love your Florida videos, i grew up there in Ocala. My wife and i watch your kayaking videos, i think she's ready for a tubing trip down the rainbow river after seeing your videos. Thank you.

@JoeandEmmaLee 6 месяцев назад

Sooooo beautiful! You always find the best spots 😊 Glad it was a successful trip Kelly!

@cigar70665 6 месяцев назад

As always, so enjoyable. Love the videos!

@amyroggenbuck7165 6 месяцев назад

Loving your Florida state park videos.

@FMTFXE22 6 месяцев назад

What a wonderful adventure that park is.

@johndonahue4777 6 месяцев назад

Kelly, living the life. Good trip and apropo cook out too. Very cool. My favorite part was the 'shooting' planet on time lapse. Such beautiful settings that everyone wants to go. Congratulations! And a very Merry Christmas.

@luisfont6468 4 месяца назад

It’s been a great state park since the 80’s. Tks for the video and memories. ☮️

@dandypoint 6 месяцев назад

Wow! Another place I am putting on my list! Thanks, made my day!

@miken7629 6 месяцев назад

A simple corn meal "Hoe Cake" is 2 parts corn meal + 1 part "Just add water" pancake mix + water to thick batter, cook like a pancake. The wheat gluten in the pancake mix is the binder and is self rising.

@ktharris318 13 дней назад

One of my favorites! And Blowing Rocks is so peaceful despite the crashing waves~ love that you shared it! =)

@billevans9231 6 месяцев назад

Thanks Kelly another great adventure

@chainoflakesrefrigerationa2906 6 месяцев назад

So jealous of all the amazing places you are visiting!

@JohnnyBaughAdventures 6 месяцев назад

That looks Soo good and healthy! Your cooking adventures are reminding me more and more of Dome Life. Well done 🤙

@curly__3 6 месяцев назад

Beautiful place! Thanks.

@wendypelaez9305 6 месяцев назад

Love watching what you are doing!

@dayhikedave 6 месяцев назад

Very cool 👍 Not ideal camping weather here in Pa. Thanks for getting us out 🏕🥾⛺

@annetteevans5256 6 месяцев назад

I grew up in that area, JD Park was the first place I decided to try hiking. I've done many miles there and absolutely love it. I'm on the West Coast of Florida now but it is definitely one of my favorites.

@michellebrownphoto 6 месяцев назад

Wow, this was a fun trip! Thanks for sharing it!

@maxxcherry12 6 месяцев назад

Campsite thanksgiving love it!! ✌️😎

@TeeGreen222 6 месяцев назад

So close to me! Glad you made it down to this neck of the woods!

@OsmanAkgul19 6 месяцев назад

I will definitely do this tour. Thank you.👍

@carolwerner3881 6 месяцев назад

Another great video! I just love the FL parks, everything about them. You sure know how to have fun! That's so funny , you making his stew! Without the turtles, I don't blame you, sure looked delicious ! Keep up the good work.🌴🌞

@mmholdings4662 6 месяцев назад

Turtle in the beginning of video is a gopher turtle. Very good stew and soup meat when they were legal, many years ago.

@hookedonwhiskers9390 Месяц назад

Stumbled onto your videos while looking up Florida camping videos. Love the content keep up the good work. Subbed

@mikeholley4488 2 месяца назад

Gopher tortoise is actually delicious! They were a staple for Floridian country folk (reason they're endangered now). As a kid my dad and uncles would run a heavy wire with a hook bent on the end down the burrows. After you hook the shell, you pull them out with a 4x4 truck if it's a big one. Soup and shishkabos

@sterndrives 6 месяцев назад

Cool!!! I hike there every few weeks.

@georgeacosta_ 6 месяцев назад

love the video!! Planning a trip out there this weekend

@wildwes. 6 месяцев назад

That looks like some real good food you did a great job

@mattbratcher3383 6 месяцев назад

Yes! Datil pepper sauce is the best. I literally put it on everything. My favorite thing to add it to is seafood gumbo soup. Also medium sized scallops is good to add into your soup you made in the Dutch oven. Another favorite place of mine is Ft. Matanzas. I lived just south of there when I moved to Fl. There is tons of things to do there. They have a really nice campground. You can drive south to Flagler Beach. I lived there a couple of years. It’s a very small beach town. You would love it. This was a great video by the way. 🤙

@jimmyjenkins9240 6 месяцев назад

9L, we have a program on our PBS channel called; Florida Road Trip. It is interesting and educational. Your Florida Forays are even better! Not only are your videos interesting, informative and educational, they are fun and personal. I’ve been with you since pre AT . When I see a new post from you, I smile and say to myself - great!

@brenthiteoutdoors 6 месяцев назад

Great Video...Thanks for sharing!

@chandlerhayes4840 4 месяца назад

I’m planning my first solo trip somewhere here in FL and your videos are really inspiring :)

@mr.e0311 3 месяца назад

Ive always wanted to bump into one of these on a primitive camping trip. Been a thing for a very LONG time.

@suethompson9199 6 месяцев назад

You have to come back and hike the Ocean to Lake Trail. It’s really good. JD used to be a military base back in the early 40’s. They have some cool ruins that still exist in the park. My favorite is the firing range. It’s a short hike in the park. We always find old bullet shells from the early 40’s over there. There’s also a hidden steam engine just off of the Ocean to Lake Trail, in the back of the park. It’s from the old saw mill that used to exist on the land. It took me a month to track it down and find it. It’s really cool. Love your videos, can’t wait to see where you go next!

@dannyp133 6 месяцев назад

Another fantastic video Ms Kelly😃 Thank you for sharing lil adventures with us, the park was beautiful and the raccoons are cute but can be rascals on occasion for sure😃 The soup looked scrumptious and reminded me of the turtle soup my grandparents used to fix when I was a small child, they caught snapping turtles 😋 That’s been many decades ago now tho😵‍💫 Your fried corn pone looked so good, that’s something I still fix regularly still today I so enjoy your commentary and the places you take us to as you go sharing the sights and sounds ❤️ Thank you again, take care, keep safe and see ya next time on here👍🏻🙏🏻😃😊 PS In case your not on here by Christmas Wishing you A Very Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🏻🎄🎅🏻🎄and A Happy New Years too🎉🥂

@BruceOnLocation 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your video. I will add this park to my list.

@BobL84 6 месяцев назад

your videos get better and better

@trevdevadventures 6 месяцев назад

Awesome thanks for sharing. I will be heading there soon. 🔥🆙

@ashrule2034 5 месяцев назад

been watching all of your florida videos. i had no idea there was so much cool outdoors stuff to do. i’ve never seen any hiking/kayaking/camping in florida. i wanna go!

@cwesley2005 6 месяцев назад

Kelly Your videos just keep getting better and better! Keep crushing it. Hey cow!

@rockercover 6 месяцев назад

7:42 Suprised at the distance of the view, from this platform. (You are visiting some interesting locations). Glad many states maintain these preserves, for the public.

@CS-qx2hv 6 месяцев назад

Nice one ! You've inspired me to load up my truck and go cook outside somewhere new,, that park looks cool,,,and the trapper's spot was epic 👍

@minxey1107 6 месяцев назад

I lived down the street from there! Cool place!

@stevenutepass7671 6 месяцев назад

Nice I grew up part time Jupiter, locate my friend Tina in tequsta for me? Lol. She did own the drive thru liquor store on center street and dolphin drive jupiter back 2010, she's a wild great lady!

@natecanale7889 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for your videos, Im in Daytona Beach and enjoy seeing someone here.😊

@user-tc6or7hk5i 5 месяцев назад

Dinner looks awesome

@robertsanders8866 6 месяцев назад

Great video! I had a good time at the sp w you .. lol still hungry tho tht campfire dinner was lit! Good work here. Nice edit !

@richardross7219 6 месяцев назад

Good video. Happy Travelling. Good Luck, Rick

@keithmcclanahan9158 6 месяцев назад

Great video! Soups and stews are great camping food. Didn’t know there were so many cool state parks in FL.

@ralphp3057 6 месяцев назад

One State park I have missed! Camped at 47 state parks in Florida I believe. Been watching your play list on the FT ! Very good. I have section hiked the AT . Have done sections of FT near Gainesville we’re I live ! Probably do a big section starting at Christmas and walk home . Thanks for sharing! 😁

@thecrankster4162 3 месяца назад

Awesome video stay safe and enjoy Florida

@RiverbendlongbowsOutdoors 6 месяцев назад

Looks like a great place 👌

@DerrickHikes 6 месяцев назад

Great video. I’m coming down to hike in the Everglades again soon and I’m hoping to get some better video this next time.

@perfectweather 6 месяцев назад

Great video, thanks 👍

@fitnessfreak498 6 месяцев назад

lots of fun and nature .

@nikkihughes333 6 месяцев назад

Was thinking about doing the O2L trail within the next few months! Let me know if you want to adventure! Love, LiteBrite!

@joankline343 6 месяцев назад

Good morning Kelly! Thanks again for sharing another great video & adventure from your area. That's a very interesting place to visit & your a very gifted film maker. I sure do love your video's and everything that you share including your cooking and meal prep. Haha 😂 to the turtle 🐢 soup bypass. My husband said that he loved turtle 🐢 soup and was going to make us some but I convinced him to let the turtle 🐢 go 😅 I've had ground hog fixed by a friend and didn't know what it was until I ate it and i was surprised that it was really good 😮 The Florida travel agency needs to give you a job 😉 because you make Florida look like an interesting place to visit or live. Merry Christmas to you and your family 🎄 🎉

@RickINFJ 6 месяцев назад

15:00 😂 I love pepper, I bet Kelly's Pepper Corn Pones were awesome! Exceptional video 9L. It was jam-packed from start to finish with great content. This will be a repeat watch for sure. Peace ✌️

@NothingDoing24 6 месяцев назад

Crazy to think places are warm right now..im in Colorado..in the 50s. Nice little mountain there 🤠

@stevenutepass7671 6 месяцев назад

I'm up near Summit, -4 this am sunrise.

@davidbalderston2751 6 месяцев назад

Cool gauntlet. Now you can become a falconer. I think those raccoons were eating acai berries from an acai palm tree!

@peacenserenity19 6 месяцев назад

I found your channel yesterday and now I am binge watching all your videos. I wish I could go camping alone, I just need to do it one of these days!!

@kellyhays23 6 месяцев назад

Welcome! & yes you can! It gets easier every outing! :)

@ktrpillar 6 месяцев назад

I thoroughly enjoyed this video! Especially your cooking project. I'm looking forward to trying out a Dutch oven on my next backpacking trip 😂 (j/k car camping trip) Jonathan Dickinson SP and Blowing Rocks are two of my favorite places in S FL. My friend lives right nearby and will probably go there when I visit her in the beginning of January. Let me know if you'll be in the area!

@lousadventures2111 6 месяцев назад

Thank you, Kelly great episode, as usual. Travel safe god bless. .

@GraceB305 6 месяцев назад

I love camping there 💚

@TheThomas129 4 месяца назад

Just got back from Blowing Rock Preserve. Very cool spot. We went there after seeing your video. Great place to spend half a day with a picnic lunch.

@TheChuckoluck 6 месяцев назад

Your new camera is doing a great job. Everything looks fantastic.

@jasonjones5213 6 месяцев назад

Another great video.The soup looks delicious.I agree about eating turtle.

@billeden8416 6 месяцев назад

You are quite the chef and film maker.

@user-vp2tl3he5e 6 месяцев назад

I miss living there ❤ brought back memories

@351mystic 6 месяцев назад

JD is Awesome for mountain biking, canoeing, hiking etc. There are some old war bunkers out their above and underground, steam engines, and just lots to see and explore. You will see gators sitting in the middle of mountain bike trails, massive boars, and deer from time to time.

@pronetowander2153 6 месяцев назад

Great video Kelly, Florida is looking good to me now 36° now where I am have a great day and stay safe.

@stevenutepass7671 6 месяцев назад

Got ya beat 9,000' Colorado mountains -4 this morning, I live cabin heat strictly wood, stay warm where you are! Only caught this video because I left Florida near Johnathan park Jupiter in 2010, truck camper two years, 35,000 miles and pulled the wheels out from under here.

@richardthorne2804 6 месяцев назад

Excellent video… for some reason I am really enjoying your cooking 🥘…and you certainly don’t make it easy on yourself. Would be cool to see you come to Wyoming and hike the Wind River Mountains someday.

@Onewholovesrock 6 месяцев назад

I recently pulled up behind a guy and his truck. He was gonna take a big ol’ snapping turtle from the side of the road. I told him “not today buddy.”

@flounder2394 6 месяцев назад

Another cool camp video!! I'll have to check out that park next time I'm in South Florida. I'm in the panhandle if you ever come up this way.😊

@stevenutepass7671 6 месяцев назад

Very cool, thank you for bringing back memories. Spring 2010 amidst severe depression living Jupiter on the loxachatee family home I went to Stuart prevost dealer, left and stopped Johnathan park, the host couple had a lance truck camper they showed me, 3 weeks later I was in Georgia dealer with my new lance 1181 and two German shepherds under one year old. We traveled two years, 35,000 miles and cured depression (two time serious survivor suicide), I now live on 11acres off grid at 9,000' Colorado mountains near Keystone & Breckenridge resort's, minamilst heat strictly wood couldn't be happier! Lance actually inquired to me about following journey, I didn't know if I'd live or not and declined, my goal was to get away not be known, pick a road to get lost & found myself along the way. Clearly I come from money, possession didn't bring happiness, living life did! Just sharing hoping to inspire others if life has you down, change it! Happy holidays

@robp3431 4 месяца назад

Ah cool, glad you got to check out JD ! I live 15 minutes to the west and hiking/biking are my passions...... we are blessed with some cool preserves. Since you mentioned the Ocean to Lake trail..... for day-hikes (and great free camping), check out DuPuis next time.

@Time4myself4me 6 месяцев назад

Recently found your Channel. you do a beautiful job showing us your world, thank you. Look forward to your next adventure. being in my backyard of South Florida I have a suggestion for a future video. I've been to some pretty cool places and would love to share, stay safe

@jamesadams2334 6 месяцев назад

Kelly, I love your videos! You produce high quality videos, and you are not content to just do hiking. I love the fact that you are doing videos like these, a little bit of hiking, a little bit of camping, a little bit of surfing, a little bit of restaurant offerings and even a little cooking. You are doing a superb job. You're always smiling and exploring but I also see a bit of loneliness in your eyes. You always have a look of wishing that you had someone to do these things with. Are you and James still together? It would be great if he could get away for a weekend just to spend time together. If not, then I'm sorry that I brought it up. It just seems like you are just dying to share these things with someone. I know that it's hard being away from your home and all of your friends and family. I hope that things are happy in your life. You are such a down to Earth person and it's great to see you smiling. Enjoy your exploring and if I brought up difficult feelings, I am truly sorry. You are doing great on our end! geek

@kellyhays23 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching! I actually love exploring alone and have really been enjoying my solo adventures! My aim is to inspire people to not wait for someone else to go out and explore the world. If you always wait for someone else to do things with you, you’ll be waiting forever. I always meet people everywhere I go when I’m alone and make new friends along the way. It’s all apart of the adventure! Not sure what you are seeing in my eyes, but it’s not loneliness lol maybe it’s tiredness from working 40 hours a week in healthcare 🤣

@MTHomestead 5 месяцев назад

Absolutely and awesome video, I would love to head down to FLA and visit that state park and Trapper Nelson's place. Keep up the great work and you can count us in as a fan of your channel.

@jimschlabachpeacefuloutdoo7327 6 месяцев назад

Another great video!

@CodyandKellie 6 месяцев назад

That stew looked good! Yummy

@chadtilghman255 6 месяцев назад

Omg Datil pepper sauce is my favorite!!! I have several bottles in the cabinet at any given time. I need to get out of Arkansas for a bit and check out that park and homestead.

@vickifg13 6 месяцев назад

Loved your video as always. Your food looked so good I had to get myself a bowl of soup.😂😂😂 it’s only 11pm🤣🤣

@maxrun934 6 месяцев назад

Food always looks good 👍 keep the videos coming...

@bannerpage 6 месяцев назад

Gosh…so many FL campsites I now have to go to!

@jeffreyplyler51 Месяц назад

Great vid!

@jimweagant8920 6 месяцев назад

Another great video 👍👍

@johndonahue4777 6 месяцев назад

I'm sure the crispy pork was way better than poor old turtle meat ever was. If you brought the shovel you could put some coals on the sunken rim of the dutch oven lid to make it truly an oven and bake. But it seemed a successful and authentically interesting recipe anyway. I wish I could taste it.