Vanlife camping at hot springs

Vanlife camping at hot springs

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(music) where the wild things roll where the wild things where the  wild things roll where the wild things oh where the wild things roll well I made it to my campsite just in time for the  sun to go down and it's a good stopover just for   one night uh it's going to be very very quiet but  I'm so glad I made it before dark i don't think   I'd want to pull in here uh at dark but yeah sun's  just about to go down over here i thought there'd   be some wild flowers blooming but I don't see any  maybe I'm too early or maybe it's just too dry hey I hope everyone is doing well if you're new  here my name is Lisa and I've been living in my   camper van for about 4 years now i'm Canadian  and I just spent my winter in California mainly   to surf and mountain bike and now I'm headed back  to Canada where I'll spend my summer i'm going to   be zigzagging uh as I drive up to Canada to see  friends and take part in some adventures that I   already have planned it's been bittersweet leaving  California but I've got lots to look forward to   this summer so this is day one on the road and  I'm just going to get settled in for the night   on a quick little stopover yeah it's a pretty  beautiful spot it's going to be very very quiet   um but look at this guys my surfboard is leaking  water and so I had it flipped upside down there's   like a problem with a fin box that's on the top  for my back rest so the whole drive it was really   hot in here i had my board upside down on my bed  and I had a towel under it and I just hung the   towel out to dry right there on my door because  it is so heavy the towel was completely soaked   with water um which means there's probably still  a lot more water in my board might take a while to   uh drain it out i'm gonna have to wait until I'm  back in Canada in one spot and find a surf shop   hopefully and get it all fixed up there but no  wonder I felt so slow out there on the waves i   was carrying around an extra 15 pounds of water  in my board what can you do okay do you ever get   those moments where you're just so tired and kind  of cranky and all you want to do is go to bed or   relax um but stuff keeps happening like things  keep breaking or falling apart well that just   happened to me right now my drawer broke and I had  to fix that and then my plastic forks box fell out   of my cabinet spilled everywhere in my sink think  thankfully it was just in my sink they're all   contained and then I went to move this bag and all  the confetti that was in the bag from my birthday   fell on the floor and now I got to clean it up  when I just want to go to bed i think I just need   to like stop doing things and go to bed because  it's not turning out to be my night you have no   idea how much I'm going to enjoy a good sleep  tonight i've been looking forward to it all day as I was getting ready for bed I noticed that my  feet are actually really swollen and that's um   because it's very warm here my feet tend to swell  up and just generally the circulation to my feet   and legs isn't good because I'm sitting all day  long i'm not moving around and moving my legs so   um temperatures are supposed to be really hot  for the rest of the week so I'm going to try   and get on top of that but I hope there's no  people that are enjoying this foot video right   now because that's not the intention at all  I used to be really embarrassed and kind of   ashamed of stuff like that but now I'm getting  so used to sharing all about that spinal cord   injury is like so you're going to get it all on  this channel anyways that's it for me tonight   uh I'm looking forward to a good rest see you  in the morning well here comes the sun out   my very dirty back window oh it's going to be a  really really hot day like 25 26° C so definitely   getting ready for summer here I have about a  4-hour drive ahead of me i'm going to go meet   some friends because we're going to check out a  hot springs we're going to camp and I'm actually   going to do a comparison so this one that we're  going to tonight is actually developed it's a   campground and they have each spot has private um  hot springs and they've recently made one that's   accessible so I'm going to go there and then  later on my trip I am going to go check out a   completely natural hot springs it's undeveloped  it's just on public lands and it happens to be   quasi accessible uh I've been there before i  can make it work but I just want to see what   the difference is between the two and which one I  prefer this camp spot has been great though it has   been so quiet uh perfect spot um just for a one  night little stopover and I'm excited to continue   the journey and keep driving north to combat  the swelling that happens in my feet with these   uh higher temperatures warmer days um yeah I found  a solution and thank goodness uh I'm not a fashion   model because I would not be winning any contest  right now check this out it's so warm out i've   got shorts on but I'm wearing compression socks as  well that should help keep the swelling down in my   feet as I drive but yeah it doesn't really go with  the shorts i'm just going to be driving nobody's   going to see me but hey you got to do what you  got to do when you have a spinal cord injury   I'd much rather just keep my body happier  and not worry so much about what I look like (music)but if you're looking you'll see  plenty around it's in the background and   out in plain sight good things happen all the time all right I've just arrived at Benton Hot Springs  with my friends Devon and Maggie you can see we   got two of our vans here there's probably room  for a third vehicle but this is an accessible hot   springs uh camp site so you can reserve a site and  they have a new um pool that is pretty accessible   it's got a ramp into the water if you need it  and a ramp up all around uh I think what I'll   do is just transfer onto this ledge and then  go directly into the water but there's a picnic   table and then right over there is a bathroom  situation it's a little sandy to push around   but I can still do it in my manual wheelchair we  have a day what it's warm today oh yeah and it's   what 22° C right now so I managed to pick some  nice weather but I'm very much looking forward to   uh stargazing from the hot tub from the hot  springs tonight and it's very peaceful out   here feel very private i think there's are there  10 pools i think about 15 i think there's about   15 hot springs like this with a little campsite  at each one and one is accessible but you reserve   it you have it all to yourself and is this  water is very clean they sanitize it drain   it and sanitize it every single checkout  so you know it's going to be nice and clean   and there's two faucets right there where you can  adjust the water temperature by adding more water   so since this site is intended for people with  mobility issues um if you have a mobility issue   you can book it far in advance within 30 days uh  they actually open bookings up to general public   so then anyone can book it but uh you can reserve  it in advance if you do have a mobility issue   there's our campsite and then just over here is  the bathroom there is a parking spot an accessible   parking spot at the bathroom um it's a little  soft here and a little bit uphill so I think   um a quad in a manual chair would probably  uh maybe need some help unless they had an   electric assist on their chair but let's go look  at the bathrooms it's a pretty gradual ramp to   get up to the accessible one and then there  are two regular stalls over here it's a bit   of a heavy door no door opener a little like  2-in lip there and then here's the bathroom   there is actually a bedet and I think it's  a heated seat and everything um but yeah I   was able to use it without any problems lots of  room in here there are no shower facilities here though pretty cool vibes here at night  and check it out there's even a full moon yeah so we had a really good night last  night i uh soaked in the hot springs   and the stars were out in full force even saw  a shooting star which was really really nice uh   just yeah just sat around and enjoyed the company  talked a lot in the hot springs and I didn't film   anything because I was just enjoying the company  and the good vibes and now it's morning and I'm   just getting ready for the day all right so Devon  and Maggie are taking off and I'm going to go do   my own thing for the day i'm actually going to  go check out a natural hot springs that's not   commercial one of the reasons I am doing my own  thing today is cuz it's going to be really hot in   the area so I don't handle hot weather very well  i don't sweat because of my spinal cord injury   so I am headed up here into some elevation  so hopefully it's going to be a lot cooler   today where I am yeah I'm really getting some good  elevation now and there I've seen some side roads   that have probably some good dispersed camping in  the trees but I kind of got my heart set on a hot   springs this is such a good view just coming over  this ridge and man there's still a lot of snow all right I have arrived at my spot for the night  and just outside my van there's a hot springs and   it's accessible to get there and I will be able  to transfer into that with very little problem   it'll be some effort but it's very manageable and  then out this window got the view of the mountains   i did stay here last year with Devon and  Maggie we had a campfire you're allowed   to free camp here it's public land uh but  I want to compare what it's like now after   being in a commercial campground with the hot  springs and then now what it's like to have   this and I think it all depends on uh if other  people show up how comfortable you feel with   uh other people uh unlike a private hot springs  where you have it all to yourself so we'll see   a.m it's like 1:00 in the afternoon so it's the  hottest part of the day right now so I'll start   filling it with the hot water and have it all  ready hopefully for sunset and then maybe do   some stargazing tonight i would say this view is  a little nicer than the one at Benton Hot Springs   it's kind of cool that everything is  wide open and so you really feel like   the vastness of the area that I'm in right now  but it's pretty special to be here for sure it's a little after 6 and the sun's starting  to set a little bit it's not going to be long   before it's behind the mountain so I'm going to  go try and get a little soak in yay just as I was   getting out of my van two people showed up and  they went in the hot springs i'm sure they're   cool and uh I'm going to still go out there  and if they are cool maybe I'll even ask if   they can film me as I get in so you can see how  I transfer into the hot springs i'm putting some   padding down i've got a foam pad under here and  a yoga mat and it's not completely level but my   wheelchair is able to get close enough that's  where the sun will be setting this hot springs   is very rare to find that I can actually  just wheel right up and get close enough to   the edge to get in easily it's easier to get  in because gravity takes care of everything   i did take a little bit of a slip there it was a  little harder than I had planned but luckily I had   that cushion under me the cushion will also help  protect my skin which is another major concern   i'm always making sure I'm avoiding getting nicks  or cuts or any sort of bruises on my lower body   because I couldn't feel it if it did happen so I  take these precautions with the cushions thank you [Music] [Music]   he said "You don't mean anything like  a day laterally 400 Marines surprise."   So I think this is great go running  you don't have to worry about my   focus on me or the sunset what do you want  whichever's pretty orange in the background why would you see the colors i just got out of the hot tub it was probably  a 2hour long soak and it was nice because the   water wasn't too hot i wasn't getting overheated  and about seven or eight people kind of rotated   through the hot tub as I was in there and it was  just really neat to meet different people and we   had a lot of neat conversations um there was an  astrophysicist an astronomer a paramedic search   and rescue guys so and then a bunch of high  school students actually were running around   the area and then they came for a soak after their  cross country run so uh we talked about all kinds   of things and so I think that's probably one of  my favorite things about doing this type of hot   springs as a solo traveler is you'll meet people  right versus uh the hot tub that I was at last   night where you book it um and you just have it to  yourselves you're not going to interact and meet   new interesting people so I would say pros that  that's the biggest pro for like a public land uh   free-for-all hot springs like that cons for this  type of hot springs um it was definitely a little   grimier than uh the one I was at last night um I  think it varies uh uh basically on what hot you go   to and I think some people just do volunteer and  will drain out a a hotspring if they're camping   there um and then so that was a bit of a con i  felt I feel like yeah I want to do a rinse off   i'm going to rinse off with my uh outdoor shower  whereas last night the water was so clean and   so pristine uh I felt like yeah it just I didn't  mind if I got my hair wet or something like that   so another con with this type of hot springs  is that they can get really busy and then uh   you know you might not feel comfortable being  crammed into a small uh soaking hot springs   with a bunch of other people you might not know  or you might show up and there just isn't room   so that's one of the cons whereas when you book  something like what we were at last night you   uh you know it's all yours you have the place  to yourself so for me going forward I think if   I can find more of these accessible natural hot  springs that aren't developed as a solo traveler   they're great but if I just want to hang out  with friends and sit in a hot springs then I   think the way to go is to book it at a commercial  spot that way you're guaranteed that that spot   is yours you won't be waiting in line or in a  rotation or feeling like you're butdding in on   other people if they're in a hot springs and it  was a lot cleaner so overall though I mean great   experiences at both hot springs i had one final  thought before I close out the video and that's   the topic of nudity so you guys are thinking  "What you got free foot videos today now we're   talking about nudity what is happening to this  channel?" But in all seriousness so nudity would   be acceptable at both the private um hot springs  that you book or the public lands one that you   uh just show up at so that is something to  consider whether the company you are with   um is comfortable with it whether you're  comfortable with going nude um maybe you're   more comfortable being nude in front of people  you don't even know um or yeah just maybe you   want to just have a your own little private party  at a private campground in Hot Springs that's cool   too i personally have gar nude at both uh hot  springs and it was really really liberating and   uh just not even having to deal with getting  out of a wet bathing suit at the end of the   night really uh was really nice and saved me a  little bit of effort and hassle so yeah that's   one more thing to consider anyways I'm going to  close it out so I hope you guys enjoyed coming   along to a couple different hot springs with me  and uh if you want to see more on my channel I've   got lots of adventures coming up so don't forget  to like comment and subscribe see you on the road

2025-05-10 16:05

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