Life's a Beach in Louisiana: Boondocking the Gulf Coast
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- On a tip from a fellow camper, I set off to discover the joys and the challenges of camping on a beach in February. Rutherford Beach is 45 minutes south of Lake Charles Louisiana. I also share two more recipes from my viewers!
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Slim Potatohead. One of those people that nobody doesn't like. One of the very few YT producers that makes me smile as soon as I get the notification. After watching the morning news from Ukraine, I needed that distraction. Thank you Slim and others like you who help cheer us up.
Tom In Ga, I completely agree with you. You may also enjoy Jay Wanders Out. He is hiking the AT and capturing all the beauty grand and small as he passes by. I’ve been following both for years.Enjoy.
You’re right…. Just can’t help but like Slim. And his videos 👍
Get a life
Everybody doesn’t like something, but nobody doesn’t like SPH 😂
Jan maniolle I think the same I've been watching ol slim for a few years now. Before we started traveling and doing videos. Now that we are about to hike the AT we have been watching Jay and his mossy green shirt.
Happy Mardi Gras, Cher! Welcome to my state, Louisiana! If you don't like the weather in Louisiana, wait 5 minutes, it'll change!
Not only are you going to find salt on/in your vehicles, you’re going to find blown sand in nooks and crannies for months or years. I learned the hard way driving a top down convertible on those beaches.
I liked your soup experiments. I think using Campbell’s tomato in the fast soup recipe might give both speed and a better flavor and consistency. Thanks as always for taking us along with you.
I wish that I had been with you when you saw the Manatees! My heart leapt when I saw the video of them in the water. and now...my life is complete!! Thank you very much from Christina Lake BC
Just what I needed in these troubled days.
I came upon your video after my visit to Louisiana, New Orleans, and two of its five deltas. I was so happy to see your video… I really appreciate the time and effort that he did it because it’s really really. Good… I subscribed to your channel because I realize you have some really good stuff. Continue the good work.
Best Video ever! Love that area ! Could set there all Day WATCHING and LISTENING to the water ! Love the shells too ! ❤️ Keep these kind of Videos coming Please ! 🙏
I grew up in SW Louisiana and visited Rutherford beach many times in the late 1960's - early 1970's. I am surprised it still exists, as many powerful hurricanes slammed that area since then. I suppose the state built the beach back up. Most often the water was chocolate in color and the beach strewn with seaweed and waste from oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.
I love that beach! I live in Florida & drove out to Texas to pick up a Casita Travel Trailer I bought from the factory. I camped there on the way back to Florida. I intended to stay just one night but ended up staying 3 nights because I loved it so much. And I loved that I could see both the sunrise & the sunset on the Gulf there. I don't know if you can see both year-round there but in January you could.
I earlier told you about the Julia Child method of cooking pasta, but I have since thought I should really tell you about my very favorite backpacking meal, made using that method. Tortellini. Cooked that way it takes very, very little both water and fuel. When done I would squeeze in a good dollop of olive oil and then some dried basil and Parmesan cheese, the dry kind in a can, toss it up, and it is an incredible delicacy on the trail or in the trailer.
Your smile when you first pull up and look out over the gulf is priceless! Oh and your fantastic narration of your videos is pure perfection. That sunset was heaven sent! Thanks Slim keep up the good work and Godspeed!
Glad you enjoyed our Gulf Coast area Slim!
Thanks you my friend see you soon
That sunset is spectacular
WOW... I've missed, maybe years, of your videos. Last I saw you had an a-frame camper. I need to catch up! Beautiful video!
This is by far the best, slim you nailed it greeting from Iranian, Persian Denver, Colorado.
I'm so glad you're down south, check out Gulf Shores, and Orange Beach next. You will be pleasantly surprised.
making a acryllic desk with these shells would be cooool
Hey Slim, if you're heading out to the Texas gulf, Magnolia Beach is fabulous and free for camping. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Thanks Slim, that looks like a beautiful place.
Love a beautiful beach. Interesting soups.
Another great adventure Slim, thank for taking us along and learning about soups that I've never heard of, might try them as well. Well take care and enjoy your travels. As always "Enjoy The Adventure." Later!!
I am in total awe of your spot. Enjoy the sun, soak it up and let it warm and renew and rejuvenate your soul.
Dragon's Milk is one of my favorite beers.
beautiful sunset, thanks for sharing
I know you have heard this a zillion times but I love to watch your videos. The Warren Miller vibes just hit the spot.
Good Lad. Well done. Ocean, and Sky colours were out of this world. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful spot! I have a question & recipe. Do u ever worry about the tide. I haven't camped near the ocean, but during a rain storm I pulled off by a wayside next to a sm river that was 20 feet away an hour later I was in the river🥺. Recipe 1 pkg Ramin, add fresh green veggies 1st, ( asparagus, pea pod, ect, ) then add noodles, when noodles are done add...whipped egg add to soup then spice and stir. 1 pot, 10 minutes tops. 😋
I would love to see a video on what your whole set up and tear down is like.....I have little annoying questions like "during that wind storm did you take down your signal boost at midnight" do you bring in your steps and chair at night for fear of them being stolen......Do you leave the collaspable water jug for your shower under your trailer the whole time once you set up your shower......and how long to do you typically leave your shower up to let it dry
Wow, lots of questions! The antenna stayed up during wind, while chair gets tucked away during storms. Jug usually only out when in use. Shower basin can be squeegeed but curtains are outside in sun to dry or shaken if too humid. Thanks! SP
So good to see you, now my mornings better!
So calming!
Wow....What a Beautiful World.....
Thanks for Reminding us....
Two soups reminds me of a comedy sketch by an English comedian named Victoria Wood called, you guessed it, ‘Two Soups.’ Might not be your cup of soup but look it up on UA-cam, it might be worth a laugh.
Love your videos friend, looks like you had a great time!
In the fast soup no cheese add salt and pepper and butter 😋
HEY ! Good morning Slim! I hope that all is going good for you, safe travels!!
Soup is on ! Great job
Beautiful view,to bad you couldn’t enjoy your 2 soups outside
Thanks Slim, you make me smile.
Beach camping is the ultimate best!! I camp on Davis Island NC every spring and fall using my Honda Element to sleep in. So incredible!
It made me nervous that you were the only one parked that close to the water with your trailer. Then when the winds came up in the night I thought....if the tide comes up or a couple of rogue waves hit...you might find yourself floating in the Gulf. I have seen several vehicles get stuck and the water came up and sucked them out to where they were ruined.
Outherwise....love the videos...they're uplifting during these trying times.
See 5:40 in the video, lots of other campers were closer to thr beach. Hardly any tide here. See my Padre Island video for my rogue wave experience: ua-cam.com/video/dVyWnRuZPyA/v-deo.html
SP
At 7:33 there was a brown sea bean in all the beach rubble. Looks like a sea heart bean from South America. You can look up where the come from.The beach is an awesome place. It is amazing how many different sea beans you can find if you look for them.
Hiya Slim!!
Awesome video! What a gorgeous beach ⛱ gorgeous world we live in.. Thank you for sharing... You always make me laugh!
You must try Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, Delaware.
Hope you try out Avery Island while you're in the neighborhood.
Nachos and Fajitas? Come on, man. It's Louisiana. You should be making gumbo or etouffee. LOL. Awesome video as usual. Your camera work is stunning.
You should try a can of Campbells Tomato Bisque Soup. You’ll never go back to regular Tomato Soup again.
Dear Slim, great views of the sea/beach. Such a nasty wind…
Wow, it's a tough life ... But somebody has to make the sacrifice and live it.
Beautiful skies.. loved this video.
Love watching your adventures Have a great safe trip
A very nice video .
I think you were supposed to cook the noodles in the V8. Some of the water in the soup would have been absorbed by the pasta (causing it to thicken) and the starch from the pasta would have also thickened the soup,
Fun Video
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Beware the ides of March Slim. You are in my home state now. 💙 Enjoy!
I have a question. Have you ever come across a beer that you just could not stand. I like yourself like a good beer. And in my travels I’ve had many. But I must say I’ve had a couple that I wish I’ve never opened. So I think you having definitely traveled more than me has had to come across a beer that you will never forget in a bad way LOL. Safe travels love watching your videos
Yes. I don't like sour beers or light beers! SP
Love the beach 😎😎
That would be hard to leave with the sound of the surf at night. Great video!
Hey slim.. love your videos.. What a beautiful sunset. New Subscriber !!
I passed you on I40 east of Nashville, yesterday 3/7/22
Dang, you should'a picked me up on your way down!!! ; )
Been hankering for the Gulf.
Gonna go soon!!
oh wow, you were right down the road from me! I hope you get to partake in some Mardi Gras parades if that suits your fancy! As always, I enjoy your content
I hope you didn't need the shovel to dig yourself out. Awesome video👍👍
YOU ARE MISSING MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS !!!! Cajun :-)))
0:40
Thought u were gonna sip the sunblock lol
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Slim the bonnet carre spillway is a great spot to boondock its in norco Louisiana
I was just there myself!!
That beach is similar to Davis Island NC but Davis Island has much better bathroom accommodations and much longer Island..
You might try cooking the pasta in the V8, possible with a small amount of water added. Should give the soup more body.
I always enjoy ramen with peanut butter and cheese. Leave the flavor packet in the trash.
Sundown is the no seeums happy hour.
Is your jeep four-wheel-drive? And did you think you needed to use four-wheel-drive to be on that beach reason? I ask if I go there I have a 2 Wheel Dr. pick up truck with my Casita camper. I’ve been on the beach just east of Galveston Island in Texas, and really didn’t have any fear of getting stuck because the sand was so packed. The beach you were on looks like it may have not been packed as much as the Texas beach. I never knew there was a beach you could drive on in Louisiana and I have spent a lot of time in Louisiana just never found that spot Probably drove right in by several times. Thanks for the great video and the soup recipes I’m a solo traveler. Also, those recipes will come in handy.
Unless you only camp in Walmarts, I would always recommend 4WD. Yes, you can definately get stuck on this beach. SP
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Thanks for the reply. I try to stay away from Walmarts as much as possible that’s for sure. Only stayed in the Walmart parking lot one time it was horrible and I do not shop at Walmart. They are horrible.
I’m getting as much out of my 2 Wheel Dr. pick up truck as possible I did not intend on pulling a camper with it and going off road. The camping was an afterthought. My truck is a 2013 with 228,000 exploring miles on it so far , it doesn’t show any signs of slowing down as of yet I would love to go buy a brand new $58,000 four-wheel-drive pick up truck. But I’m 860 days from retirement and a full pension. I’ll buy a truck just before I retire, and hopefully pay more than cash. I’m really enjoying your videos and the places you’ve traveled are giving me lots of ideas for new places. I’m leaving Michigan after Thanksgiving to head down to Texas.
For possible work, then over to Arizona in a crossing to Mexico for some dental work. Then back to Texas hopefully for three month long job. your videos really are appreciated good job!!!
Hello from Ohio. Hey, Slim if you want to know the names to all those shells, check out UA-camr "SWF Beach Life" she knows the names to all the shells and how to clean them. Thanks for taking us on all your adventures.
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don't get caught when the tide comes in. I did ounce -- no fun.
I'm quite a new subscriber and am a little confused. Thought I heard you say that you were vegan during one of the videos i've been watching. But campbells tomato soup has quite a bit of double cream in it. Not sure if you knew that. The only campbells tomato soup that is vegan friendly is their healthy request tomato soup.
I have NEVER said I was a vegan. I occasionally eat vegan meals, but I also eat Chinese food, and am not Chinese either!
What beach is this? I’m in New Orleans.
I don’t think chili powder is a good substitute for curry. Two completely different flavors. I think you just made a new recipe 😂. Great video though as always.
How did you get from Florida to Louisiana so fast. I can't believe that there was nothing to see on the whole gulf coast.
How far was a grocery store and Gas station?
About 10 miles
Im just blown away by that incredible sunset sky, Its not hard to see why you stayed there for a while. I only have 75 days left until i retire and hit the road chasing wonderful sunsets after 50 years in the same job.
David in the UK.
So happy for ya! - A stranger in Maine
Congratulations, I only have 2 more years to go. Greetings from the gulf coast of Florida
Go for it! 👍😎🇨🇦🌊⚘
I hope your retirement is everything you hope for. I retired five years ago and it's been great.
Congratulations David.
Beautiful, Slim! Thanks for taking us to the beach with you. Also, I LOVE easy recipes so please keep the easy road trip recipes coming! Thanks for a lovely getaway morning from here in middle Tennessee!
Just what I needed in these depressing times. Thanks Slim.
I'm glad you enjoyed this stay in Louisiana, my home state. As "Trafficsnitch" said, "Just what I needed in these depressing times. Thanks, Slim!"
Damn fine photography Slim! You are at your best in nature! Love your work.
My stomping grounds now. Welcome to Louisiana Slim. The pelicans you showed are the Louisiana state bird, and the crab on the beach we always called fiddler crabs. I laughed out load to see the man from Canada freezing his buns off on a Louisiana beach. That frigid humid wind has taken many a life of duck hunters lost in the swamps. 40° f, heavy humidity and wind; without the right gear is sure fire recipe for Hypothermia.
A year or so ago I camped for a couple of days on the Galveston beach TX. My brother and his wife who go there quite often (but stays in a fancy hotel) couldn't believe my view....which was for free. I was right on the beach. I'm going back.
I’m surprised, living at a trailer with limited energy resources, i.e. bro pain, that you don’t use the “Julia Child“ method of cooking pasta. Basically bring the water to a boil, stir in the pasta, bring it back to a boil, then put it on the lid and turn off the burner. Let it just soak in the hot water for 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the type of pasta. I find the dried tortellini tends to take about 20 minutes or so. I have found that you can add a lot of flavor by adding some sort of seasoning or flavoring or even some bullion to the soaking water. In this case I can imagine essentially cooking the pasta in the V8, maybe with just a little bit of added water,. I may actually try that in the next day or two.
That’s “i.e. PROPANE” IN THE FIRST LINE…
My favorite pasta is angel hair. It's delicate and cooks very quickly. I would have substituted or added tomato paste to thicken the soup. It is fun to experiment. I do enjoy watching SP prepare these recipes sent in by viewers. I do not enjoy watching tv chefs cook complicated dishes. I could live on pintoes, cheese and cornbread.
I would use coconut light with the soup and thin it with a little bullion cube and water. If you use crunchy peanut butter you be able to avoid needing to have peanuts on hand 😀
Slim, you make sea shells even amazing looking. So your ability to describe nature is what keeps bringing me back week after week.
Attenbourough haas stiff competition in you!
Yes that is a nice comparison but l'd rather thunk of them being very complementary ships who are passing in the night.....each makes wonderful complements. I think David would really enjoy watching Slim....maybe brothers with different mothers!! 🤗
Had you cooked the pasta in the tomato soup, it would have been thicker from the starch of the pasta (I'm thinking).
Discovery Channel needs to give Slim his own show. I like it the way it is though. No huge budget. I'm really hoping to see him do more backcountry, more northern Manitoba, more Yukon and NWT.
Isn't that the most beautiful sunset of Gods art. To experience it in person would be greater if I could. Safe travels Slim. Glad you are enjoying yourself. 🤗🤓
The weather people say we get those beautiful southern sunsets from the wind coming off of Africa, bringing the desert dust high into the atmosphere and the sun reflects off of that.
A variation on a satay sauce that sounds interesting. I've always liked Campbell's soups often accompanied by a cheese sandwich, so I'd probably leave the cheese in the sandwich. Then, I'd try adding some fresh ginger as well as the chilli 😋 That may be my Queensland taste buds. Ginger is grown commercially here. Something to try next winter.
My father used to make 'soup' from v8. It stank up the house horribly!
Both soups sound AWFUL!
If you want to comment here, do it with respect. These recipes were from my viewers. SP
Bud, you are one lucky guy to do all that you share with us 'stay-at-homes'. Always enjoy. Thanks a bunch.
I love all the beautiful places you go! And by the way, I know you've said that you are not a Chef, but I enjoy seeing you make different things. It gives ME ideas too!!!😊Stay Safe !!
Just wow…. What a spectacular video, Slim. The world is so beautiful and you do a damn good job of showing it. That sunset was amazing.
A very enjoyable and relaxing video for sure Slim, thank you.
Great, I get to each my lunch and watch Mr Slim. Very tasty!
David in the UK.
Cheers