Stealth camping 101

It takes a little getting used to, but after a few nights, stealth camping becomes easier. The key is to always be on the lookout for a good spot, honing your skills; pointing out the advantages and disadvantages to a particular spot. For me, getting a place close the the highway is paramount. Sure, closer to the road means possible aggravation from the locals, be they troublemakers or troublefinders (ie. The fuzz). But being close to the road also means big scary truck and momocycles making lots of noise to scare off the local wildlife. That being said, your spot needs to be easily accessible for your cart, but hidden from prying eyes. Your spot is a very temporary thing and as I've found, its mostly counter productive to setup camp to early. The goal is to setup camp just before dark, and be on your way as soon as there is light in the sky. The most difficult aspect for me is getting from the road to my spot without being noticed. I regularly stop along the side of the road to rest, so later in the day when I'm ready and have spotted a good ingress point, I will slowly back away from the road, and wait till no cars are in sight and then make a run for it. Once or twice, I've had to setup camp in the dark, which is challenging. But the good thing about spotting and setting up camp at dusk or dark is you can spy where all the best little places of shadow where you can setup your camp.a final handy fact is, its all lights out from the point you spot your spot. The only thing you do at your camp is sleep. Eating and other miscellaneous activities ate reserved for daylight hours while on the road.