Day 43: Warmshowers in Buffalo

Just as I was leaving the campground at the New York state line I met a guy named Jeff. He was also touring on a bicycle, although he was maing his own tour up the fly as he made his way from Virginia to Ontario, visiting friends and stealth camping the entire way. He was an interesting fellow as I discovered while riding alongside him for the day. For the uninitiated, stealth camping is when you camp in a way least likely to arouse suspicion or people’s attention of you. This typicaly comes into play when camping on someone’s property without them knowing, camping without paying for a campsite and more generally camping anywhere illegally, all of which I have done numerous times, as it happens to be the cheapest (and therefore one of the best) forms of camping around. Jeff is a pro at this style, having stealthed his way from Virginia all the way to Lake Erie using a hammock and his wits.

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