Part of stealth/guerilla/dispersed camping is the constant need to find drinking water. We could buy jugs in the grocery story, but we are all about saving our pennies so we can travel as long as possible, so we have a never ending search for free drinkable (non chlorinated) water.
A few places we normally get water:
1. Fire stations – they usually have a spiget out back, but it usually has chlorine.
2. Campgrounds – we pretend we want to look around for a site, quickly fill our 5 gallon jerry cans and decide not to stay.
3. City parks – they usually have spigets, but again it is usually chlorinated.
4. People feel sorry for us and give us theirs when they are heading home (this also works for free firewood).
5. Springs – people mark them on iOverlander (see previous post)
Today, we happened to pass a spring that had great water flowing right out of the Rockies. We have two 5 gallon jerry cans on the front of the vehicle and a 15 gallon tank inside. We normally carry 5 or 10 gallons during regular travel (it is amazing how little water you really need, but then again we are probably over due for a shower once again), we carry more if we know we are going to be way out for a prolonged period of time. We also carry a military grade water filter for emergencies.
