Hi from Tokyo. That was nice of you to mention not everyone can physically do what you do and they can enjoy it with you. I love stealth camping videos but am a wheelchair user, so this is a great way to enjoy it.

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Hello, Josh! 👋🇯🇵 That's reassuring to hear that you are able to enjoy it through video, despite the challenges you must face in a wheelchair. Before my grandmother passed, she told me to capture the adventures I was going on and share them with those who might not get the opportunity. My goal is to make it like you are right here with me exploring these cool places 🏕️ Thank you for watching and sharing your experience!

Dude no way, I pass that place all the time. I always wanted to see what it looked like inside, that's a shame it's been vandalized..

@oliewray8357

19 күн бұрын

I looked like people destroyed it more than the hurricane

@WesWherever

18 күн бұрын

Sweet, glad you could appreciate this as a local! Love your name too 🚯💯

@chrisdraughn5941

3 күн бұрын

@@oliewray8357I bet it was an insurance scam from Robert O Marshal of Tom’s River, NJ.

I knew Charlie Hankins as my grandfather was friends with him. We would visit his shop when i was young on the barrier island. Sad situation with the island house and the storm.

@WesWherever

3 күн бұрын

Wow, so cool! Neat that you could watch this having personally known him. Indeed sad to see what happened with the island... I really hope they can rebuild it! Thanks for watching and sharing your connection.

such a shame, i hope someone builds a new house or something there.

Found your channel a couple weeks ago. Your content and filmography is fantastic. I hope you get the respect you deserve on this platform. Can’t wait to see more!

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

That means a lot, thanks Adam. Glad you're enjoying, and hope you like what's to come! 😉

Great job capturing the Hitchcock Birds mood and remaining so calm about it!

@WesWherever

2 күн бұрын

Hahaha thanks! Glad they didn't attack me... if they all banded together I would have been toast 💀

Awesome find!

I Really Wanted to say I Enjoy watching your videos, so do my kiddos 😊

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

That's so great to hear, Ness! I do try to make the vids family-friendly so everyone is able to enjoy 😊 Thanks for watching!

I just watched the last island episode and woke up to another he keeping consistent!!!! Even with all the editing and constant driving he keep delivering the best 2024 content I’ve seen keep it up Wes!!!!

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much, Maybe!! It's a bit of work but totally worth it 😉

What a beautiful house

Cannot tell you guys how much I love this dudes content 😂 Is there an Instagram we can follow?

@DallasTheGreat28

24 күн бұрын

he just needs more exposure, his videos are very well made.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks Tommy, so glad you enjoy the content!! It's @WesWherever, but I haven't posted anything on IG just yet 😭

@CurlyHeadedNess23

23 күн бұрын

@@WesWherever Do you have Tiktok ?

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

@CurlyHeadedNess23 I do, but I haven't really done much with it yet (just posting intros from YT vids to promote a lil bit). It's @WesWherever - I plan to make some dedicated content for it at some point. Let me know if you have any ideas of what you'd want to see on there!

I like to speak aloud and thank a camping spot. After gratitude I'll compliment and wish it well. The spot seems to find a life after someone stays there for a night. It becomes a friend. It helped and accepted me and I try to keep it clean.

@WesWherever

Минут бұрын

Very true, a good camping spot is like a familiar friend 💙

Let’s get it Wes. Recently came across your videos…love them.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks Shammy, so glad you enjoy them 😊

Wow!! That place is wild! Thank you for walking safely! 🙏 That's so cool you found that place just in the nick of time!! 😀 That would have been hilarious if you woke up with a bunch of seagulls cuddled up to you!🤣 🤣 It was really cool that we got to share in your exploring the different rooms, imagining what it may have looked like. I also saw how you made that nice tribute to the house in the end! 🥰 This video was fantastic, probably one of your best videos to date! I'm torn between a few others of your other videos 😊

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Right, was such a fun spot!! Literally just in time too, I heard it was demolished the same day I left. Definitely wouldn't have minded some seagull cuddles, they are one of my fav birds! So glad you thoroughly enjoyed this one, Suzanne 😊

awesome video dude! We love spots like this

Very cool campout! What an awesome video, your content just gets better and better. Top notch production! Thanks for sharing. 😁😁

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks so much Jacqueline, glad you've been enjoying! 😊

Another interesting camping spot. The best yet. Thanks for taking us along.

@WesWherever

3 күн бұрын

Thanks for joining 😊 Glad you like the adventures!!

Be safe thanks for the video

@WesWherever

18 күн бұрын

I’ll make sure to stay safe 👍 Thanks for watching!!

I can't wait to watch this! 😀 I'm at work now 😕

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoy it later!! 😉

Just started watching you, love your content. Keep exploring and camping. Love from Liverpool UK

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks Hayley, so glad you're enjoying! I will for sure keep it up 😉 Cheers from across the pond!!

All the mold in that place would scare me, I would rather sleep in a tent on a balcony somewhere, what a shame a hurricane ruined it. You are brave.

3 күн бұрын

Was thinking the same thing about mold.

@WesWherever

3 күн бұрын

Yeah I think I'm going to start carrying around a mask on these adventures, just in case! 😷

Love the adventure...

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😊

Nice one again Wes! Absolute gorgeous spot. Such a pity it has been abandoned and will be destroyed soon. Keep the videos coming 😁

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Right?? Was such a cool spot! I found out it was scheduled to be demolished the same day I left (Monday). So glad I was able to check it out, but sad to see it go! Thanks again for watching, glad you've been enjoying the adventures 😊

@F7yingdutchman

24 күн бұрын

Wow lucky you!! 😁 Looking forward to your next adventure. Cheers brother!

pretty cool

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Thanks, Share!!

Great camping spots and I really enjoy the personality and humor you put into it. Loved the bonus cooking demonstration as well! Subbed

@WesWherever

23 сағат бұрын

Really appreciate that, so glad you are enjoying 😊 Thanks for watching and subbing!!

What a nice place. Beautiful island. Bed was cozy. Too bad they going to tear it down

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks Luiz, yeah this trip was a blast!! Sad to see it go, but happy I was able to make it just in time to share it with y'all!

Class video today. Wes is def getting bigger and bigger. Love the new creative videos.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks Beckett, definitely trying to improve with each upload and having fun finding new spots along the road! Glad you've been enjoying the new adventures 🏕️

Outstanding Video Wes! Thank you 🙏 I really enjoyed it. I'm always happy to see you have a new Video. This one was over the Top cool Spot! Was worried you were gonna need Ghost 👻 Busters lol!

@davidchosewood647

25 күн бұрын

😂 I thought the same thing.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks again Drew, glad you enjoyed!! I know it was really spooky, and all the constant shifting/banging noises that I just had to hope and assume were from the birds 😳

Spent summers just in Ocean Beach looking at that and driving my boat past it in the 60's and 70's. still see it often and live just north of it. Never seen the inside though , Thanks. When the wind is off the ocean it is fine but a west wind brings Green Head Flies that bite hard and Mosquitoes by the bushel.

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

So cool! Glad you were able to appreciate it as a local. I guess I came through at the right time then. I only saw maybe 2 mosquitoes the whole time and no horseflies, thankfully!

Very cool. Just ran across your channel. My dad I lived in New Jersey 1918 -1938 until he moved to Warsaw Ind. live the east.

@WesWherever

21 сағат бұрын

So cool, it really is a beautiful area! I'm already looking forward to going back

This in a weird way reminds of Motel 6. “Hi Im Tom Bodett and we will leave a light on for you”😁

@WesWherever

23 сағат бұрын

I think I would be spooked if there actually was a light left on when I got there!!

I love the content keep going man your bound to blow up.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Appreciate it Christian, I will keep em coming! 😉

I commented about red light but completely forgot to say thanks for sharing this amazing spot with us. All the best.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

It's all good bro, glad you enjoyed!! Appreciate you watching the videos 🏕️

Glamping inside an island mansion!

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Right!! ✨✨

From Southern NJ near Philly. Took a plane ride years ago on a date Flew around the casinos and noticed a house in the middle of the bay. I think that was it, unless there’s more of them? Loved getting a look inside. Thank you❤❤❤❤

@WesWherever

18 күн бұрын

Sounds like that might have been it!! I’m glad you appreciated it, thanks so much for watching 😊

That’s a birdhouse now. They’re very protective of it, shouting: “Out, out, out”. Sad it’s about to be ripped down, hope the baby birds will be safe.

Wow man cool find. Islands are fascinating. Have you ever kayaked the Great Lakes? Never been there myself but I've seen islands on them from maps. Probably some interesting ones to explore. Happy trails man.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks again for watching, David! I have swam in Lake Erie & Lake Michigan, but not kayaked (yet)! It will almost certainly be happening this trip... I bet we've even eyed up some of the same islands on the map 😉

I got shipwrecked on that island in the early 80's when the house was smaller. I was sailing a cheap, styrofoam sailboat between Middle Sedge and Marsh Elder Islands in winds dar too strong for the boat and the mast snapped. Had to walk barefoot through the reeds to reach the house and ask for a boat ride home.

@WesWherever

23 сағат бұрын

Wow, what a interesting (and unfortunate) story! Glad you were okay. How did your interactions with the resident(s) go? Were they friendly? Did you exchange any stories?

@RonMTube

23 сағат бұрын

@@WesWherever 40 years ago, so hard to remember details. My main fear was that they might have big dogs for security. That and the pain of walking across pointy, broken reeds. In the end they gave me a ride with no complaints.

7:30 Looks and sounds like a scene straight out of a zombie movie. Absolutely loving your stuff dude, discovered you recently and been on a binge.

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

True, it was pretty sketchy lol. Didn't help hearing all the random shifting/banging noises from the birds. So many times I thought there was someone else there, but it just ended up being the birds 😂 Glad you're digging the videos, hope you enjoy what's to come!! 🏕️

nice vid keep up the good work

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Thanks, Juan!!

Dude, I love watching your channel! You get to see beautiful places! I have alot of catching up to do, lol.

@WesWherever

3 күн бұрын

Thanks man! Hope you enjoy all the adventures... each one is uniquely memorable for me, and so happy to be able to share them!

Thats funny on the RAOS, you took the words right out of my mouth! Cool video

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Right, always learning something new lol. Thanks for watching!

Hello that was realy interesting what a beautiful island the mansion would have been so beautiful to dream to live in when it was new built awesome place to live sea air lots life ❤❤❤

@WesWherever

2 күн бұрын

I know!! You can look up old photos of it when it was new (Hankins Island Mansion) - it was really something inspiring to behold!

Wes! I remember when you were at around 400 subs. Congrats man.

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Thanks, Liam!! Growth has really been strong lately, which feels so rewarding. Happy you and others really enjoy the adventures and are willing to watch! 🏕️

great video and wow. that sad they are demolished it. worried about the baby sea gull. someone could fix it up maybe. keep the videos coming.. have a good day and week.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks Heather, glad you enjoyed this one!! I don't wanna think about the baby seagull 😭 Hope you have a great day & weekend!

@heatherlandskron

23 күн бұрын

@@WesWherever your welcome! Have a good evening and weekend too

The house is now one big sea gullsnest

Intresting keep on uploading bro

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Thanks bro, will do 👍👍

I would never do what you do, I would be too nervous, but it’s fun going along with you via the video.

@WesWherever

3 күн бұрын

You are always welcome to come along via the video! 😉

Awesome spot Love your paddling adventures I’m in the DFW area and my spots are not very spectacular 😢

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Thanks again for watching, glad you've been enjoying 😊 I want come to DFW at some point and see for myself! There's gotta be beautiful spots there. Only part of TX I've been through was Amarillo, and it was cool to experience!

Wow those birds are angry and super creepy all night very cool video

@WesWherever

20 күн бұрын

Yeah they never stopped 😩😩

Hey buddy you got a new subscriber from the UK. Really enjoying your adventures.

@WesWherever

6 күн бұрын

Glad you are enjoying the adventures, James. Cheers from across the pond!! 🇺🇸🍻🇬🇧

No way I'm sleeping there. 😮. But the location is beautiful

@WesWherever

13 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching 😊

Hey Wes! Just wanted to give you a shout out. Enjoyed our chat before you set out on your adventure! 1K more subs than last Sunday! Killing it! Oh, btw, I found my Pilot License(s) in another wallet! Keep doing what you do man! ✌🏻

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Hey Bill, good to hear from you!! Good you found the license, I am still working towards mine at the moment. Thanks for checking out the vid, hope you enjoy the future adventures as well! I will reach out if I ever find myself back in Barnegat Bay 😉

Greetings from Oklahoma..!! Excellent channel. !!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 Awesome content..!! God bless and protect you ..!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏😊

@WesWherever

3 күн бұрын

Greetings!! I have traveled through Oklahoma along the I-40 corridor and really enjoyed my time there. Are there any cool places you might recommend to camp around there? Thanks for watching, glad you have been enjoying!!

@angelvides5232

3 күн бұрын

@@WesWhereverWOW..!! thank you for replying .!! there are MANY camp sites all over the state 🏕😊

@angelvides5232

3 күн бұрын

@@WesWherever i will research and send you some recommendations 😊 Also , you and your friends, should come with me to the Caribbean , there are some desserted islands we should go and be the FIRSTS to camp there..!!! 🏕🏝🐟🐠🐡🦈🐬🐋🐳🤠

@WesWherever

2 күн бұрын

Caribbean sounds like a dream... that would be sweet to camp and fish there!! And I am thinking about roadtripping through the south in the winter, in which case I would definitely have some adventures in Oklahoma 🏕️

Well at least you had your pick of rooms that’s uncommon for the summer season! Hope u don’t catch the bird flu 😷 IDK if I could sleep there well I was going to say u probably didn’t sleep well there either ! Great video 👍😎🐆🐆

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Right, got to pick the best (cleanest) room in the house 😁 Even then, nah I didn't sleep too well with how loud the birds were! Probably should have gone to sleep earlier, but eh it still worked out and was tons of fun! Thanks again for watching, glad you enjoyed!! 🏕️

Just saw your videos and became obsessed with them! If you ever want to do a kayak camping video let's meet up!

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

So glad you're enjoying bro, and for sure!! 🛶🏕️🤙 Looks like you're around MPLS?

@yakgawds

23 күн бұрын

@@WesWherever yes! All around Minnesota!

nice video

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

It was certainly an unforgettable experience!!

Good video. All those seagulls (rats of the sea) would drive me crazy.

I guess about 5 mil up front, and you might make it livable. Looks like a real cluster.

@WesWherever

2 күн бұрын

Yeah it's a huge endeavor, but hope they rebuild it!

I can't help but think of what will happen to the baby sea gull if they tore it down immediately.

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

I don't wanna think about it 😭

@suzannelegeza1292

24 күн бұрын

Maybe they can't if that bird is a protected species

@Rob88

24 күн бұрын

@@suzannelegeza1292 they are protected.

@60Bando

24 күн бұрын

Probably fly somewhere else and live there? tf? 😂

@Rob88

24 күн бұрын

@@60Bando wow. This joker doesn't know that baby gulls can't fly until they're about 40 days old. Tf? 🤣🤣🤣

Here before 100k+ subscribers, you deserve much more!

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Aw thanks 💙 Really trying my best

Sounds like the movie the birds

The guy just eating some chicken Alfredo on the counter of broken glass. Haha what an icon

@WesWherever

20 күн бұрын

😂😂 Trappin it lol

Those dump ducks are obnoxious lol

Damn I wouldn't mind owning that house fixed it up and live in it.

after the bridge video im glad i subscribed! this looks like its gonna be awesomeeeee

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks bro, I would say it was definitely awesome 👍👍

I would have had rotisserie baby seagull Alfredo, and then scrambled seagull eggs for breakfast. 😋

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Scandalous 😂😂

I grew up on the barnegat bay and have no idea 💡 where that's at lol

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

It's basically straight ahead if you were to follow Strickland towards the bay from Wawa & the mini golf place.

Someone could save this place wish someone would of done so

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

I know!! Hoping they rebuild it 🤞

Your videos are excellent⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I would suggest putting more search terms/hashtags so you can connect with a wider audience, a long list of them.

@WesWherever

3 күн бұрын

Thanks Emma, glad you have been enjoying!! And appreciate the tip, too 🤔

The “rocket-shaped” graffiti at 2:24 made me chuckle cause I’m immature. But your videos are well done, and your adventures are envious, even if sometimes a little scary!

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Yeah that was a well-placed "rocket" 😂😂 Appreciate you watching and glad that you've been enjoying!

didnt hear this from me but some of the clothes might be worth money on ebay if they are old vintage. LOL

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Truuuuu I should have looked some of them up lol

Done realy good going all the paddling out there back your poor arms be muscle man for sure 😂😂

@WesWherever

2 күн бұрын

Yeah I was definitely sore and needing my protein afterwards!!

I do not think it is actually abandoned - it obviously was abandoned but as there are or were plans to demolish it is no longer abandoned. What will the island be used for once it is cleaned up? Great Stealth Camp

@WesWherever

18 күн бұрын

Good point, they must have plans for it. I’m not sure, there are so many possibilities for what they could do with it! Appreciate you watching 😊

That was awesome. Now come back when the island is clear of any sign of the mansion. Camp again. So who owns the island any way?

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Good idea, haha. Some LLC bought it, no idea what they have planned next for it though. Would be cool if they rebuild it and make it more hurricane-proof (if that's even possible)

What an absolute shame.

@WesWherever

2 күн бұрын

I know... glad I got to check it out and document it for everyone before it was gone forever!

You should camp at one of the islands by the Grand Haven drawbridge in Michigan. Growing up I've always seen them but never went there. Or you could go to Dune Harbor Park in Muskegon and spend the night on the man made island there. Please pin this comment. :)

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip, they look super cool! Will definitely have to check those out if I get up to that region!! Have you ever seen anyone kayak in Dune Harbor Park? Can't find any info on if it would be okay

@ViolatedMemes

24 күн бұрын

@@WesWherever I've actually swam to the island. Also by one of the lakes there used to be an abandoned dredger. Me and some friends had climbed into the dredger and played some cards at a table someone had set up inside the dredger. Sadly the dredger is gone now.

@suzannelegeza1292

24 күн бұрын

👍👍👍

I would almost call it "glamping".

Must have a huge septic tank. Draining it every 3 months cost big $$$

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

True, I hadn't even thought of that. So much $ to make this mansion feasible, too bad it's no longer though

Where is this place so I can Google to see what it looked like Back in the Day

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Hankins Island Mansion in Barnegat Bay NJ

You remind me of Linus Sebastian if he got outside.

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

😂😂

Sleep at Natco Lake in NJ

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tip!!

I would have loved to know who owned the mansion and why it wasn't repaired.

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

Some LLC purchased it, and I guess it was too expensive/not feasible to repair. I hope they rebuild it!

LMAO!! @2:24

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

😂😂

Four AC units, WTH, how hot can it get in NJ on the bay?

@WesWherever

Күн бұрын

I guess they needed it to stay 65° in there all the time lol

If I had the money/power I'd tear down that house, restore the guest house into a tiny home, then make a massive garden, and pond. It'll be the perfect island if an apocalypse were to ever happen. Or I'd restore everything, and make it into an Airbnb, that would be easy money.

@WesWherever

18 күн бұрын

True!! As long as it was hurricane-proof 👍👍

I want to see this on google maps ! Where is this located?

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

40.000233, -74.081972

Albert Hitchcock, the birds

Too many droppings for me, still good island.

Is some of the hammered out walls due to copper pipe theft?

@WesWherever

21 сағат бұрын

Perhaps 🤔

Leave no trace principles apply even in a decrepit mansion ravaged by time, elements, and vandalism. You made an entire box of pasta, with like 2/3rds of a jar of Alfredo sauce, plus a rotisserie chicken for just you. You probably ate a corner of the plate (if that). Did you pack it all out?

@WesWherever

6 күн бұрын

Yup, I definitely agree! I always pack out everything and leave no trace 👍👍 I brought a box of pasta, but did not make all of it. I did in fact eat the entire plate - kayaking can require a lot of calories and I hadn't eaten since breakfast. Of course I did not include all the footage of me eating, as that would make for a boring video. Thanks for watching, Travis!!

12:17 sounds like that seagull is having an identity crisis!

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

True 😂😂

Are you not worried about mold

@WesWherever

18 күн бұрын

I would have worn a mask if I brought one 🤷‍♂️

Wonder who lived here and the back story

@WesWherever

23 күн бұрын

Charles Hankins, a boat builder who used some of his fortune to build the mansion! Look him up, there is a decent amount of his back story you can read online

what would be the concequences should you have been caught there?

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

I don't know, but glad I didn't find out!!

@peasantrius5317

21 күн бұрын

@@WesWherever Haha, not the answer I had tought to get but you are right. Love the videos, keep em coming

Bro just gonna lay down a old mattress might have seagull shit on it🤮

@WesWherever

21 күн бұрын

I flipped it over to the clean side and checked pretty thoroughly, it was all good!! 👍👍

Has the demolition crew now arrived on the island? I suppose the Ny City Council would have something on their website - I will google

@WesWherever

17 күн бұрын

From what I heard they demolished it the same day I left 😮

@terenceseymour-tf8rptassie725

16 күн бұрын

okay it will be interesting to see if there are plans for future use of the island ​@WesWherever

It's sad that baby seagull in theroom will be crushed when they demolish the place I hope he will be ok

@WesWherever

24 күн бұрын

Shhhh nooooo I don't wanna think about it 😭😭

W

Loot lake house