ependydad wrote:
I just spoke with Camping World. They don't have any overnight parking spots per say, but the woman that I spoke with said that they have service spots (with electric). If there are any open, I'm welcome to use one. She recommended that I call the day that I'm traveling to see what is open.
So, I tried this last week. I meant to call while service was still open to ensure that they had a spot available but forgot with sleeping kids and all that jazz. I ended up calling about 10 minutes after the service area closed and I ended up talking to someone who stated unequivocally that the spots were dedicated to people who needed to stay in their campers while service was being performed and not for overnight travelers.
I called the Walmart in Lumberton, NC and the friendly fellow told me to park out near the restaurant and that security would be around to check on me. Though, we kept driving and ended up at the Walmart in Dillon, SC where the nice lady on the telephone told me "to just park out away from customers". Pulling in there were 3-4 other campers and a big rig. We slept great and left after fighting one of my slide outs.
I can also say that the Flying J in St. Augustine was quite the RV park when we stopped for fuel and food at about 7:15pm. All on the RV-side of the parking lot were easily 30-or so campers. The truck-side was insanely busy, too (which is why I went over to the RV side, to not take up a space for a driver who needed rest).
