Jebby14 wrote:
^ Nothing to do with being cheap, when all I want to do is rest for a few hours why should I drive miles out of my way to spend 50 bucks? How bout stop removing all the rest stops like they are doing so walmart camping isn't needed
x2 on this.
For me, my first night of camping is usually parking overnight for a few hours at a Wal-Mart.
I don't have the luxury of unlimited paid time off, so I'm leaving after work and after dinner, drive for 5-6 hours and park at midnight. The next morning i'm up at dawn, quick bite to eat and drive the rest of the way to a paid campground.
I also don't have the luxury of scheduling things a year in advance, I work around other peoples schedules. So when I have a gap in the calendar that I can go RVing for a few days, I'm not going to bother making reservations for a midnight arrival at a campground (if there's even one near the overnight location) just for 4-5 hours of sleep before hitting the road again.
I've been to the Whitehorse W several times, and it's a shame that so many there were abusing the privilege - slides out, generators running, grills cooking ... living out of a W parking lot is not fair to the store or the surrounding neighborhood.
