Drive night Sleep day Boondocking
This Sunday my DW and I took our TC over to Little River Canyon in Alabama for the day (need to run the truck every now and then). Anyways, this area is part of the National Park system, but it is a ...
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Biggest drawback is going to be day use noise levels. Next time you're at a day use area pause and listen for a while and you'll see (hear) what I mean.
There will be people constantly coming and going and slamming car doors and yelling at each other. You'll also find that if you're the only car in the parking lot the next party in will want to park right next to you, no matter how far to the edge of the lot you are. And then comes the slamming of doors and yelling, etc! You'll have an advantage being higher up in your TC but you'll definitely want ear plugs for sleeping.
Second issue will be daytime heat. Doesn't matter how cool the temps are the sunlight is going to cook up your rig, and this will be particularly uncomfortable for sleeping. So pack one or two industrial-sized fans for comfort.
My experience doing this is similar to the other posters--Friday night departures and Sunday night returns. Only thing I would add is that Sunday evening return traffic from recreational destinations can be rough surprisingly late into the night, as there are plenty of other people on the road who've already had the same idea. This is why Mondays are a typical travel day for fulltime RVers.
There will be people constantly coming and going and slamming car doors and yelling at each other. You'll also find that if you're the only car in the parking lot the next party in will want to park right next to you, no matter how far to the edge of the lot you are. And then comes the slamming of doors and yelling, etc! You'll have an advantage being higher up in your TC but you'll definitely want ear plugs for sleeping.
Second issue will be daytime heat. Doesn't matter how cool the temps are the sunlight is going to cook up your rig, and this will be particularly uncomfortable for sleeping. So pack one or two industrial-sized fans for comfort.
My experience doing this is similar to the other posters--Friday night departures and Sunday night returns. Only thing I would add is that Sunday evening return traffic from recreational destinations can be rough surprisingly late into the night, as there are plenty of other people on the road who've already had the same idea. This is why Mondays are a typical travel day for fulltime RVers.
