Stealth Camping or Layovering
This is a related subject to boondocking and dry camping. I'm not sure I've broached the subject here. We have stealth camped for decades and find it works well in cities large and small even with our...
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dewey02 wrote:
If it is legal and if it is safe, then why the need to be stealthy?
If it isn't legal or if it isn't safe, then why overnight there at all?
When someone is trying to appear as something that they are not, do they really think that shouldn't raise suspicion?
I've overnighted at Walmart - after going in and asking if it is OK.
Do stealth campers go up to a homeowner or a downtown business or local police and ask if it is OK for them to overnight outside their house/business? If yes, and they get the OK, then no problem. But I doubt that they do, because they are trying to be "stealthy."
If I am being self-righteous or chest thumping in my thinking then so be it.
You may not know whether parking in a certain place overnight is legal or not. If there are no signs prohibiting it you may assume it isnt.
You may want to keep a low profile to lessen attention from those who might want to trouble you. (That homeless guy knocking on the door at midnight for a handout)
None of that need raise the slightest suspicion.
It's all how you look at it.
