Camping prices!!!
I am really getting sick of this. I have to come to Maryland for family and I still have some chores to do in the area in summer. I live aboard and dont have an income. Who the hell can aford ...
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Jbrowland wrote:
California typically starts at $45 plus a booking fee for hookups. The cheapest I ever paid for a spot in California was in Bakersfield at about $30. Bakersfield is about as far away from a tourist destination that a city can be in California. Paying $75 on the coast is common. That's the price we pay to live in one of the most gorgeous states in America. The closer you live to tourists, the more frequently you pay tourist prices.
Camping in California can be expensive. The high cost also illustrates the options for low cost camping versus needing full hook ups and RV/mobile home type accommodations. In the north end of the State, I really like the area from Bodega Bay north to Crescent City. The campgrounds are very nice but even without hookups the costs are about $35/night. I also have visited San Francisco numerous times. I like to stay in Marin County and take the ferry over to downtown SF. I can stay at a campground/RV park within walking distance of the ferry. Costs are about $60/night, hookups included. I can also stay nearby for free. Mill Valley is an exclusive and very pleasant community a few miles from the ferry. Ordinances permit street parking and I have stayed as long as a month. I can park in town at the community center, but usually prefer to park next to the golf course.
I have also spent a lot of time in the southern part of the State. I especially like the Mojave Preserve. I have spent a couple of weeks there. I usually disperse camp at no charge either around the Lava Tubes which is very remote or near the Kelso dunes. I also really like Death Valley (but only in the winter). I stay for $6 in the "overflow" campground or I disperse camp and stay for free.
Again, there is a huge difference in camping opportunities for a small RV versus a big rig needing lots of space and hookups. I avoid staying if the area is posted to prohibit camping. Otherwise I can stop almost anywhere and stay the night. I would not be able to do that if I needed to run my generator or had slide outs.
