Cracker Barrel and Pilot/Flying J questions
I keep reading about Cracker Barrel and Pilot/FJ and even Walmart as places you guys regularly use. What is the protocol for doing this? Call ahead? Park and sleep? Eat and nap? Shop and drop? A...
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Cracker Barrel! = supper then breakfast.
Sam's Club (member) = rotisserie chicken or pizza for supper plus I may or may not do my normal grocery shopping. Refuel when possible.
Walmart = normal grocery shopping and redbox movie rental for the night... and movie snacks. I prefer staying at Sam's Clubs over any place else. They have welcomed me without exception. They have never had a problem with me sitting outside my RV nor minded my grilling a steak (bought from them) on my little gas grill. They have even enouraged me to do these things. And I know others who have had the same experiance. I tend to stay 3 or 4 nights in a parking lot then I pull into a cheap full hookup campground for one night to dump waste tanks and refill my fresh tank. As a single RVer I get several nights use on my tanks and battery bank. I always ask permission to stay and if it's okay to sit outside in nice weather and grill when I want to. I also ask if it's okay to run my generator. Basically I follow the guidelines at http://freedomparking.webs.com (I had some input on coming up with them ;B). These guidelines were written based on actual experiance over several years and speaking with many store managers about what they do and don't allow.
Sam's Club (member) = rotisserie chicken or pizza for supper plus I may or may not do my normal grocery shopping. Refuel when possible.
Walmart = normal grocery shopping and redbox movie rental for the night... and movie snacks. I prefer staying at Sam's Clubs over any place else. They have welcomed me without exception. They have never had a problem with me sitting outside my RV nor minded my grilling a steak (bought from them) on my little gas grill. They have even enouraged me to do these things. And I know others who have had the same experiance. I tend to stay 3 or 4 nights in a parking lot then I pull into a cheap full hookup campground for one night to dump waste tanks and refill my fresh tank. As a single RVer I get several nights use on my tanks and battery bank. I always ask permission to stay and if it's okay to sit outside in nice weather and grill when I want to. I also ask if it's okay to run my generator. Basically I follow the guidelines at http://freedomparking.webs.com (I had some input on coming up with them ;B). These guidelines were written based on actual experiance over several years and speaking with many store managers about what they do and don't allow.
