sky surfing wrote:
If we get to an area where we can't find a camp site but there isn't a Walmart what options do we have? Can you get away with pulling over into a different parking lot or off the side of a road? My concern is at some point getting caught in no mans land where we are driving around at sundown with no place to stay and getting rousted by cops and having to keep moving throughout the night. For instance, if we can't find a camp site in Yellowstone, do we have to drive out of the park at night and what if there isn't a walmart around? Same along the Oregon coast (though I suspect we'd find more walmarts even if we have to go inland). Thanks again for all the help!
not sure if you understand how big Yellowstone is. you just don't
"drive out of the park at night" to find someplace because there isn't anything on the edges of the park. and it takes a lot of time to drive in the park.
only places near are West Yellowstone and Jackson Hole and neither have a Walmart.
your best bet there are the non-reservable campgrounds.
you won't find many Walmarts on the Oregon coast, most towns are too small for one.
i found only two on the whole coast.
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and yes, if you're parked illegally, you could get rousted in the middle of the night.
you're traveling high season, with lots of people camping at the same time. that's why many of us on the West Coast make reservations, 4-6 months in advance.
Heck, California coastal state parks are booked up within minutes of the first day of availability, 6 months in advance.
