Tragedy leads to no camping at Cottonwood, AZ Walmart
News from my home town. No camping/overnight parking We seldom park at Walmart etc... over night, but I do hate to see the opportunity to do so disappear.
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We have over-nighted at Walmarts for convenience around populated areas/towns/cities late in the afternoon when too far from other types of RV campgrounds. At Walmarts we try to overnight in the back parking lot area where truckers overnight at. We figure that the truckers won't tolerate much messing around back there when they're trying to get some sleep.
We have also overnighted: Out in the middle of nowhere in deserts, in church parking lots, in a farmer's back yard, in a Port of Entry, in truckstop gas stations, in an public area along a river, in a grassy field next to a Bluegrass concert, in county parks, in state parks, and in all kinds of national areas.
The last place we prefer to camp is in commercial RV campgrounds. We camp in commercial RV campgrounds only as a last "resort". The best commercial RV campground we've ever camped in was a rundown one on an Indian reservation adjoining the badlands, with only one other RV there ... but overall a very pleasant and relaxing situation. We had the run of hundreds of acres next to the campground for walking and exploring in non-Federal badlands, around a couple of ponds, and among beautiful meadows and woods along a river on the reservation.
I wish that far more commercial RV campgrounds offered inexpensive graveled areas where we could over-night drycamp ... say at a $10 per night rate. They could enforce a policy of "one night only" for these kind of spots.
We have also overnighted: Out in the middle of nowhere in deserts, in church parking lots, in a farmer's back yard, in a Port of Entry, in truckstop gas stations, in an public area along a river, in a grassy field next to a Bluegrass concert, in county parks, in state parks, and in all kinds of national areas.
The last place we prefer to camp is in commercial RV campgrounds. We camp in commercial RV campgrounds only as a last "resort". The best commercial RV campground we've ever camped in was a rundown one on an Indian reservation adjoining the badlands, with only one other RV there ... but overall a very pleasant and relaxing situation. We had the run of hundreds of acres next to the campground for walking and exploring in non-Federal badlands, around a couple of ponds, and among beautiful meadows and woods along a river on the reservation.
I wish that far more commercial RV campgrounds offered inexpensive graveled areas where we could over-night drycamp ... say at a $10 per night rate. They could enforce a policy of "one night only" for these kind of spots.
