Walmart changing some stores
Probably doesn't include RV parking or shoot outs with the police. lol. Walmart town centers.
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I always read these threads with interest.
I have to tell you all how right WRVPO really is.
We are not "Campers" in any real sense. I have been, but I was a lot younger and more physicaly flexible.
We use "Free" camp sites like casinos, Walmart, other businesses that are RV friendly and highway rest areas as well. We only frequent commercial campgrounds on the fourth or fifth day when I want to dump and take on potable water. It can also be that DW wants a real shower to for a hair wash. If we need anything else, it will be provisions that are not likely in the campground store.
When I am looking for such a stop, I will accept a "crampground" if it is priced right (cheap). But as I am sure WRVPO will allow, not all RV campgrounds are equal. Just because the owner calls it an "RV Resort" this does not actually indicate that there is any thing "resort" about it. I have found more than a few that were cost effective for just an ONP/FHU. I have also hit treeless crampgrounds at resort prices. I like those as much as I like drycamp for money lots.
Then, I have another issue that will be strange to many of you. Our coach is a 46 year old gasser. I don't need diesel and I sure don't need a "Nothing over 10yo" either. There are more than a few city parks that invite ONP and some have services. We love those.
When looking for an ONP, sometimes I have as much as an hours notice, and sometimes not. That is where Wally Docking shines. We will need something. It is a small coach, so carrying a multiweek store of victuals is just not going to happen, but if the references indicate that there is a friendly Walmart close to our intended track, SCORE!
We will get there, and stop and while one of us de-waters the dogs, the other will go in and ask a manager - If (after shopping) we could stay until morning, where would said prefer that we park. We usually get an OK. In one case we were told to park where the signs said we should not.
We are about to make a run south on I-75. We are going to hold up at the FMCA park in Cinci, a Rest Area near Chattanooga and a Walmart way south of that. When we get to the rally, (that has a starting date) we will be there for a while. When it is over, we will wide our way back north visiting friends and relatives along the way. I have very little plan for that part and that is the way we like it.
If we were going to a place just for the place and planning to stay a while, nice RV parks are nice. We rarely do. We are currently planning a full season. It does include three days in one nice place that is not a rally, just a stop.
If a real park was to try to accommodate travelers like us, it would be difficult. Mostly because they are will not be where we need them. This again is where Lot Docking works well.
Matt
I have to tell you all how right WRVPO really is.
We are not "Campers" in any real sense. I have been, but I was a lot younger and more physicaly flexible.
We use "Free" camp sites like casinos, Walmart, other businesses that are RV friendly and highway rest areas as well. We only frequent commercial campgrounds on the fourth or fifth day when I want to dump and take on potable water. It can also be that DW wants a real shower to for a hair wash. If we need anything else, it will be provisions that are not likely in the campground store.
When I am looking for such a stop, I will accept a "crampground" if it is priced right (cheap). But as I am sure WRVPO will allow, not all RV campgrounds are equal. Just because the owner calls it an "RV Resort" this does not actually indicate that there is any thing "resort" about it. I have found more than a few that were cost effective for just an ONP/FHU. I have also hit treeless crampgrounds at resort prices. I like those as much as I like drycamp for money lots.
Then, I have another issue that will be strange to many of you. Our coach is a 46 year old gasser. I don't need diesel and I sure don't need a "Nothing over 10yo" either. There are more than a few city parks that invite ONP and some have services. We love those.
When looking for an ONP, sometimes I have as much as an hours notice, and sometimes not. That is where Wally Docking shines. We will need something. It is a small coach, so carrying a multiweek store of victuals is just not going to happen, but if the references indicate that there is a friendly Walmart close to our intended track, SCORE!
We will get there, and stop and while one of us de-waters the dogs, the other will go in and ask a manager - If (after shopping) we could stay until morning, where would said prefer that we park. We usually get an OK. In one case we were told to park where the signs said we should not.
We are about to make a run south on I-75. We are going to hold up at the FMCA park in Cinci, a Rest Area near Chattanooga and a Walmart way south of that. When we get to the rally, (that has a starting date) we will be there for a while. When it is over, we will wide our way back north visiting friends and relatives along the way. I have very little plan for that part and that is the way we like it.
If we were going to a place just for the place and planning to stay a while, nice RV parks are nice. We rarely do. We are currently planning a full season. It does include three days in one nice place that is not a rally, just a stop.
If a real park was to try to accommodate travelers like us, it would be difficult. Mostly because they are will not be where we need them. This again is where Lot Docking works well.
Matt
