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bukhrn wrote:
"And why would anyone pay $65 for a couple of hours of shut-eye?"
My sentiments exactly, Campgrounds certainly serve a purpose, but not for me to sleep for 4-6 hours and the hit the road again.
X2! That's why during the driving portion of our trip, we usually stay at a Loves, Pilot, etc... Most now have free dedicated RV lanes for overnight parking. A big plus is getting up in the morning and filling up, and being close to the interstate. The noise doesn't bother us at all. We have stayed at KOA's close to the interstate just for a overnight stay, but that got expensive, and didn't offer the other benefits- "And why would anyone pay $65 for a couple of hours of shut-eye?"
My sentiments exactly, Campgrounds certainly serve a purpose, but not for me to sleep for 4-6 hours and the hit the road again. pennysmom09 wrote:
If you buy,and want to live in an RV for any period of time it’s your responsibility to park it in a place designated for an rv, not a shopping center parking lot.and pay the going rate.
Your comment got buried in the quote.
I'm not talking about living in an RV in a rest area or Walmart parking lot. I'm talking about trying to get somewhere on a 2 or 3 week vacation where I can enjoy an RV park or state or national park. Drive a long day and just grab some sleep and repeat. Not everyone can take months to get somewhere.Airdaile wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
Airdaile wrote:
Yes, and those greedy RV parks, built exclusively for that purpose, have the unmitigated gall to charge money for the privilege.
With truckers needing to use rest areas and Walmart town centers going up, it's getting tough to find a place to catch a couple of hours of shut-eye.
And why would anyone pay $65 for a couple of hours of shut-eye?
If you buy,and want to live in an RV for any period of time it’s your responsibility to park it in a place designated for an rv, not a shopping center parking lot.and pay the going rate.
And why would you want deal with complaints from your seasonal campers when I roll in at 11:00 at night and leave at oh-dark-thirty? I'll wager the office at you CG isn't even open then.
RV parks are not built exclusively for a quick stop. My observations have been that they're built for seasonal residents and transients are tolerated as a necessary evil.ParkCountry wrote:
rjsd1 wrote:
Our local Walmart has turned into a truck stop. They even drop trailers and leave them. LOCAL tree trimming companies leave their trucks there over night daily. It's becoming a real eyesore.
And this is the kind of **** that ruins it for EVERYONE. Give some people an Inch and they'll take a MILE. Its this very attitude that caused our city to start charging for FREE campsites at our Tourist Park that were meant for tourists PASSING THROUGH on their way to/from Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPs.
If someone is dropping trailers and parking tree trimming trucks there on a consistent basis one would think they are doing so with someones permission or they wouldn't be there long, be that Walmart or someone else? Walmart is not always in control of parking and other common areas in a retail development. A dropped trailer or tree treeming truck is no more an eyesore than Billy Bob Jim pulling in in this!
Or Thurston Howell III pulling in in this!
RAS43 wrote:
Cloud Dancer wrote:
Some of us have fallen on hard times. How to help the less fortunate has always been a problem, and now it's worst, that's all. Automation and robotics is part of our evolution, but it also has its downside.
I agree that in some cases jobs have been lost. However, around here I see many businesses posting help wanted signs. We just left Walmart and they have a table with job info just inside the door. $12.50 an hour to start. Not high paying in today's world but something to get an income until something better comes along. That is how it was in the past. When we left Walmart there were the same 2 guys standing on the corner with their "please help" signs that have been around for weeks. :?
One of my pet charities is a Homeless Men's Shelter here in town. They ask the public please NOT to give money to those guys standing out by Walmart. The shelter residents are not allowed in the shelter during the day. As a requirement for staying in the shelter, they are REQUIRED to be out in the community seeking gainful EMPLOYMENT. Giving money to them defeats the shelter's goal of training these men to be SELF SUFFICIENT, and is therefore COUNTERPRODUCTIVE to the work ethic they are trying to instill in these people. I know that people mean well when they give money to these guys but it only encourages MORE of SAME and an endless cycle of dependency on booze/drugs/handouts.rjsd1 wrote:
Our local Walmart has turned into a truck stop. They even drop trailers and leave them. LOCAL tree trimming companies leave their trucks there over night daily. It's becoming a real eyesore.
And this is the kind of **** that ruins it for EVERYONE. Give some people an Inch and they'll take a MILE. Its this very attitude that caused our city to start charging for FREE campsites at our Tourist Park that were meant for tourists PASSING THROUGH on their way to/from Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPs.westernrvparkowner wrote:
Airdaile wrote:
Yes, and those greedy RV parks, built exclusively for that purpose, have the unmitigated gall to charge money for the privilege.
With truckers needing to use rest areas and Walmart town centers going up, it's getting tough to find a place to catch a couple of hours of shut-eye.
And why would anyone pay $65 for a couple of hours of shut-eye?
And why would you want deal with complaints from your seasonal campers when I roll in at 11:00 at night and leave at oh-dark-thirty? I'll wager the office at you CG isn't even open then.
RV parks are not built exclusively for a quick stop. My observations have been that they're built for seasonal residents and transients are tolerated as a necessary evil.- I keep reading these forums, thinking that perhaps if we keep saying the same things over and over and over, we might just solve all these problems. In the meantime I will change my wish. Instead of wishing that Walmart will turn part of their parking space into affordable RV spaces for overnighting, I think I'll start wishing that I OWNED all the Walmart stores, AND Sam's store's as well.
bukhrn wrote:
WOW,our local WalMart is just the opposite, Many, Many times I've seen the parking lot nearly full, in fact, I seen people park in the Lowes parking lot next door to walk over to the WalMart.
I don't see this happening at our WalMart, as there is no room for all that, unless they do away with All their parking, there is a Lowes immediately on one side, a fast food, and a Ford dealer on the other side and the street in the front.
They can't go too far back as there is a Home Depot on the other side of the trees back there.
This parking lot is quite often filled to near capacity as well, especially around the usual paydays. My picture is a screen capture from Google's street view, so I have no idea when it was taken. There's a newer Super Wally about 12 miles away that's a standalone store, but their realty arm is actively marketing leases of the surrounding land. Only one taker so far, a discount shore store, but I expect other businesses will follow eventually.
