3. parking at a destination that doesn't allow slides. One that I am thinking of is the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier(s) on Tampa Bay. They allow truck campers, if there would be room to turn them around, and this seems like a wonderful getaway, as well as a great place to spend the night in the Tampa-St Petersburg-Bradenton area for little money, say if Ft Desoto is filled up (which is not uncommon). When you pay for access, you have it for 24 hours. Sounds like an ocean cruise to me (and, yeah, you can fish, too!). But you can't extend awnings, you can't use generators or cook or refrigerate with propane, and you can't extend the slide. Something like this, alone, is reason to insist on being able to use the camper with the slide in. I am sure there are other examples of this kind of destination slidelessness, but I can't think of any right now, since they tore down the Gulf Breeze pier after hurricane damage. But it sure makes it an issue to me!
Well, that sounds like they just want straight fisherman with only a basic slide in camper or a canopy and nothing else.. I guess if you just have to fish and you have a huge camper, you are SOL... Not my bag to begin with, but if that's their rules, that's their rules.. Take it or leave it..
I've seen those rear slide in campers at shows and they are great if you can ope the slide, but pretty much useless if you can't... I've not been a TC camper since I was a kid and we rented them for the ol' 1971 F250 and got that block of ice for the ice box on the way out.. :)
I know I'm a little travel trailer guy and all, but that TC seems like one you don't have that many options for with your examples..
Good luck!
Mitch
