How safe are you when boondocking
My wife and I have never boondocked before, nor have we ever spent the night in a Walmart parking lot. We have always stayed in campgrounds or RV parks where we know we will be safe. We our consider...
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Back to the basic question of boondocking:
Picking the spot. Reasonable level is a plus
Someone pointed out that 95% of RV people are OK... it is the 5% that I avoid... after all they cause 100% of the trouble
From this point we look for things that anyone with good sense would avoid. Our rule is....
No grafitti
No Check Cashing places
No tatto parlors
No people with gang "colors" displayed
No obviously homeless people
No groups "just hanging out"
We avoid college campus
and blighted neighborhoods
We avoid camp grounds...
The inverse porportion law works for boondocking too!
The risk diminishes with the square of the distance from the potential problems:
You are 1/4 as likely to have a problem if you put a some distance between you and the above places.... if you double the distance from them your risk drops to 1/16... double it again and your risk drops to 1/64th and so on.
hoodlums prey in their own neighborhoods... thats why you are told "Stay out of north Las Vegas" or "Stay out of SW Phoenix"
... every place you go has places that you should avoid... if it doesn't feel right don't stay.
The single worst place to be is in a campground where you don't feel comfortable:
"You have already paid your money... you will refuse to leave... even if staying kills you!"
If you haven't paid you'll drive away!
If you insist on choosing bad spots... or are just stupid or unlucky:
Stoegar makes a very nice double barrel shotgun called a "Coach Gun" it is the shortest legal shotgun made... 410 gauge, 20 gauge, 12 gauge. Easy to store, easy to swing, easy to shoot... 3 inch diameter pattern at 12 feet, Gander Mountain, Cabelas, etc.
Picking the spot. Reasonable level is a plus
Someone pointed out that 95% of RV people are OK... it is the 5% that I avoid... after all they cause 100% of the trouble
From this point we look for things that anyone with good sense would avoid. Our rule is....
No grafitti
No Check Cashing places
No tatto parlors
No people with gang "colors" displayed
No obviously homeless people
No groups "just hanging out"
We avoid college campus
and blighted neighborhoods
We avoid camp grounds...
The inverse porportion law works for boondocking too!
The risk diminishes with the square of the distance from the potential problems:
You are 1/4 as likely to have a problem if you put a some distance between you and the above places.... if you double the distance from them your risk drops to 1/16... double it again and your risk drops to 1/64th and so on.
hoodlums prey in their own neighborhoods... thats why you are told "Stay out of north Las Vegas" or "Stay out of SW Phoenix"
... every place you go has places that you should avoid... if it doesn't feel right don't stay.
The single worst place to be is in a campground where you don't feel comfortable:
"You have already paid your money... you will refuse to leave... even if staying kills you!"
If you haven't paid you'll drive away!
If you insist on choosing bad spots... or are just stupid or unlucky:
Stoegar makes a very nice double barrel shotgun called a "Coach Gun" it is the shortest legal shotgun made... 410 gauge, 20 gauge, 12 gauge. Easy to store, easy to swing, easy to shoot... 3 inch diameter pattern at 12 feet, Gander Mountain, Cabelas, etc.
