Reservations only ??
RV's selling like mad, population is expanding like mad, and campgrounds are not. Seemingly every family has a camper of sorts these days and the Campgrounds are filled to capacity months in advance. ...
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When it comes to expansion, the opposite is true in Texas. The State has recognized the growing need for expansion and upgrades by allocation 94 percent of the sales tax on sporting goods and recreation to the parks system. That's really good news because for years the park system had been grossly underfunded. There's 5 new state parks going up on acquired land and a laundry list of new construction projects within existing parks.
Some of the popular parks fill up with reservations, but if you watch it close enough then you can catch when someone has canceled. A lot of times you can just show up to the gate, ask, and there's a canceled reservation that never made it back into the main system or there's overflow sites available that aren't reservable. Not something I recommend if you're coming from hundreds of miles way to get to your once a year vacation, but the option is typically there nevertheless.
I don't think Walmart as a whole will ever change their policy allowing overnighting. Really it works in their favor. I would say that most of those who overnight at Walmart will go in to buy something; I know I do. A lot of those signs you see actually come from the municipality which have ordinances against overnighting in parking lots. From what I see, they're seldomly enforced by the local government.
Walmart does crack down on those who abuse their overnighting policy. There's tons of videos on Youtube where Walmart has called out the police to clear their lots. These people were obviously living or camping in Walmart's parking lot. I don't really have sympathy for these people. Sam Walton wanted to give RVs a place to get off the interstate and rest for the evening, not a home or a campground.
Some of the popular parks fill up with reservations, but if you watch it close enough then you can catch when someone has canceled. A lot of times you can just show up to the gate, ask, and there's a canceled reservation that never made it back into the main system or there's overflow sites available that aren't reservable. Not something I recommend if you're coming from hundreds of miles way to get to your once a year vacation, but the option is typically there nevertheless.
I don't think Walmart as a whole will ever change their policy allowing overnighting. Really it works in their favor. I would say that most of those who overnight at Walmart will go in to buy something; I know I do. A lot of those signs you see actually come from the municipality which have ordinances against overnighting in parking lots. From what I see, they're seldomly enforced by the local government.
Walmart does crack down on those who abuse their overnighting policy. There's tons of videos on Youtube where Walmart has called out the police to clear their lots. These people were obviously living or camping in Walmart's parking lot. I don't really have sympathy for these people. Sam Walton wanted to give RVs a place to get off the interstate and rest for the evening, not a home or a campground.
