New to RV....new to class c....new to it all

[Cerevisaphile]

My wife and I purchased our first motorhome and are planning in using it year round on extended weekend trips. I can work from anywhere as long as i have a good internet connection and she is working partime for now..2 days a week..

It has always been a dream of mine to travel the country and see things, hike mountains , fish for mighty trouts and do other things we love to do.

We will be traveling with 2 dogs...

There are too many questions for me and i dont want to flood the forum....

Some of the topics we are interested in are...

Internet connection...what works usually best.. I have a 4glte hotspot on my phone which seems to work well on vacation but i am not sure how it will perform in a more constant use scenario...

Wild camping ....what is the law about staying overnight ? Are parking lots of state trailhead acceptable ? For short stays when doing hikes during the day ? We are also skiers how friendly are they usually when it comes to motorhomes ?
The german nature in me wants to ask for permissions but then i learned that its easier to ask forgiveness than permission...

Someone told me that walmart lets rv stay the night when traveling... I this true ? What other stores might allow this ?

Whats a MUST HAVE....one of the things i thought about bringing was a chainsaw to cut dead trees into workable chunks when staying of the grid .

And of course generic tips tricks etc....

We are planning on staying close to home for the next few months till we work out the kinks and then do some more exploring towards the westcoast...

Thanks for links, remarks, tips etc....

[Cerevisaphile]

pianotuna wrote:
Hi,

Here are some sites to help you find places to stay:

Free and Low Cost Campsites

Bob's Cheap or Free Campsites

not necessarily boondocking

Thank you for the url i appreicate it...so much to learn so much to get used to...

[Cerevisaphile]

Jim Shoe wrote:
I'm looking forward to your posts. I love reading stories by people that do whatever they want and ask permission later. In your case, a cell phone is a good thing to have, because you can text us about your adventures right from your jail "cell". And call your attorney that, I assume, you have on retainer.

Lol dont make me look like a renegade...in my 16 years living in america i just noticed that whenever i asked for permission i might end up with a NO while someone who asked for forgivness makes out better...

Again whast the difference between car camping at a trailhead to get a headstart vs rv camping ?..given the rv is not taking all the room of the parking area.

[pianotuna]

Hi,

Here are some sites to help you find places to stay:

Free and Low Cost Campsites

Bob's Cheap or Free Campsites

not necessarily boondocking

[Jim_Shoe]

I'm looking forward to your posts. I love reading stories by people that do whatever they want and ask permission later. In your case, a cell phone is a good thing to have, because you can text us about your adventures right from your jail "cell". And call your attorney that, I assume, you have on retainer.

[Cerevisaphile]

Thanks for the url... The walmart capming section made me smirk a bit since peeps are fighting on how often this has been covered and argued...

I am really interested in trailhead parking and had no luck finding official state laws saying what u can do at a trailhead parking lot...i have car camped at them many times, made fires just so that the next day hike can start early....other than size i dont see a difference between that and an rv staying overnight.. I think i will email the ranger for my region and see if he can give me an answer.

[Old-Biscuit]

Welcome to the forum and welcome to RV'ng!!

Read thru the topics here.....then if you have more specific questions, post them. Just way too much info without some research

LINK

[Cerevisaphile]

In new york state you can use dead trees on state land for campfires without a permit...of course i wouldnt do anything like that if i wouldnt know who owns the land i am on .. But if i wouldnt know that i would not camp there to begin with.

[rvten]

Forget the chain saw.all those trees belong to someone.
Without a permit to cut trees. You might end up behind bars..

You even have to have a permit to pick up dead wood in some places.