First "long" overnight trip

[tev123]

Drove to Canada (Quebec City and Montreal) from Southern NH (USA) over July 4th weekend

On our way to Quebec, just after the USA/Canada border, we stopped at a campground. It was packed with lots of campers (felt like a parking lot on grass) thus we moved on and pulled off to another campground in Windsor, Quebec; Attendant charged us $30US! for a spot by some river with electric/water hookups.

Second night we slept in Quebec City, in the middle of the city, in a parking lot. We only paid $12 for the entire day and the attendant said we could sleep overnight if we wanted to, which we did and thought it was great and very convenient.

Questions:
we see lots of rest areas, parking areas, pull off areas, on the highways. Some say no overnight and some don't say anything. Is it normal to pull off in these rest areas and park for the night without being bothered or asked to move along?

The whole idea of having a class-B conversion van is to be able to sleep anywhere without having to pay "campgrounds". We are self sustained and need to offset the horrible gas mileage with not having to pay hotels....

Thanks!

[tev123]

Nutinelse2do wrote:
Free and very low cost camping with reviews

Casino camper

I use these two web sites frequently. Also, we stay at Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, and Home Depot, rather than truck stops or rest areas, which are too loud.

Since you have a smaller rig, you can use Cracker Barrel's. Also, church parking lots are very nice.

Always get authorization from management.

Cabela's is our favorite. Most have 24 hour security, and fresh water. Some have dump stations too.

thanks for the tips "nothing" 🙂 will use the links for sure

[tev123]

midnightsadie wrote:
should have bought a mercedes benz diesel we get 20mpg, but ,theres tons of places to spend the night cracker barrel is our favorite or a nice church lot. most important thing is watch the surounding area ,and never ever open the door for no one except the police.we travel the same way ,stop along a nice creek now and then, camping in a camp ground is like a bunch of in a bucket. I like lonely places.

thanks for the tips midnight; will certainly come in handy.
as for the MB diesel... the diff in price would have paid for hotels for possibly 10 years 🙂

[Nutinelse2do]

Free and very low cost camping with reviews

Casino camper

I use these two web sites frequently. Also, we stay at Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, and Home Depot, rather than truck stops or rest areas, which are too loud.

Since you have a smaller rig, you can use Cracker Barrel's. Also, church parking lots are very nice.

Always get authorization from management.

Cabela's is our favorite. Most have 24 hour security, and fresh water. Some have dump stations too.

Sorry for the dup... Sadie and I were posting at the same time.

[midnightsadie]

should have bought a mercedes benz diesel we get 20mpg, but ,theres tons of places to spend the night cracker barrel is our favorite or a nice church lot. most important thing is watch the surounding area ,and never ever open the door for no one except the police.we travel the same way ,stop along a nice creek now and then, camping in a camp ground is like a bunch of in a bucket. I like lonely places.