FunnyCamper wrote:
ScottG wrote:
I did see a fiver all set up with its awning out and a couple of chairs under it.
There was no truck parked in front of it and didn't seem to be anybody around.
I think they spent the weekend there because we saw it on both fri night and sat afternoon.
This is the kind of "camper" who will ruin it for the rest.
possible major truck trouble. at truck dealership getting repaired and the dealer lot was full of cars and the people asked walmart manager if they could use their lot in their time of distress and all worked out fine for everyone? why assume the worst when this is probably the opposite?
We had this exact same scenario, except it was at a Target. Years ago we were on our way to Disney World from NJ, we made a stop and I noticed the radiator was leaking. It was about 8 am on a Saturday. We were in MD and knew the area well enough (lived there while in College). We stopped at a GM dealer we knew. They could look at the TV, but their lot wasn't big enough for the HTT we had at the time. Across the street was a Target, so I dropped of the wife and kids and HTT at the Target and went back to the dealer to replace the radiator.
It was a hot day and we had the awning out and had the camp chairs out. We asked the manager if it was okay and he just asked us to park in the back of the lot. We were there for 3 hours while we waiting for the dealer to replace the radiator.
Stuff happens sometimes. We were lucky we had a place to crash instead of sitting in the dealer's waiting room for 3 hours with a 5 and 3 year old.
I personally have never seen people set up camp at a Walmart. We overnight at Walmart probably 1/2 dozen times a year up and down I 95. I have also not seen any of the Walmarts we've used stop allowing overnight parking. There's actually one that didn't allow overnight parking that now does.
-Michael
