Boondocking in a national park lodge parking lot?
Any rules against overnighting in the parking lot of Old Faithful Lodge, or some other busy place? What if you have a room, and some of the family were to sleep out in a camper?
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toedtoes wrote:realter wrote:bka0721 wrote:
The answer is no.
First, it isn't even boondocking. It would be dry camping in a parking lot.
Enjoy the parks!
b
Sorry to get off track, but what's the difference. I've always read boondocking here, but my daughter who lives in WA with a small TT uses the term dry camping. She never heard of boondocking.
Technically, "dry camping" means camping without hookups of any kind - it can be done in a campground or not. "Boondocking" means what tenters call "dispersed camping" - it is done outside of a campground in a wilderness area (often BLM or USFS lands). Then there is the term "overnighting" - that is done when parking for a quick sleep while on the road (usually in parking lots, etc.). And then there is "stealth camping" - it is done in populated areas and is about staying off the radar of residents and/or authorities (it is usually done on residential streets or industrial areas).
Boondocking is dry camping, but dry camping is not necessarily boondocking.
Overnighting is dry camping, but dry camping is not necessarily overnighting.
Overnighting is not boondocking.
Stealth camping is not boondocking.
Stealth camping may be overnighting.
You forgot to mention Trailerparking!
That's when you're on a concrete pad packed in with your neighbors like a sardine. When you walk out your door you're looking in the guy next doors window, because you're so close your awning scrapes the paint off his trailer when the wind blows, and before you get to the bottom of your stairs you can count how many slices of bacon are on his plate. Usually a golf cart blows by about every 15 seconds full of adolescent nose pickers. You also typically have no trees or shade and campfires may or may not be permitted, usually not.
