camping policy at national parks
We just got totally denied at Lodgepole campground in sequoia national park. Drove all the way from San Diego with our friends whom I just talked into getting a Six Pac camper. Booked site 56 six m...
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2RVNuts wrote:toedtoes wrote:
At the one campground that wouldn't let my 21ft C and my friend's toyota chinook stay in a single site, the host said the rule was "if you can sleep in it, it's not an allowable second vehicle". As people can sleep in any vehicle and do, that seemed like a silly rule. When I've asked around at other campgrounds, they've all said it's no problem because the chinook fit into the site and it was no bigger than a mini-pickup with a shell and there were only 2 people in total.
Yes, there are a multitude of justifications, just as there are a multitude of reasons. My logic is: be prepared.
For me, at campgrounds I go to regularly and that have allowed it, I don't worry about it. Same with campgrounds in off-season. If I'm told no upon arrival, we just get a second campsite. At unknown campgrounds in high season, I just reserve 2 campsites or a double campsite and play it safe.
Both of your vehicles are considered campers, (Dah)
In all but one campground, they have been considered an RV and a second vehicle - so not quite that simple. Again, it's at the discretion of the host/ranger to decide if it fits in the rules or not. If they let you do it, be grateful and enjoy. If not, be polite and pay for the 2nd site.
