Quick overnight

I always use Walmart when on road. Usually try and find one that is a quick stop off the interstate. This works well crossing the Midwest in states that have less population. On the crowded east coast there is sometimes more urban traffic to get in and out of the Walmart. Usually the Walmart Mgr only ask that you not put the jacks down so as not to dent the blacktop. Their lots are quiet with just a few 18 wheelers and RVs and the night is usually peaceful unlike a rest area or truck stop where the big rigs are always idling throughout the night.

Lately I have been doing some quick trips near home in the off season. I go to campgrounds that are full in summer, but empty in Nov or Mar. Nothing like a good fire, my dog and a couple of owls for company less than 30 minutes from home. For a really quick trip I just sleep in the backyard next to one million acres of BLM land.

I would not sleep in a parking lot if you paid me except in an emergency.

librty02 wrote:
Heck when I sleep I couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant :B

What's that sound? You hear it? It's a funny squeaky sound. :)

No the "OP" isn't gone, and I appreciate the input. This was our "maiden voyage" with our new trailer, the wife insisted we stay in a motel, what a waste of money but happy wife .... BTW we did make a quick overnite on the way back from Monterey where we spent 4 nights in a RV camp in Carmel Valley. We stayed overnight at Refugio Beach. Didn't unhook and slept with slide room in so we could get up and go early. Was kind of a rehearsal for next time we need a quick stop for sleep.

Again, thank you for your responses, another question will be coming.

Bill

Vw triker wrote:
According to my wife, my snoring would run the truckers off.not sure if that's true!!

:B

CA is fine with sleeping overnight at rest stops, but no camping. I'm sure you can figure out the difference.

Also, enforcement of silly rules at CA rest stops is lax at best. If you park and climb in the back, you'll not be bothered, other than by noise.

I've spent many quick nights in our rest stops. When possible, I pull away from the parking close to the rest area. Sometimes even parking along the apron of the exit driveway. Overflow parking tends to go there anyway. Never has been an issue, and of course is quieter.

Buttonwillow is a large rest area (has sites on both sides of the interstate). Choose where you park wisely and I don't think noise will be much of an issue. Depending on how soundly you sleep of course.

librty02 wrote:
Heck when I sleep I couldn't hear a dump truck driving through a nitroglycerin plant :B

Best answer yet

:) This site needs better emoji's

OP is gone.

Rest stops and truck stops are my least preferred for sleep. Mostly the noise and my own self-imposed feeling that I was "taking a spot" from a trucker (he's working, I'm recreating).

I prefer hitting a Walmart. We've done quite a few and never had an issue. Plus, I can put my slides out and actually get to things in my camper.

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DarkSkySeeker wrote:

b&rharmon wrote:
...can we use rest areas where truckers park...

I've done it. Worst night sleep I ever had. Lots of noise. The noisiest? A refridgeration unit running on a big truck.

As a kid I once slept in a tent trailer next to a refer. While it took a bit to sleep, once out I was out all night.

It’s actually an advantage as is masks all of the intermittent noise that would normally wake you. Your brain has an amazing ability to filter constant repetitive noise.