HadEnough wrote:
Kayteg1 wrote:
Each state & province has different laws, so you can't assume anything.
Forget boondocking in California coastal areas. Basically each city has ordinance forbidding RV overnight stay and they force Walmarts to do that as well.
The practice seems to extend to Oregon, Yukon and who knows how many other places.
But on our drive to Alaska only few rest areas had "no overnight stay" signs, so we could pull over at any convenient area and sleep well. Canada Information Centers have dump stations and water faucet, so that was easy.
Than states like AZ allow boon-docking basically everywhere.
I hesitate to contradict your post because I don’t want to tell people they can park everywhere in California. Ha ha
But I have to say, in California coastal places, I stayed for about two months traveling around the entire coast from San Francisco to San Diego. I stayed in one campground. Only one night. And that was because of the lack of places to stay along the Pacific coast highway. The rest were all rough parking. I was even able to spend a few days in the Mission district. With the RV and all. That’s one of the hardest places to get into in San Francisco. But I did it. Walk out my door, and walk to everything that was the Mission district.
It’s an artform. You just have to know how to do it. And that just comes with a lot of experience. Keep trying. You’ll learn what places knock and what places don’t.
I’m coming back out again this winter to do the same.
I agree it's all on how to do it. I know of full time individuals, couples that have been on the road in the US for 8 to 10 years and has never stayed in a campground ever. They are full timing in a van or a TC. That's the beauty of a compact unit.
I would say if needed you can get away with a lot more with a stealth van. If you need to park on a street for just one night and then move out of there at daybreak it can be done easier because you can make yourself look like a commercial business vehicle.
Really don't think extreme stealth is needed today but I believe the days are coming where its going to get harder and harder to boondock.
