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Old 05-14-2014, 01:42 PM   #21
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Some camp grounds have a spill over area near their main gate. I have asked and stayed at those places over night for free at a few different locations. Behind some hotels parking is also a good spot - always ask first.

The best parking lot for us was at a couple of Bass Pro Shops. They always have the outdoor scene setup all over their stores including their parking lot sometimes. This one place in central ALA had several parking areas partitioned off with high bushes and this one even had 120VAC 20MAP receptacles installed. Better than some camp grounds we have paid to stay at haha..

We definitely enjoyed breakfast with them the next morning and did some shopping as well...

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Interesting. My wife and I stayed one night at the Prince Albert, SK casino. I had noticed other RV's parked there. I asked inside and they told me it is first come, first served, no charge. There were even electrical hookups.

We stayed one night each way at a big campground in northern Alberta. I watched all the retirees in shorts and "holiday hats" limping around, spending half the evening washing the bug crap off their million dollar land yachts. Not for me, thank you.
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I find it far easier to part with $35 at a campground than taking a chance of possibly parting with my life by parking somewhere I shouldn't be. While you've never had any problems when doing this, I can only say you've been lucky, but if you ever encounter another RVer who's had a bad experience and suffered as a result of it, it might encourage you to discontinue this practice.
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I like the idea and I think we will try it just for fun.
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Some areas of the country I wouldn't boon dock as well as certain parts of some cities. Philly..and lots others .no way..etc. But there is thousands of great places around the country to boon dock. Just have to be aware of your surroundings.
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I like this idea. We borrowed a friends trailer and got stuck paying $135 for less than 8 hours stay at Newport Dunes (Newport Beach, CA). I should have turned around and parked on the street outside of their gates. Next time I will do this.
I grew up camping at the Dunes (we camp there a a week or two, it was alot cheaper back then), I used to swim out to the whales and spend all my money at the arcade. We took our kids there for a couple days last summer. It was pricey and packed! But it only took us an hour to get there.

I can't believe this thread is still going from 2010! That's great. We've since expanded our overnight horizons and have stayed at a couple casinos (no secrete there), and he did a couple Flying J's ( kind of loud though). We stayed at a CAT weigh station once, and three or four different Camping Worlds. Twice a security guy checked in on us before we went lights out. We just told him we were traveling and needed some supplies from our favorite store in the morning. No problem. I think the strangest place we stayed was an abandoned housing track development. Looked like the developer did the grading, but ran out of money because there was about 2 years of growth everywhere. We stayed over night and took our time leaving the next day.

The thing I learned though is to cover the windows with that radiant barrier stuff (looks like sun shade) to keep the light from getting in or getting out. Someone walking by would just see a dark RV and think it was just parked there.
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For the list of Wal-Marts and those that don't allow RV parking - Google and go to the WALMARTATLAS site.
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I hooked into my right tailight and ran a wire to the batteries on the trailer tongue. When I'm staying at a rest stop that doesnt like "overnight" parking I hook it up. I always run the generator all night anyway ,mostly for the "white noise" effect. I figure with all my parking lights on all night it might look like I'm just idling for a quick rest. In South Carolina most all the rest stops had a sign that said "for the convenience of motorists" no overnite parking etc. etc. I was all in once (or twice) and had to drive another 80 miles or so to find a place to sleep. I remember passing a sign that said "drowsy driving is impaired driving" I wonder if the family of five that I ran off the road and killed would think it was "convenient" that I couldnt stay at that last rest stop......Edit, of course thats a dramitization....I never killed anyone....
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My concern would be for safety. Especially, when there is no one around and no one knows you are there.

When super night camping are you armed?
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Here's a website that might interest you....

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I have a few firearms kicking around and I have a CCW for every state we travel spend time in.
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^^^unless you LEO or Retired LEO -- how is that possible. Citizen issues CCW are not reciprocal to each state. Otherwise everyone would pull a Utah CCW.
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You are severely mistaken/ misinformed sir, many states have reciprocity CCW's, and many states such as Florida issues permits to non residents. Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity Maps - USA Carry

Click on your state to see if other states accept your CCW. In my and your case (CA) there are many states that accepts it.

I have a CA and a FL permit and I am covered in all the states I spend time in.
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Beside all that, one does not need a CCW to carry a firearm in one's RV.
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Interesting thread...
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Beside all that, one does not need a CCW to carry a firearm in one's RV.
With all due respect, I wouldn't be giving legal advice like that on the internet. Each state is different in how they define a recreational vehicle. The key word is VEHICLE. In Maryland, it is illegal. Big surprise... anything having to do with guns in Maryland is illegal.

Back to the OP's comments, I find them entertaining and logical. We drive down to Florida every winter for a 2 week vacation. Luckily it is relatively easy to find inexpensive and clean in-and-out Rv parks along interstate 95. I'm not opposed to spending $20 for a legal and level place to stop for a night, get some electricity and hopefully a bath house. We usually grab dinner on the road, pull in to the campground, feed the dogs, walk the dogs and go to bed. Rarely do we even unhook... sometimes we don't even put the stab jacks down.

If I owned a campground that was along a major route, I would likely set aside some spots with electric only and charge a half rate for quick overnight stops.
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You are severely mistaken/ misinformed sir, many states have reciprocity CCW's, and many states such as Florida issues permits to non residents. Concealed Carry Permit Reciprocity Maps - USA Carry

Click on your state to see if other states accept your CCW. In my and your case (CA) there are many states that accepts it.

I have a CA and a FL permit and I am covered in all the states I spend time in.
I am very familiar with reciprocity.

I periodically camp in NV and OR so I couldn't make the statement you did. You being a CA resident talking about camping in many states I just assumed you too might camp in OR or NV.

With both a FL and CA permit, I guess when on the West Coast you don't camp in WA, OR, NV or CO.
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No I don't spend much time in those states, but if I did, I just wouldn't carry.

I am not giving legal advice, lol. I suggested to the man to check out a web cite, and told him what I do.

Can we please get off the gun subject before my thread get's closed. I started this thread to share how we stealth "camp" to catch a few ZZZ's if one does not want to stay at a Walmart.
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This is from the state of California AG. "
  1. May I carry a concealed firearm in California?
    • Generally you may not carry a concealed firearm on your person in public unless you have a valid Carry Concealed Weapon (CCW) license. CCW licenses are issued only by a California county sheriff to residents of the county, or the chief of police to residents of the city.
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    • California law does not honor or recognize CCW licenses issued outside this state.
      (Pen. Code, §§ 25400-25700, 26150-26225)
You can carry a gun in your vehicle as long it is NOT loaded and the bullets are in a separate location...... Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth !
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