Happy trails:
"You may want to stay in those dumps, that charge as if they are the best campgrounds in the country. Enjoy them, will never stay in KOA or the likes of them which have no security, have been ripped off too many times by transients."
just why do you think that I stay in "dumps"?
where ever possible I check the TT ratings before I stay someplace and facility has to have a pretty good rating before I will stay there.
and yes, I can imagine some areas of the country where you might be a long distance from a commercial/county/state/city campground but if there is a wal-mart there, there probably will be civilization someplace near.
bumpy
Bumpyroad wrote: The reason that I post is because people who do "camp" at walmart, which is perfectly all right with me by the way, keep insisting that they do it either to 1) not wake me up in a campground by pulling in at 11:00 pm, or
2) it's not because of the money.
Come on folks, it's not 1 or 2, it's 3), to save money.
bumpy
Yes, it's the money. Why stay at a campground that looks like a Wal*Mart parking lot for $50 a night when I can stay in the real thing for free?
Bumpyroad wrote: The reason that I post is because people who do "camp" at walmart, which is perfectly all right with me by the way, keep insisting that they do it either to 1) not wake me up in a campground by pulling in at 11:00 pm, or
2) it's not because of the money.
Come on folks, it's not 1 or 2, it's 3), to save money.
bumpy
Yes, it's the money. Why stay at a campground that looks like a Wal*Mart parking lot for $50 a night when I can stay in the real thing for free?
Well put. he he
Fools like that guy break their necks running to commercial RV parks, unloading their wallets to park. ......LMAO! Joe.
I have a sweet tender nature, however I enjoy sharing my thoughts and opinions.
Bumpyroad wrote: Happy trails:
"You may want to stay in those dumps, that charge as if they are the best campgrounds in the country. Enjoy them, will never stay in KOA or the likes of them which have no security, have been ripped off too many times by transients."
just why do you think that I stay in "dumps"?
where ever possible I check the TT ratings before I stay someplace and facility has to have a pretty good rating before I will stay there.
and yes, I can imagine some areas of the country where you might be a long distance from a commercial/county/state/city campground but if there is a wal-mart there, there probably will be civilization someplace near.
bumpy
Because I have never found campgrounds that I liked as well at those in Thousand Trails which are more like National or State Parks, like the one Im currently in, Sunriver/Bend. They have all the amenities of the best commercial parks which run over $50 a night, and are better than some which run $80, like some KOA's Ive stayed in.
Personally, I find that the TT ratings are not very accurate, many places I believe they have not checked in years, just keep giving them the same listing. One I stayed in in ME, had 27 MAJOR problems with it. Showers not working in the Pool, Jacuzzi which had not been working in months. Indoor Pool filled with algae. Laundry facilities that were closed. A store with 70% of the shelves bare, and only one or two items of what they did have. Restrooms with NO doors, you could look from the hallway into both mens and womens areas. Toilets plugged so bad in restrooms in the restaurant you could smell them at the tables. When I checked them, they looked as if they had been that way for days. They showed us 14 different sites, before they found one that had working sewer connections, water, and electric. It COULD have a lot of possibility if it had been maintained.
We left and went to Walmart after demanding a refund of our deposit.
At least there we had clean restrooms.
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We love Wal*Mart and they love us. We've stayed at 100 or more and always give them some business. I hate RV parks and they rarely offer anything worth what they charge. We tour and an overnight stop in a W*M or clean truck stop is what makes long trips affordable.
BTW, we pull in before dinner and stay until after breakfast. Other than the noise of the parking lot, sweepers, etc. we've never had the hint of a problem. We always ask first.
Our RV's are condos on wheels. We have no need of regular services of campgrounds/RV parks but when we do, we pay for a night or two and get our money's worth.
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While I respect the units you buy, I could not afford one and decided to purchase and make my own trailer out of a 6X10 (see avatar). I don't use Ac and stay right out in the sun. I just leave the doors open with screens and have not ever been over heated. Is it possible the insulation is trapping the heat in your units? I hate the most, pop ups as I was in one that was directly out in the sun at a dealer and then went home to my trailer and it was hot until I opened up the top vent and doors. I sleep in the hottest days in it at most I have a 02 Cool Fan.
Dude you live in Pa.--it dont get HOT there I know spent 30 years there==now you wanna come on down we'll show ya hot--we'll set you out in a Wally World lot with a big red popup thingy on top your trailer to let us know when your done--we camp in the winter time down here--if you do camp in the summer you have AC and that includes tents where people will cut holes and duct tape little house AC units in them--I camped alot of years up there in a popup and in the 70's my shaggin wagon with no air --When I was growing up in Texas I was poor white trailer trash and we was too poor for AC so I did spend alot of nites sleeping outside cause we lived in a trailer and it was like an oven. oh what wonderful memories 91 degees at midnite and loads of mosquitos--give me my AC--------Most Texas state parks charge $18 for a water and electric site just hard to get in on a weekend with out reservations------I know what the OP feels like staying at Wally Land--Although we overnite at them and Cracker Barrel, for some reason it just dont feel right going back and crawling under the covers in my underwear in the middle of a shopping center parking lot--and I also have to fight the urge to get up and go inside and shop
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Given the choice between sharing space with people who whine about the high cost of overnight rates and people who whine about not having A/C...or maybe that was just pouting about A/C....er... was there a question?
Bumpyroad wrote: Happy trails:
"You may want to stay in those dumps, that charge as if they are the best campgrounds in the country. Enjoy them, will never stay in KOA or the likes of them which have no security, have been ripped off too many times by transients."
just why do you think that I stay in "dumps"?
Because I have been camping since 1937, and traveling 37K to 55k miles a year until about 1995. Sp its not like I have not checked out campgrounds within a few miles of the Interstate. The majority of them I have seen are just that _dumps_ and the worst is noise from the Interstate. If I want to hear traffic all night, could just stay in a rest area. They may be "fancy or glitzy and have lots of amenities" but are more like parking lots with little space between RV's. Id rather park in a Walmart, if I'm going to be in a glorified parking lot. The worst we ever stayed in was a KOA south of Garden of the Gods in CO... Vowed then Id never stay in a park near the Interstate.
Bumpyroad wrote:
where ever possible I check the TT ratings before I stay someplace and facility has to have a pretty good rating before I will stay there.
Used to carry their listings on a CD for my laptop, but found too many parks where the ratings were way off. Like one in ME, had 27 MAJOR problems with it. Doubt they had checked it in years. Filthy pools, jacuzzi not functioning. No doors on restrooms, from the entrance hallway you could look right into male and female restrooms. Laundry with all machines out of order. Had to check 7 sites before they found one with W/E/S functional. Signs you had to take a shower before entering pool, but the six showers had _no_water, not even cold. The "well stocked store" according to their website, had 3 or 4 items at most of each thing, and 2/3 of the shelves were empty.
Bumpyroad wrote: yes, I can imagine some areas of the country where you might be a long distance from a commercial/county/state/city campground but if there is a Wal-mart there, there probably will be civilization someplace near.bumpy
Walmarts are there for locals, just because people live in the area, is no indication there is a campground even close. In fact, the approx 400 Walmarts where NO overnight is allowed, is due to local campgrounds that lobbied to have overnight parking banned. Or, the stores are in leased facilities, where the management bans it.
We are TTN, RPI, ROD, and C2C members, camping is NOT expensive for us. We are full timing, yet it costs us less than $900 a year for all memberships and fees. We stay at Walmart only for convenience. We only travel about 12-17,000 miles a year now, and seldom stay in a Walmart more than 5-10 nights a year... So we stay in campgrounds more than 350 nights a year. Mostly as we stop at Wal-mart to buy enough to last 3 weeks at a time. They are much quieter and safer than rest areas, most have 24 hour security, police may check rest areas once a night. They are also quieter than Truck Stops, and there are a lot more of them in places where there are no truck stops.
Interstates are not always the most direct route, we have saved a couple hundred miles many times by staying off the Interstates. Sometime check a direct route from the TX/OK border to Albuquerque. Following State/County routes saves a lot of fuel. You also see a LOT more interesting things enroute. Did you ever know there is also a Salt Lake in NM? Been to Guadalupe National Park, and a lot of NM towns with Museums? Ever been through JAL, NM? (No Walmarts there) An Officer there let us park in his yard 3 nights, and hooked us up to his water and electric. Getting away from Interstates, you meet many of the nicest people in the country. Some of them have never been more than 50-100 miles from home, and love to hear about your travels.
Traffic is not bad in small town America, so we shun Interstates.
Overnighted in a Walmart for the first time in Dumas, TX on the way to Wyoming. it was right off the 287, pulled in at 400am, slept 4hrs woke up and stocked up on supplies then kept heading north. next trip heading west ill be mapping out the Walmarts first then the rest areas(they're always full when i want to bed down for a few hours)
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