javaseuf wrote: The "trailer trash" isn't just limited to Wal Mart.
They reside along residential streets at night, State Parks on week-ends and in just about every other place they can find.
I have seen puddles of blue along a number of streets in the San Fernando Valley.
YOW!! sure glad there wasn't a 2 after "trailer trash" Ha Ha.
I personally think that all overnite camping at Wally World, and any other place that allows it, be stoped. Park in a RV Park overnite. A bunch of cheap scates looking for a free ride, as far as I'm concerned. As for the Dirt Bags that dump the crappy sewer water and waist in a parking lot should be turned in to the management of the Store, RV Park, or where ever it happens.
I agree with the dumping part, its not right and has to be a isolated incident etc. But I have one question, why do you " personally think wally world and others that permit it should be stopped" just because you dont like it? pretty narrow minded I think, "cheapscates" thats nothing original here either when it comes to these threads. Hey WM and others permit it in most cases some of has the rigs for this and I will use it as I see fit, sorry it dont fit your thinking.
The dumping, even gray water, is utterly unacceptable but frankly I don't see any problem with extending the slides. Are they supposed to keep the slides in so they can pretend they're not staying overnight, even though it's OK to be there overnight? I've certainly never seen a WM parking lot where space was at a premium in the summer so that taking up extra space with the slides would actually inconvenience anybody.
Rush (I don't usually listen to him but he was on and I was day dreaming about camping) said that L.A. has passed an ordinance requiring all the big box stores to install restroom facilities, water, shade, tables and a few other things to those who hang around them looking for work from local contractors. Can anyone verify that.
Its a fact people are going to do what ever they can to save money. Its just a SAD fact that people don't respect other peoples things. And abuse things that don't belong to them. I must admit we stayed in a Wally World parking lot on our first trip to Key West in a 5er. That was enough for us and want stay there again. With all the shopping carts flying around and all the traffic and of course its not safe. In most cases if you own a RV you should have money to stay in a RV park. I often ask what did people do before Wally World. Oh well life goes on and there is always room for improvement, we can only hope people want abuse things that don't belong to them. GBY....
P.S. If you dump any holding tanks in a place thats not designed for dumping your are a SAD person, and need more of something.
These two RVers may have actually spoiled it for the rest of us. Now none of us will be able to overnight there or at any other place of business ever again.
Is that a good over-reaction or were you hoping for something a little more dramatic?
Pictures Yep, I have some. I took them of two campers side-by-side (a motor home and a TT) with a generator chained between the two for power, slides extended, etc.
Four days later they were still there; so I retrieved my camera and took a series of pictures from different angles, and then went into Walmart to do my shopping.
When I came out an hour later -- they were GONE! Imagine that.
Now -- whenever posting a picture becomes a simple procedure, I'll contribute. Until then, take my word for it.
Delaine and Lindy wrote: In most cases if you own a RV you should have money to stay in a RV park.
No, I don't believe this is true. IMHO the majority of RVers are retired and on a fixed income. They have to do something to control their ever-increasing costs if they want to continue to RV.
Gone are the $5 & $10 overnight campgrounds that were in existence at the beginning of my own retirement ten years ago; and gone are the fuel prices of those days.
The first year that the DW and I quit utilizing campgrounds for our overnight stops, we saved over $400 in camping costs. That savings went into our fuel tanks and took us to Little Rock to see two grandchildren whom we might not otherwise have been able to visit.
So -- I can no longer afford the $20-$35 costs of a daily overnight stop at a campground; but I can afford my RV lifestyle if I make a few adaptations. Overnighting at businesses that allow it is one of those.
Serena wrote: Would a dirty martini before breakfast just be too much, you think?
Not at all, but personally, I prefer "dusty" to "dirty," but then either one will suffice under the circumstances. Actually, I was quite dismayed to wake up and find the highly entertaining "Wally World" thread from yesterday gone. I was so looking forward to any new additions. Alas, such is life!
Many of the campgrounds in the northeast, have restrictions on minimum number of night stays. And because of the short season, CG prices are very expensive. Most from $50 up to $80 per night. Sure you can find some that will be cheaper and allow a one night stay. But they are few and far between. And it takes a lot of calling to find one. So a quick, free one nighter on your way to a destination is nice to have available.
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