muskoka guy
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One thing we noticed is that lots of the Walmart's in the USA are smaller than in Canada. In Canada the Walmart's are generally associated with a large commercial plaza that includes many other stores. They partially share a very large parking lot. In the US, lots of the Walmart's are stand alone stores that have much smaller parking lots that don't accommodate large motorhomes pulling toads without impeding the flow of their parking lots. I could see in these cases they wouldn't want you blocking up good parking spaces, especially if it was a 24 hr store. Funny story happened to us in California I think it was. It was about an hour after dark and we pulled into a Walmart for the night. We were enjoying a beverage after the long day and this couple in a pick up truck pull up beside the coach with the lights shining on our drivers side wall. After a few minutes of sitting there, they pulled even closer to us with the headlights shining brightly through the windows. They lifted the hood of the truck and were fiddling under the hood. I went out and asked if they needed help. The man said he had replaced the headlights and they were out of adjustment. He said he had travelled an hour in the dark, and could hardly see where he was going. What at first seemed like it could be an issue, turned out to be a couple in need of a wall to help adjust their headlights. We stayed at many Walmart's and rest areas with no problems. If the area looks less than desirable, keep going till you find something else. With the gun laws the way they are in the USA, i would have to assume most of those motorhomes have a gun on the other side of the door. This might discourage most people from wanting in there too badly.