Utclmjmpr
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Must be an easterly thing,, I've never seen it..>>>Dan
parking overnight at walmart
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Laura & Charles
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Most casinos welcome overnight RV and truck parking. Some have hookups and charge a small fee. Most always several different options for decent food, too.
LarsMac
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Cracker Barrel is our preferred spot, though a couple of them had very unlevel RV parking areas, and the parking is often closer than comfortable to the back door where the deliveries show up around 4-5 AM.
But they open early and Breakfast is close.
Cabella's are GREAT. They almost always have a dump station offered at a minimal charge.
A lot of Interstate Rest areas are good for a sleep, in spite of the sign saying "No Overnight Camping"
They also have a six hour time limit for parking.
So you can park there for that six hours. Just don't set up camp. I can get a lot of sleep in six hours.
And, Iowa has installed dump stations at most of their rest areas. Nebraska is doing the same.
But they open early and Breakfast is close.
Cabella's are GREAT. They almost always have a dump station offered at a minimal charge.
A lot of Interstate Rest areas are good for a sleep, in spite of the sign saying "No Overnight Camping"
They also have a six hour time limit for parking.
So you can park there for that six hours. Just don't set up camp. I can get a lot of sleep in six hours.
And, Iowa has installed dump stations at most of their rest areas. Nebraska is doing the same.
Great place to park and get some necessities from them, just skip the items made in China
SeilerBird
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Why? Just about everything I own was made in China. Not having any problems with any of it.
We support local American made products so they can keep the lights on and families fed. I'm not a big fan of Chinese sweat shops but maybe that's just me
Larry N.
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Neither have I.
Rene T
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What’s the easterly thing? If it’s the colored lines, I also never heard of it.
Roy M
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Our local shopping centres cannot allow overnight parking, city bylaws. It is partly to encourage use of tax paying campgrounds but mostly to thwart homeless camps which are a major problem. We never used one, we always started looking to stop around 4 so we could take the dog for a run, pull out the chairs, pour an adult beverage and relax before dinner.
Uncledave54
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Not just an easterly thing.
I just finished a trip from Detroit to Houston, Austin, Tucson, Las Vegas and back.
I saw the lines painted as described.
I just finished a trip from Detroit to Houston, Austin, Tucson, Las Vegas and back.
I saw the lines painted as described.
Gary RV_Wizard
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Gary RV_Wizard
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I'm usually the cynical one, but I don't think we can blame offshore production solely on store executives. Cheaply made products can be cheaply sold and most US customers choose "cheaper" over "better", every time. Not many products can continue to sold at a high price if a lower-priced alternative is available, so low-priced foreign goods seldom improve the profit margin and line anybody's pockets. However, attractive pricing increases sales volume and THAT drves store revenue and total profits. So yes the CEOs and stock holders usually benefit (though KMart and Sears management and investors might disagree).
I always thought yellow lines marked employee parking--they can't park inside the yellow line. And my observations have supported this--I've noticed that in otherwise lightly occupied lots, there are cars bunched up just past the yellow line.
Bugford
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The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only. There is no stopping in a red zone.
We're talking about the colors they paint the lines on the pavement that delineate parking spaces, not the colors they paint the curb for various zones.
SeilerBird
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That was a joke from the movie 'Airplane'.
Ray-IN
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I've noticed more and more Cracker Barrel stores with no overnight parking signs. I suppose it's municipal law.
John From Detroit
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Generally yes.. The Campground Owner's assn convinced cities, counties, or in at least one case State legislature that overnighting of RVs is either unsanitary or unsafe or both... Of course what they mean is they want their 50 bucks a night. And they do not care if an overly tired RVer crashes and burns getting to their licensed campground.
Oldgator73
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So just stop at a rest stop or truck stop for few hours. I abhor private campgrounds. Cost way too much and the owners are trying to squeeze the campers out of $50-$100 a night for a campsite.
Ex-Calif
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I am sure there are several different apps for this but what's been working for me is Campendium. I pick an area where I think I need to night stop, search for RV spots, then filter on free spots. If something suitable and free doesn't show up I zoom out a bit until something does.
Not all Cabellas, Outdoor Worlds and Wallys are playing in the free parking game. We actually blind drove into a Wallys in Arizona to have a look. It was connected to a mall and the parking lot was clearly not suited for big rigs so we moved on. Ended up at a Camping World which was great.
However the simplest and most reliable have been interstate rest areas. There is almost always a good one just across the border as part of the "Welcome to X-State/Visitor Center"
When I started I freaked a little because I read several "doom and gloom" threads about only being able to stop for 2 hours or 4 hours or something depending on the state. I have now hit about 15 states and stopping for up to 10 hours has never been an issue. When traveling we usually pull in around 9-10pm and leave out by 8am.
Not all Cabellas, Outdoor Worlds and Wallys are playing in the free parking game. We actually blind drove into a Wallys in Arizona to have a look. It was connected to a mall and the parking lot was clearly not suited for big rigs so we moved on. Ended up at a Camping World which was great.
However the simplest and most reliable have been interstate rest areas. There is almost always a good one just across the border as part of the "Welcome to X-State/Visitor Center"
When I started I freaked a little because I read several "doom and gloom" threads about only being able to stop for 2 hours or 4 hours or something depending on the state. I have now hit about 15 states and stopping for up to 10 hours has never been an issue. When traveling we usually pull in around 9-10pm and leave out by 8am.
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