My favorite guerilla camping tactic is to find a residential street with
houses on one side and a park on the other. I pull up on the park side of
the street - my favorite place is in San Francisco on a side street by Stern
Grove park. It's a very quiet, very nice neighborhood. The trees mask the
slider door side, there is no foot traffic, the curb has ramps where, I
guess, park vehicles drive into the park, so you can back the rear wheel
gently up the ramp, nicely leveling the van. I usually sleep with the
sliding door wide open (hate stuffy sleeping quarters) and have never had a
second thought about it, nor once had my right to be there questioned.

Coby

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of byard
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 5:54 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: stealth camping

You can't be very stealthy in a parking lot...camp on residential streets.
Just don't run any interior lights, and of course don't put the top up.
I've done this many times, in places I know and places I'm a complete
stranger.
I think there are enough Westys around so nobody really notices, unless you
do something to attract attention.

> morning, the parking lot was full.  So, my comment on stealth camping is
> that I am quite sure that my westy with curtains pulled is much more
> suspicious looking then this astro with tint.  If you look at the astro,
> you can see inside if you look, but who's going to look -- its an
> innocent looking van.