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Subject:Re: california camping: state parks or what?
From:Steve Schwenk
Date:Wed, 16 May 2001 11:08:43 -0700

Move to Wyoming!

> sg wrote:
>
> hello,
> i live in SF, CA, and been recently starting to do a
> lot of camping all over the state in my westy.  one
> thing that bums me out a little, is the apparent lack
> of nice, *free* places to park.  you go to any town,
> and usually there is some sort of state park or
> similiar kind of park, but they charge what i think
> is an outrageous fee, usually upwards of $20.  if you
> dont want to pay this, youre left with ferreting out
> some discreet parking spot where you wont get hassled
> for 'inhabiting' your vehicle.  this can be a pain in
> the but if you have to do it every night, usually as
> its starting to get dark (daylight hours being
> righteously used for adventure ;).  anybody figured
> out a solution to this?
> steve&buster