GREAT list Larry. Your email goes into my keeper file. William

> Volks
>
> Stealth Camping ... a subject near and dear to my heart.
>
> After 7 months and 28k miles ...... Like Ed's post on the Eurovan list,
> I've enjoyed many, many nights of stealth.
>
> I have found that you can camp almost anywhere with a little common
> sense.
>
> Suggestions:
>
> - Top Down
> - Lights out
> - Stay out of sight
> - Be quiet
> - Don't be rocking the bus :)
>
> Places I've stealth camped:
>
> - Wallmart
> - 24 grocery stores
> - Company parking lot with 24 hr operations
> - Hospital emergency room parking lot
> - Businesses with 24 hr operations
> - On the street in front of VW shops
> - Highway Rest stops
> - 24hr Restaurants
> - 24 hr Drug Stores
> - Motel / Hotel Parking lots
> - Truck stops ... Least favorite ... A bit noisy, but showers nice.
> - Casinos
> - Closed gas stations if you leave early
> - Closed bar parking lots (late night option)
> - Church
> - Mass Transit or Car Pool Parking lots
> - Bus Stations
> - Train Stations
> - Hiking Trail Heads
> - On the street in front of closed RV Dealers
> - RV Supply stores like Camperworld
> - Apartment complex parking lots
>
>
> Places to avoid
> - Schools
> - Military Installations
> - Water & Power Company's
> - Phone company's
> - Police stations ... Although did this once with no problem
> - Day Care
> - Youth Clubs
> - Firing Ranges ... Like ED I'd almost had a mishap. Stumbled onto the
> local firing range in the middle of the night, didn't realize it. Awoke
> the next morning sounds of gun fire that was way to close for comfort.
>
>
> Larry Chase
> Email: RoadGuy@RoadHaus.com
> Web: www.RoadHaus.com
> Cell: 480 620 8966
> What: North American Road Trip
> How: RoadHaus - 1990 White VW Westfalia Syncro
> Today: Arizona
>
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>
> Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 01:04:36 -0000
> From: "eddebolt" <eddebolt@softcom.net>
> Subject: Re: Stealth Camping
>
> I have camped at quite a few wal-marts which have the local no camping
> ordinance
> sign posted and had no problems. Flagstaff az is the one I have used the
> most and
> there always seems to be RV's and truckers. I think they just want to
> kick people out
> who stay too long or mess up the view. BTW truck stops are easy places
> to stealth
> camp. In ten years of vanagon and eurovan stealth camping I have only
> been warned
> once in Boulder Colorado for camping next to Boulder creek for 10 days
> straight and
> one time got run off of a youth camp east of Mt Hood oregon. Those are
> the only
> times I have ever been questioned or hassled and we are talking about
> probably a
> thousand overnight camps. I literally lived in my vanagon and traveled
> the western
> states for nearly 2 years.
> I am constantly amazed at the places I have pulled off camping where I
> should not be.
> One time somewhat by mistake I drove my 2wd vanagon up onto the test
> range above
> Yakima washington and watched a brilliant Fourth of July. I was lucky to
> not get into
> trouble for that one.
> Ed DeBolt
> Boulder CO
> 87 Vanagon GL 190K
> 03 MV WK 5 K
>