The city owned campgrounds in Seward, AK have the same policy, If you sleep in your vehicle you have to park with the motorhomes. :-(  Thankfully we have friends there and park in their driveway.

Mark in AK - waiting for camping season in the frozen North

----- Original Message -----
From: Rob Campbell <mantid@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:33 pm
Subject: Re: "Stealth" mishaps: WAS Are pop-up tops really necessary??
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM

> I did ask "what if I pitched a tent, but found it cold, and moved
> inside in
> the middle of the night?"  he said if you pitch a tent, you need
> to sleep in
> it.  Otherwise RVers waste the tenting parking spots.  I can
> imagine this
> being an issue in the busy season, but I was literally the only
> vehicle in
> either the tenting loop or the RV section.  Zero-Tolerance is
> pretty much
> always a bad idea in my book, but I guess I respect the guy's
> dilligence, in
> a kindof twisted way.  FWIW this is the only campsite I've ever
> had this
> happen, I almost always choose the non-hookup tenting sites
> (cheaper and I
> dont really use any AC power) and have never had it mentioned, nor
> seen it
> posted that this is wrong or impolite.
>
> On 2/24/06, Doug F <vanagon@astound.net> wrote:
> >
> > "Anyway, as I was not "tenting", I was in violation of the park
> rules.> Apparantly anyone sleeping in their vehicle must use an RV
> site.">
> > I suppose "popping the top" and sleeping inside a "canvas,
> tented" area,
> > Is not considered "in a tent" ?
> >
> > Seems like it should be, although, I guess it would make those
> on the
> > ground
> > envious.
> >
> > Perhaps there is an area for "ground camping" where you could
> kick those
> > spoiled "tent dwellers" outa there!
> >
> > What if you had one of those tent platforms with an actual tent
> on top of
> > yer car?
> > Might have the ole park ranger wondering.......
> >
>