Heaven forbid, but are there Walmarts in SB that allow overnite parking?

Tom B.-desperate restrictions call for desperate actions?

On Oct 29, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:

> Santa Barbara has perhaps the strictest overnight parking restrictions
> regarding "camping" type vehicles (ie: you'll get ticketed, rousted,
> etc.,) in the Southern California area and has been a volatile
> situation now
> for the past several years among the growing homeless population.
> Many of
> the "Motorhome Bum" and "Motorhome Homeless" have taken to
> spreading out to
> the surrounding areas and even to as far south as Ventura where I
> live in my
> 84 Westfalia.
>
> I have a friend who parks her Westy inside the VW repair shop where
> she
> works so she can't get rousted by the local gendarmes.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
> ***********************************
> On 10/29/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Mrs Squirrel and I are talking about taking our bicycles to Santa
>> Barbara
>> (CA) this coming weekend for a mini-holiday. Her sister has a
>> house there
>> and is out of town. Plan A is to take our bikes on the Amtrak and
>> stay at
>> her sister's house. Plan B is to drive up in our Westy (about a
>> four hour
>> drive) and camp someplace pretty. Though I was born in Santa
>> Barbara and
>> have visited many many times, I have no idea what the (legal) camping
>> options are near downtown. Anyone have a suggestion?
>>
>> --
>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>> KG6RCR