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Subject:Re: What's that?
From:John C...
Date:Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:35:19 -0600

Wasn't there a time when you had to pitch a tent
( just to get in the tent spaces? )
with an RV er' VW Camperbus?
& then have to sneak into your poptop to sleep?
I guess their getting a little better :o)
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Steve Williams <sbw@sbw.org> wrote:

> I've gotten a little resistance from RV parks in the San Francisco
> Bay Area to allowing my '84 Westy overnight.  Several parks have
> asked, "Is that a self-contained RV?"  What they mean is: Does it
> have a toilet?  Even parks with showers have been hesitant to let me in.
>
> In the end, they have allowed me in, saying they'll break or bend the
> rules.
>
> I don't have much experience, but I assume this happens more often at
> RV parks that cater primarily to long-term mobile home tenants.  In
> the Bay Area, it seems that's all there is.  I haven't yet found a
> state park or RV-oriented park that's close to the peninsula or the east
> bay.
>
> Is this resistance common in other areas?
>