Yeah, I realize that there are lots of folks with lots of ways of using
their campers.  I just tend to think of it as a camper, and that's what
I do with it.  If I go to LA or SF, or other metropolitan area (I do
occasionally), I either stay with friends/family, or in a hotel.  If I
use my camper, I'm camping.  Actual camping.  I have a sister who is
majorly into RVing, as in traveling for weeks and weeks in her (barely)
portable (big) house.  She's never been to an actual campground,
needless to mention a primitive spot.  She takes her little dog, and
cooks pot roast, and watches TV, and if she couldn't check her email
every night, she'd be lost.  Oh well.  For me, why not stay home?  I use
my camper to get to the edge of the back and beyond.  Dave Mc

On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:25 PM , Old Volks Home wrote:

> When I'm on my cross-country jaunts to Tennessee for Circle Yer Wagens
> in
> the spring, I usually stay at a Good Sam Park (discount's nice with
> their
> card).  Usually great toilet/washroom/show facilities with hookups and
> water
> if I want (usually just the electrics) and of course Wi-Fi.  When
> blasting
> to a destination each day, a nice shower hits the spot for me.  While
> most
> Class A rig operators and their wives tend to stick close to their
> rigs, I
> find that most of them venture out to chew the fat when I park in
> their
> area.  Darn right friendly, many often remark they use to drive/camp
> around
> in VW Westy in their former days, some of 'em actually miss it.  A
> Westy
> seems to attract attention almost wherever I camp in the these places.
>
> I do stay at the occasional Walmart lot (Gallup's real nice) and there
> has
> been the occasional driveway and if I'm near Stillwater, OK, I have
> the
> luxury of staying in a REAL bed for the night at Bill Keating's place.
> Now
> that Larry & Maggie are just north of there in Ponca City, OK, I'll
> have
> another great possible stopping place for the night.
>
> Being on the left coast, there's plenty of "boondocking" choices along
> the
> coast highway that can be just as nice and there's nothing wrong with
> that
> if yer into that sorta thing (I do it about 30% of the time myself).
>
> Metro areas such as the greater Los Angeles area and the Bay Area tend
> to
> have a lot more stringent rules regarding overnighters, mainly foisted
> upon
> them by the local government, not the park operator to keep what the
> local
> govt considers "riff-raff" out of these parks.  Unfortunately this is
> the
> result of bad experiences of VW Camper and other "van camper" people
> of the
> past generation(s) - most often they associate this crowd as
> "rainbow",
> "deadheads", etc., which is unfair to be grouped in with.  The VW
> Camper
> person(s) of today are an entirely different type of people
> IMHO....y'know,
> the type that wonder about "goopy" things on a stove's heat shield and
> what/how to solve "Vanagon Syndrome"......
>
> Then there are those like myself that have been full-time living in
> their
> Westys.  I 'm more into stealth camping/living these days and have
> been for
> over 10 years now.
> --
> Jim Thompson
> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Rocket J Squirrel