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Subject:Re: VW Campground Reviews
From:Roger VanTill
Date:Thu, 8 Oct 2009 19:26:51 -0400

We doubled up in a federal forest campground this summer and the privateer
running the place said he didn't mind as long as we told him that one of the
Westies didn't have a kitchen. We told him what he wanted to hear and
everyone was happy.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:

>  RE: Double Westy
> Let me expand on Jim's response a little, based on several trips in the
> last
> couple of years traveling with another Westy (and recently with a 23 ft RV)
> In Washington State Parks, even when the sign says 'Second vehicle $5' you
> can not have a second vehicle with built in sleeping quarters, period.
>  It's
> actually written into state law in Washington.  And based on experience
> very
> tightly enforced.
> According to discussions with park rangers in Oregon, the same applies and
> again is 'the law'. BUT, you can find exceptions in Oregon State parks, as
> Jim pointed out. But at parks like Nehalem Bay, strictly enforced. But
> apparently not as rigidly enforced in other parts of Oregon..
> In California State parks you CAN double up, no problem, but usually a 2nd
> vehicle fee is attached.  But if there is room, no problem doubling up.
> In all the Federal campgrounds I've been in (National Parks, Forest
> Service,
> BLM, Bureau of Reclamation, etc) they have allowed you to double up.  And I
> ran into a couple on this last trip that had no second vehicle fee.
> And most locally run county campgrounds I've been allowed to double up,
> usually with a second vehicle fee.
>