Yes, I'd like to know what state, too.  And for goodness sake, what is
wrong with someone sleeping in a car, if that's what (s)he wants to do?
I've done it many times, even in a  Toyota Corolla.  Who did it harm,
other than my spinal column and hips, which straightened out eventually?

David Mc

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Gary Bawden wrote:

> Jim, what state are we talking about here? Inquiring minds who camp in
> non-Westies want to know!
>
> Gary
>
>
>> Date:    Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:05:40 -0600
>> From:    Jim Felder Subject: Is it a car or a camper?
>>
>> I didn't want to totally hijack a related "campmobile" thread but I
>> just have to mention this:
>>
>> I recently stayed in a state park where the young guy at the gate
>> asked if I had a cloth tent pitch on the site to "get around the new
>> rules."
>>
>> I asked what the new rules were and was told that you can't sleep in
>> your car! The new rules say that you have to pitch a tent to sleep in
>> if you are not in a camper. I told the guy that my camper was every
>> bit as much a camper as the big rigs down on the other end, that my
>> camper came from the factory with the express purpose of being a
>> camper. He said that "things had gotten kinda crazy around there in
>> order to keep people from sleeping in their cars."
>>
>> I didn't get bothered about it, but the park director (who I had a
>> meeting with the next day) asked if I was the person who had slept in
>> his car last night. I replied that I slept in my camper, which was
>> equipped for camping, and she dropped it.
>>
>> Jim
>>