

| Subject: | Re: Is it a car or a camper? |
| From: | Jim Felder |
| Date: | Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:07:24 -0600 |
I'll bet you're right. Plus, this campground is very close to the coast, on a bay, and that may be a compounding problem with folks seeking warmer weather as winter comes on. Jim On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 12:59 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote: > My guess would be that it has to do with foreclosures and folks finding themselves homeless and sleeping in their cars. I remember reading sometime ago where campgrounds were having trouble with� (homeless) folks trying to stay past the limit. ��� Jeff > > > > ----- "Dave Mcneely" <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote: >> 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 >> >> >
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