My wife and I spent 4 months cruising the US whilst on an extended drive to Mexico, and had the opportunity to do a lot of 'Urban Camping'. We found that hotel parking lots were perfect places to camp for a night or two. Suburban Holiday Inn type places were the best. Just pull in after dark, pull the curtains, and go to sleep. People expect strange cars to be there all night long, so no hassles at all. Nice and quiet too. And in the morning, if you so desire, just walk on into the lobby and use the facilities. Just act like you belong, and you do! CIty parks are the worst places. You are just about guaranteed a 3 am flashlight toting cop. ______________________________________________________________________________ Kevin and/or Heather Where have the years gone? Why, into the usual vices of the romantic idealist: into sloth amd melancholy, each feeding upon and reinforcing the other, into love and marriage and the begetting of children, into the strenuous maneuvers of earning a living without living to earn, into travel and play and music and drink and talk and laughter, into saving the world - but saving the world was only a hobby. Into watching cloud formations float across our planetary skies. But mostly into sloth and melancholy and I don't regret a moment of it. Edward Abbey. |
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