Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 03:10:33 -0400
Reply-To: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: Camping question.
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when my girlfriend and i were in seattle last summer for the 4th of july
fireworks we camped on the street right across from the piers and the park
where fourth of julivars was held for a couple of days. since the meters
weren't in action for the holiday it was free :).
generally on our road trip of a month and a half or so we only paid for
camping spots a couple of times. you can often just pull off into truck
stops or gas stations and no one will give you problems. more often than
not we found that when we were out around the van people always wanted to
strike up a conversation with us about our trip or our van. i guess in
the end it all depends on what kind of "camping" you wish to do. a couple
of times we camped in the laundromat lot after a late night of dinner,
drinking and laundry.
jonathan
On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Rob Campbell wrote:
> I recently verified in the city of Seattle, if you can find a place
> outside of designated "zone" parking (which is not as easy as you would
> think), it is legal to park for 4 days, and this does not rule out
> sleeping in the vehicle. Of course in practice, in many neighborhoods,
> depending on the cleanliness, etc of your vehicle, police may knock
> anyway, but they wont make you leave without good reason. Still, there
> are certain parts of town (Ballard and Shoreline are the prime
> possibilities) with lots of quiet nooks.
>
> Its not camping as most people think of it, but it is legal and free,
> and can be quite pleasant, especially if you know in advance where to
> go. Since I have been keeping an eye out, I have started to spot the
> "rv ghettos" around town. Often on nice, shady, quiet streets that most
> people just dont ever need to go down.
>
> I wonder about other cities?
>
>
> Joy Hecht wrote:
>
> >What about legal free camping? I doubt that Jean-Woo was looking to stealth
> >camp with his kids, or to stay in WalMart parking lots. And with a kayak
> >and a bicycle on my van, I'm a bit conspicuous for stealth camping. But if
> >there are safe and legal places to camp for free, I'm definitely interested!
> >
> >The archives are quite interesting on the subject of stealth camping,
> >though.
> >
> >
> >Joy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> >>Of Malcolm Stebbins
> >>Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 4:20 PM
> >>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >>Subject: Re: Camping question.
> >>
> >>
> >>Search the vanagon archives for "Stealth Camping".
> >>You'll get every good idea known to this list. M
> >>
> >>http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html
> >>
> >>--- Jean-Woo Kim <jeanwoo@FULLER.EDU> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Is there a way to
> >>>camp for free without checking into a campsite?
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >
> >
>
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