Date:         Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:07:19 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Weekending in Santa Barbara?
Comments: To: Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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Walmart in Santa Barbara? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Santa Barbara is far
too tony and far too determined to keep it that way to let a Walmart in.
Nearest Walmart is in Oxnard, over 30 miles away. Oxnard is a Walmart kind
of town.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR



On 10/29/2007 8:46 AM Tom Buese wrote:

> Heaven forbid, but are there Walmarts in SB that allow overnite parking?
>
> Tom B.-desperate restrictions call for desperate actions?
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 29, 2007, at 9:32 AM, Old Volks Home wrote:
>
>> Santa Barbara has perhaps the strictest overnight parking restrictions
>> regarding "camping" type vehicles (ie: you'll get ticketed, rousted,
>> etc.,) in the Southern California area and has been a volatile
>> situation now
>> for the past several years among the growing homeless population.
>> Many of
>> the "Motorhome Bum" and "Motorhome Homeless" have taken to
>> spreading out to
>> the surrounding areas and even to as far south as Ventura where I
>> live in my
>> 84 Westfalia.
>>
>> I have a friend who parks her Westy inside the VW repair shop where
>> she
>> works so she can't get rousted by the local gendarmes.
>> --
>> Jim Thompson
>> 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
>> 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
>> 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise"
>> 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
>> oldvolkshome@gmail.com
>> http://www.oldvolkshome.com
>> ***********************************
>> On 10/29/07, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Mrs Squirrel and I are talking about taking our bicycles to Santa
>>> Barbara
>>> (CA) this coming weekend for a mini-holiday. Her sister has a
>>> house there
>>> and is out of town. Plan A is to take our bikes on the Amtrak and
>>> stay at
>>> her sister's house. Plan B is to drive up in our Westy (about a
>>> four hour
>>> drive) and camp someplace pretty. Though I was born in Santa
>>> Barbara and
>>> have visited many many times, I have no idea what the (legal) camping
>>> options are near downtown. Anyone have a suggestion?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>>> KG6RCR