Sometimes you gotta take what you can. As Steve points out in his OP, the SF Bay Area does not give you a lot of choice in the matter. Primitive/tent camping is fairly nonexistent. What "camping" there is is heavily impacted with high population density. I bet the parks have had some hideous messes to clean up. To many, there is not a lot of difference between a homeless man fulltiming in his Ford van, and that guy in his Westy. Without a built-in toilet, next thing you know you're cleaning toilet tissue out of the shrubbery. What they want are older couples with little yappy dogs in large RVs. Such folk are usually no trouble -- heck, you seldom see them venture out of their vessels once they've tied up. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR
On 9/25/2009 2:56 PM Dave Mcneely wrote: > Why would you want to stay at places that cater to RVs anyway? Might as > well stay in a parking lot (my opinion, fwiw). > > Dave Mc > > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 11:44 AM , Steve Williams wrote: > >> I've gotten a little resistance from RV parks in the San Francisco >> Bay Area to allowing my '84 Westy overnight. Several parks have >> asked, "Is that a self-contained RV?" What they mean is: Does it >> have a toilet? Even parks with showers have been hesitant to let me >> in. >> >> In the end, they have allowed me in, saying they'll break or bend the >> rules. >> >> I don't have much experience, but I assume this happens more often at >> RV parks that cater primarily to long-term mobile home tenants. In >> the Bay Area, it seems that's all there is. I haven't yet found a >> state park or RV-oriented park that's close to the peninsula or the >> east bay. >> >> Is this resistance common in other areas? > |
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