Date:         Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:38:49 -0700
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From:         Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@CYBERTRAILS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Is it a car or a camper?
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Is it a car or a camper?


> ... 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 have encountered this policy a couple of times when camping at Prado
Regional Park near Chino, CA.  It is handy park when you need to be in the
LA area (e.g. visiting family) and not half bad if the Alta Dena dairy is
downwind that day.

They were very reluctant to allow us to camp in the Westy, I explained about
the stove, fridge, sink, bed... and they finally relented.

I can understand that they could have a homeless population staying in their
cars, especially in the currect ecnomic climate -- but if these folks are
willing to pay the camp fee I don't see why that would be a serious concern.
In California at least (due to the cost of housing) there are a fair number
of homeless people who have jobs and are just trying to get by.

I do carry a small tent up top on the Westy since some State Parks (Indiana
for example) have campgrounds that are 'tent-only' and, apart from costing
much less, I prefer the company of tenters to the 40' Motorhomes.