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Topic: Some info for you
Posted By: TerryM
Subject: Some info for you
Date Posted: 07 May 2009 at 12:21pm
There are a ton of places to stop for the night without staying in a campground and paying for all the amenities when all you need is a place to sleep. I think everybody knows that most Wal-Marts permit over night parking.

If your coming into a small town and want to stop for the night find the police station and ask them for a safe place to pull over for some sleep. They are usually very helpful.

Here is a site that has books on this subject: http://www.gypsyjournal.net/ - http://www.gypsyjournal.net/ Do yourself a favor and subscribe to his newspaper...you won't be sorry! Here is a sample from his site:

Kansas

Clay Center: Huntress City Park has five RV sites with 30 amp electric & water. GPS N39o22.679 W 97o 08.194. On US 24, east side of town.

Franklin: City-owned South Park Municipal Campground has five 30 amp full hookup back-in RV sites, dump station, $8/night. 10 day limit. GPS: N 40o 05.530 W 98o 57.155. On SR 10 between I and J Streets.

Kansas City: Cabela’s Outfitters, Interstate 435 Exit 13B has RV parking area. GPS N39° 7.230" W94° 48.933"

La Crosse: City park one mile south of junction of Highways 4 and 183. 20 sites, three day limit.

Liberal: Mid-America Air Museum allows RVers to stay overnight for free in large paved parking lot.

Logan: City park at lake just south of town. Donation box.

Lyndon: City park at 10th and Topeka has 3 free RV sites, 7 day limit.

Meade: City park on Highway 54 on east side of town has campsites. No hookups, but water & dump station

Russell: City park has RV sites, dry camping. GPS: N 39o 38.352 W 98o 02.736. Behind grain elevators off Main Street

Salina: Thomas City Park has room for smaller RVs. Water & dump station. Exit Interstate 70 at 9th Street, go south half mile to park on right. Park along front or back streets. GPS: N38° 51.980', W97° 36.777'

Smith Center: Nice small city park with trees on US-36, west side of town. Free overnight RV parking, no hookups. One day limit. GPS: N39° 47.100', W98° 47.746'

Stafford: City park on US Highway 50 has two full hookup 30 amp RV sites, $5/night. Police will come by to collect fee.

Sterling: Sterling Lake Campground off Garfield Avenue has full hookup RV sites, $4.50/night, 5 day limit.

Stockton: City Park has 8 RV sites with 30 amp electric & water, $10/day, 7 day limit. Directions: From US 183 in the center of town, head west on US 24 ( Main Street ), turn left into park. Blue & white camping signs lead the way. GPS: N 39o 26.149 W 099o 16.844

Washington: City park half mile east of town on Highway 36.

Yates Center: City park has 5 RV sites with water, electric and a dump station. Room for any size RV. $5/night.

BTW, I'm not affiliated in any way to that site or to the owner.

Terry

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Posted By: manchester
Date Posted: 12 Jun 2009 at 7:50pm
That's what's nice about the R-pod it's small enough to be accecpted into state and national parks. Many of their sites were made when all the trailers were small years ago. The next time you go to Wally World get their Rand McNally map that shows all the locations of their stores especially the super stores that are open 24 hours. We parked under a street light so we didn't have to use our battery. If you are a member of the Elks, etc. many of them have 3 point hook-ups. Many rest areas are now putting in dump stations. Many casinos have spots for us too. If you are senior then try to get a card that gives you half price deals at Federal Parks run by the Corp of Engineers. I've had my card for so long and haven't used it that I really don't know if they still give deals.

We went to Vegas and the Silver Palace let us put our trailer in their lot for free while we rented a room for a couple days. Another time we went to Vegas and it was so hot I thought the a/c would give up. That's when I covered my windows with foil and the temp inside fell 10 degrees.   When I would take off for a destination I would freeze a large container of water with a spigot. It would keep my frige cool while traveling without using the battery or gas and give us cold drink water.

I don't know if DH still has the recipe. One way to clean the black tank is a mixture of ammonia and vinegar and let it rock while you're driving.

One lady I met while caravaning with the airstreamers would fill a large container with soap and water and put her clothes in it and let it rock while driving.

I can't wait til my son gets his 172, on order, I convinced him that R-pod is a beautiful trailer, very well laid out, I'd like to know who designed it. I asked him to ask his salesman if he can get a runner on the other side of the trailer also. You never know when you'll get to a site where the R-dome would fit better on the other side. If he didn't get the R-pod , I would . I owned 5 Airstreams and the last was an 05 Bambi and trust me the R-pod has it beat. I still own a '70 but that one is from the era where their rep was made and sorry to say things change and not always for the best.

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happy camper


Posted By: czardastx
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 10:33am
I came across this blog post for some ideas of free or almost free camping:

http://lifeontheopenroad.blogspot.com/2008/09/back-to-boondocking.html - http://lifeontheopenroad.blogspot.com/2008/09/back-to-boondocking.html


Posted By: czardastx
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2011 at 10:45am
And another site (not sure if it's been posted already)

http://freecampgrounds.com/index.aspx - http://freecampgrounds.com/index.aspx



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