RVing on the Cheap means when you can do it for free you take advantage of it. Is it worth staying in a campground or watching everyone else for a few hours of shut eye? There is no way he goes to places where they roll out red clothes with no crime attached.
Of course, this can mean that your accommodations range anywhere from the difficult to bear to the comfortable. As you continue your search we’ll make sure you find all the jobs you need, absolutely free with no strings attached.
We recently traveled to the Black Hills region of South Dakota. Having driven 1,500 miles, finding a place to stay, a road to an empty wasteland, water reload was all we needed.
The second manager in terms of requirements was the ability to run our air conditioner, either from a generator or plugged in; as temperatures hovered in the high 90s, making sleeping nearly impossible.
Before we even left home a a little online research gave us pretty a good amount of possible sources for the services we need. The list of Walmarts that do not allow overnight parking is eliminated, only one Walmart in Dakota. Spears S.D. Walmart will not open its lot for overnight parking. Don’t blame the company, it’s likely that local regulations prevent them from doing that.
Before we headed out we had cities with RV friendly Walmarts highlighted on our atlas and all the rest of the states along the way. You can’t camp in the rest of the areas, but the ones found along the interstates all have RV stations and separate drinking water. I decide That takes care of waste and water issues, now instead of a place for gardens.
It is common knowledge that Walmarts are the most popular overnight RVers looking to spend the night in their parking lot. You may not know that Kmart was the first large chain store to open its parking lot for overnight parking. In many cases, Kmart will be for no other reason than a smaller customer base. On this trip we were greeted by a clerk at the Kmart on Mitchell S.D. As we made our way through the perimeter of the park, we slipped into a shady row of pine trees.
Not only this some shelter from the sun and a beautiful view (at least from one side), it was wrapped in a sound generator that was used to run air< Conditioner. When the sun goes down, the temperatures drop quickly. By 10:00 pm the generator was silent and we were the only RV on the lot for the night. When we came to the fast city of S.D. Arriving at Walmart was a lot of pure chaos. With barely enough space for two RV's on the far end of the lot wedges, half a dozen luxury coaches were already pulled up and set up for the night by 3:00 pm. We sat there, leaning awkwardly on our side, in full sun with the temps in the 90's. Everywhere there were people and works, it was enough to worry you who was not like the crowd. On the way into town I noticed Cabela's a bit away from the main traffic area. We went to their lot and found a sanctuary in the eastern building. Why does this mean you ask? The sun is setting. By building a shield, it would cool much faster from the east.
Once again we were assured by the desk service that we were welcome to stay and when darkness came, they turned on again. All night there was only one other RV pulled into this designated overnight parking lot, it looked like we had the place to ourselves.
Cabella really makes an extra effort to accommodate Rvers. Not only is the parking area designed to be flat and safe from the hot midday sun, but they also provide an RV dump station, storage for your toys, and if you happen to bring your horses along with you, the horse stables of the fast-moving city of Cabella. arrange the place with fresh mattresses and manure.
On our trip we had a list of truck stops as a backup plan. Fortunately, in every case we find retail establishments that are happy to have us. All it takes is a little research to find plenty of comfortable, quiet, places to stay overnight.
When you go with the hair Rver. Especially when you stay for free. Patronize the foundation when you can, and leave the area cleaner than how you found it.
