Here’s another question for RVers, has anyone found that destinations have closed up under the current conditions? Obviously a risk.
Similar to Tom with forced distancing by closing sites too close to one another, but CO had State stuff completely closed for a while.
With the sudden popularity and having seen people stay up until 00:01 on particular nights to even book Federal stuff in normal years, far in advance, I suspect reservations are a tad scarce anywhere even remotely popular.
Many State locations here were terminating basic sanitary services like restrooms and trash collection for a while also. Pack it in, pack it out. Didn’t see specifics on dump stations during that period but I suspect they were closed.
Got yourself a poo hauler you can’t empty, if you don’t install a dump into the septic at home, perhaps. LOL!
Or you could do like Cousin Eddie. LOL.
YMMV. But yeah, more stuff to check before rolling out.
Maybe with all the suddenly new RVers, the chances of capturing a viral video of a poo-pocalypse at the dump station has risen some, and making a couple thousand bucks off of it on YouTube will at least pay the gas money for the trip! Hahaha.
Hint: We did dump outs a number of times for a few bucks at truck stops so equipped. Always cleaner and less used than the “free” ones at campsites that didn’t have full hookups. Any “accidents” the staff actually had a reason to clean up the place since they were usually right in one of the gas islands.
Same held true for private campgrounds. A real reason for staff to keep things cleaned up. But not as cheap as government locations in parks and usually more crowded.
Pick your poison! LOL.
Tom’s suggestion of WalMart really isn’t bad in some areas. The policy is now that it’s up to the stores though. They had so many people living at our suburban store before we moved out here that they eventually closed it for all. I always used to shop there really late because I’m a night owl, and why shop with crowds, ever...? So... I always looked to see what people had for gear/vehicles late at night.
The guy who had the “stealth” van decked out to look like an electrical company Van was kinda cool. If he’d have sealed up the gap in his front curtains a bit better, it wouldn’t have been noticeable he was in there watching TV.
He even had the sun shade in the windows to hide the blackout curtains behind the seats. Just didn’t quite get them sealed right.
There’s always *someolace* to go, even with a big rig. We rarely couldn’t find a reasonable place somewhere, even if we weren’t sure of driving schedule and started looking ahead on the phone apps around noon. But it was better to plan it ahead and hunt down some reviews and site photos.
One private place in Iowa I think... said they had long pull throughs. They did. Problem was, the photos were of the ones when they weren’t full. When full, overflow was essentially on a cliff. LOL.
We managed to get the rig in there but good thing we were only staying one night and didn’t need to unhitch and the tilt was toward our feet. Couldn’t have leveled it if we tried. Exiting the steps was a two foot drop, then if you missed that, you were going for a long tumble through other “tiered” sites below you. Haha.
At least the camp host said I drove up there and into it well, without having to back the entire rig down the hill and try again. Sounded like that was pretty common. LOL.
They charged us a little less for the privilege of cliff dwelling for a night. No complaints. Better than the one private place that took a reservation for a spot they didn’t have.
Ahh you’re in for such fun adventures if you decide to do it...
We took all the RV silliness in stride. There’s plenty of it!
It was worth it to bring the big pups along. You have human pups so that’s good there too.
Just know... Cousin Eddie truly is out there. And sometimes he’s the campground owner instead of the neighbor. LOL!
