WalMart Is A Great Place to Spend The Night!

This week we’ve been traveling across the US from Ohio to Washington state. Yesterday we were in Montana and drove by a river and looking down from interstate 90 we could see a motorhome boondocking at the river’s edge. We needed to put on more miles otherwise we would have joined them. We elected to stay in the Bozeman, Montana WalMart parking lot. As you can see, there were several other RVers there with us and when I woke up this morning, there were about six more that were not there when I went to bed. I woke up, showered and went into the WalMart Super-Center and picked up some donuts and a good hot cup of coffee from the McDonalds restaurant located inside the store. I also mailed a letter at the mailbox convieniently located outside the main entry. Most of the time it’s cheaper to stay at a campground because we end up spending more money at WalMart while we’re camped in the parking lot than when we stay at a regular campground. Old Sam Walton was a smart businessman to allow RVers to stay at his stores. Some towns have passed laws that don’t allow RVers to stay overnight in store parking lots. WalMart would rather have the business we RVers bring, but some cities are just RV unfriendly. I choose not to spend money at any store in any city that does this. RV Travel.com is good to point out when towns are planning to ban RV parking and you have written the city officials and stopped this practice in many cases. Thank You! We spend most of our time in RV parks, but once in a while we really do need the convenience of being able to stay at a WalMart – what a great country! Jim