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Camping

absinvestor - 12-10-2009 at 10:37 AM

Not that we would want to but I'm just curious if Walmart in Baja allows overnight camping. We recently drove our motorhome to Fairbanks Alaska and the Walmart parking lots throughout Western Canada and Alaska had many overnighters. Thanks Ron

gnukid - 12-10-2009 at 10:50 AM

Sounds Awesome!

mtgoat666 - 12-10-2009 at 11:16 AM

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Originally posted by absinvestor
Not that we would want to but I'm just curious if Walmart in Baja allows overnight camping. We recently drove our motorhome to Fairbanks Alaska and the Walmart parking lots throughout Western Canada and Alaska had many overnighters. Thanks Ron


sounds like a real fun camping adventure, camping on asphalt in a big mall parking lot... real exciting family vacation, collecting snapshots of your adventures at wallymarts all over the continent
all you need is an old oil drum to have a campfire and invite the local homeless encampment to join you around the campfire for a bottle of thunderbird and a sing along.

DENNIS - 12-10-2009 at 11:21 AM

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a bottle of thunderbird



I just love Thunderbird. About the only thing they could add to it to make it better would be cholesterol. I'm hoping, someday........

DianaT - 12-10-2009 at 11:22 AM

Goat,
It really is not about camping. When we had our small trailer and crossed the country, at times it was really nice to stop at a Wal-Mart for the night---times when it was late and the next destination was a fair distance away. It was good to be able to just have a place to park and sleep.

Absinvestor, when we took our trailer on to the mainland of Mexico, we never stayed at a Wal-Mart, but there were a few times we stayed in a Pemex parking lot or a restaurant or hotel parking lot when needed.

Diane

On edit and second thought, I have seen some long-terms campers in some Wal-Marts that definitely fit your description. :biggrin:

[Edited on 12-10-2009 by DianaT]

DENNIS - 12-10-2009 at 12:05 PM

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On edit and second thought, I have seen some long-terms campers in some Wal-Marts that definitely fit your description. :biggrin:

You think it was him? The goat-man living in a WalMart parking lot? Small world...huh.

DianaT - 12-10-2009 at 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
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Originally posted by DianaT
On edit and second thought, I have seen some long-terms campers in some Wal-Marts that definitely fit your description. :biggrin:

You think it was him? The goat-man living in a WalMart parking lot? Small world...huh.


Well, he does seem to have the program down pat. :biggrin:

absinvestor - 12-10-2009 at 12:17 PM

Thanks for the info. We have stayed in a Wal Mart parking lot twice in our lifetime. Once was heading for Seattle and hitting a major snow storm in Montana and once in Wyoming when the wind whipped up to about 70mph blowing snow across the road making it slicker than an ice rink!! (In Montana the Wal Mart service manager offered to throw me an extension cord so I could plug into their electricity!!) I personally try to stay off the Mexican roads at night but if we find that we are far from our daily destination, and it is dark, a Pemex parking lot can look quite inviting. Ron

absinvestor - 12-10-2009 at 12:27 PM

Hey Dennis- I noticed that you are in Punta Banda. Patty and I lived about 5 doors down from Ron Rivers and next door to Tony and Harriett for a couple of years in 1995-1997. Hope life is treating you well. Ron

wilderone - 12-10-2009 at 12:42 PM

Walmart in Cabo? Where are there Baja Walmarts? I'm sure you'll find a much nicer place to put your MoHo in Baja than a Walmart parking lot. There are camping beaches, RV parks, nice hard-packed dirt roads leading off Mex. 1. Experience the real Baja.

DENNIS - 12-10-2009 at 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by absinvestor
Hey Dennis- I noticed that you are in Punta Banda. Patty and I lived about 5 doors down from Ron Rivers and next door to Tony and Harriett for a couple of years in 1995-1997. Hope life is treating you well. Ron


Life is good, Ron. Thanks. 95 to 97, I was living up in Valle Dorado so, I didn't know these folks. Where where you located?

absinvestor - 12-10-2009 at 02:30 PM

Hi Dennis- We lived in a salmon colored house directly on the Bahia Todos Santos beach, At that time they called it the "spit." The house is about halfway between La Jolla beach camp and the hotel/restaurant combination up the beach to the North. I used to catch some big Crokers casting into the surf from our front yard!! Those were the good old days. The wife got homesick for the kids and grandkids so we returned to the States in early 1997. Enjoy your day. Ron