SATURDAY |
ALASKAN STOP #24WALMART SUPERCENTER #4474KENAI, AK |
I wasn't going to bore you with Walmart parking lot photos, but I just couldn't help myself. These photos were all taken at 6:00AM JUST BEFORE the store opened for the day.
On the other side of these three trailers was a party last night, complete with a campfire.
There were also several unattended boat trailers to be found in the parking spaces too.
Unhitched, chairs out, slides out, jacks down and BBQs out
with coolers filled will fresh caught salmon to attract bears.
They even cleaned and filleted their salmon on their tailgate in the parking lot.
We were in the side lot where the parking spaces are clearly marked RV,
but this front lot was completely ringed by RVs all along the edges.
When you free overnight park at Walmart, or anywhere for that matter, there are unwritten rules on how to behave while on someone elses property. For starters, you are overnight parking, not camping in the parking lot. That means you don't pull out your slides and awnings, you don't put down your leveling jacks to dent the asphalt and you don't leave your trash in shopping carts spread out in all corners of the parking lot.
You don't pull out a BBQ or propane fire pit to grill up your dinner or make youself some s'mores. You don't run your generator all hours of the night to watch TV or run your AC. You don't unhook your truck from your trailer and go out sightseeing all day and leave your trailer unattended.
And most importantly, even if you ignore everything I just mentioned, you don't stay setup in the same spot in the same Walmart for days, weeks or even months on end. Nearly every single RV in the lot this evening has Alaska license plates on it. I know that Alaska is a huge place and their homes could be hundreds of miles away from here. Or just maybe, their home is right here at this Walmart! There are signs clearly posted all over the lot that there is a 24-hour limit on parking here.
It's just a matter of common courtesy and polite etiquette.
OUR ALASKAN CHALLENGE: |
| COMPLETED | PROGRESS BAR |
STILL TO GO |
| 56 | 44 |
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