There are many, many absolutely FREE places to park an RV [or tent, for that matter], most notably City & Lions Parks in small towns, and places like WalMart or truck stops. We parked free, with electrical hook-up and access to water & a dump station at Lions Park in Vermillion SD. When you're parking free, you take what you get and that can be [kindly stated] interesting.
The Vermillion experience included a homeless lady, around 45-50 years old who lived in a tent with her scruffy dog. She sat upright in the tent most of the time, coming out about once a day to drive her old car somewhere & pick up a deli sandwich which she brought back & ate in the car. We tried to visit with her, but she ignored us -- oh, well. One day a huge group (12-15) of folks showed up with a half-dozen large tents & set up in the 2 spots next to us, parking a couple tents about 2 feet from our trailer; there were people closer to our kitchen table than Jamie was while working at his computer desk! Luckily, those folks were not drinkers [can you imagine what fun we would have had if they'd been slugging beer all day & night?] and were relatively quiet. Then the homeless lady on the other side of us pulled out, and the big group moved several of their tents over to her vacated spot because they had a bunch more friends/family coming. So. Our last night we were camped right smack dab in the middle of this gathering, with kids & adults both ducking under the hitch of our 5th-wheel as they moved between the 2 camps. Like I said: INTERESTING! Wish I'd taken some pictures.
Speaking of photos, I discovered traveling in an RV limits one's ability to pull off the road & take advantage of Kodak Moments. There were so many cool shots along the highways & byways that I missed. I've decided to just start shooting through the truck window so I don't lose the memories -- in the future you'll find more pictures posted here, even though they won't be great photography.
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