I'm hoping some of you good folks could help me get a plan together for our upcoming trip in the Grandby along the California coast in early Sept. We'll be passing through some coastal cities in central CA (Santa Barbara/SLO, etc.) that don't offer anything in the way of remote/dispersed camping opportunities like we find on Forest Service and BLM public lands in the interior West. So we're looking at state/county parks and private RV parks, but it seems there are only two extreme-range options for us at these kinds of places: 1) tent camping for low bucks with no allowance for sleeping in a vehicle, or 2) full RV hookups for big bucks. What we'd like to find is something in-between: just a surface to park on and the ability to pop-up our FWC and sleep in the camper; more or less a modification of the tent camping option.
My question is, does anyone have any experience doing this style of overnighting 'on the road' with their FWC truck camper? Have you always had to pay the full RV hookup rate and pull in among the motorhomes and coaches? Will the operators of these parks make allowances for a popup that will allow us to sleep in the camper, but pay something more in line with the tent camping rate? Any and all thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!
My question is, does anyone have any experience doing this style of overnighting 'on the road' with their FWC truck camper? Have you always had to pay the full RV hookup rate and pull in among the motorhomes and coaches? Will the operators of these parks make allowances for a popup that will allow us to sleep in the camper, but pay something more in line with the tent camping rate? Any and all thoughts would be appreciated, thanks!