A few days ago I expressed my opinion on parking your RV overnight at Wal-Mart as you travel from one destination to another. Wal-Marts aren’t the only place that allow you to park overnight. There are many more options including casino parking. Since we will soon be heading towards the Las Vegas area via Laughlin that’s exactly what we’re looking for in a stop between here and there. We really haven’t made our mind up whether we’ll be stopping at a casino or not but we certainly like stopping at them. The photos below are of some of the casinos we have stopped at in the past.
Guidelines for parking an RV can be very different at the casinos than they are for Wal-Mart. Heck, the guidelines even vary from one casino to another. They are all different. Some even have more than just guidelines. They have real rules. If you stop at five different casinos in a very short distance, they will all be different. You don’t have to gamble in order to stay overnight at a casino. They want you to but you don’t have to. Once you register you could just turn around and go to sleep. Or, you could go take advantage of a fantastic buffet and donate a dime or two to one of the slot machines. It’s right there and you don’t even have to drive. Some allow you to spend one night and others invite you to stay a week or two.
You might even find full hookups and a fancy RV park. There are some FHU parks but most just offer a place to park in their RV lot. Usually it’s dry camping. Most casinos want you to stop and visit them. They want you to donate to their casino and eat at their restaurants. For this reason the per night fee is usually fairly reasonable. It’s not uncommon to offer you a free place to park plus provide shuttle service to take you to dinner. It’s like having your own private limo.
Just like those who frequent the Wal-Marts, there are the occasional freeloaders and abusers at the casinos too. Some casinos enforce their rules and others do not. Most casinos that are RV friendly are really RV friendly. Others can be pretty restrictive.
Parking at casinos is fun. There are several printed books available detailing the casinos that allow RV parking. However, they soon become outdated. I believe the best resource for casino camping is on a website at http://casinocamper.net. The website has recently changed. It’s not quite as user friendly as it used to be in my opinion. The font is so small you almost need a magnifying glass to read it but it’s still a better option than the books.
So, we’re on our way to the Laughlin area (maybe) and we’re checking out our options for RV parking. With the price of oil skyrocketing again, we probably should have filled up the motorhome when we arrived here instead of when we’re pulling out. I bet that little miscalculation on our part will cost us quite a few extra bucks.
There are several casinos that allow RV parking on their lot in the Laughlin area. However, the decision of what casino to stay at probably won’t be made until we get there. Since this is still snowbird season, we’re assuming some of those lots are probably pretty packed with RVs. Then, again .... we may not even go to Laughlin.
Update: As of posting time, the weatherman is now predicting snow for Laughlin on Sunday. Now we don't know what we're going to do. Only time will tell because we certainly have no intention of being there if it's going to be snowing!
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Mistaken positioning
Joe and Ed, both from Duluth, Minnesota, were standing in the shallow end of a swimming pool at the Fountain of Youth RV park at California's Salton Sea, discussing how happy they were to be in sunny California rather than being back in frigid Minnesota. As they were talking, Ed noticed something funny about his friend's ear. "Joe," he said, "do you know you've got a suppository in your left ear?" Startled, Joe replied, "I have a suppository in my ear???"
"That's right," said Ed, "you have a suppository in your ear."
Joe immediately pulled it out, then said, "Thanks, buddy. I'm glad you saw this thing. Now I know where I put my hearing aid."
Snow, huh, that's worse than here. Avoid "snow" and all other four letter words.
ReplyDeleteWe are leaving for Las Vegas tomorrow. My weatherman says the rain and snow?? will be gone by tomorrow morning. Know what you mean about the price of fuel. We will need both propane and fuel when we pull out tomorrow.
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