Yes, stopping not shopping. Although I do that, too.
One of the reasons I like to shop at Walmart is that they are RV friendly. You are even welcome to stay overnight in their parking lot unless local ordinance forbids it.
In addition to that many of them have oversized van handicapped parking spots. In these spots you park parallel to the driving lanes instead of nose in. They have extra width and length so those of us traveling with personal mobility devices have room to unload them to use in the store. My van fits in those spots. But, so do compact cars. Whose drivers have no idea how nice it would be if they didn’t take those spots unless they had absolutely no other option. They just see them as easy in-easy out. Which they are.
For me, those spots are close enough to the doors that I can walk inside, then use one of the store’s carts to do my shopping. I can buy a lot more stuff using their carts than I can using my Scoot. My basket is not so big.
If I have to park in the back forty, I unload and ride my Scoot into the store. If I work it very carefully I can buy about $75 worth of groceries per trip on my Scoot. Nowadays, that’s not many groceries when you let your supplies get down to four meals worth. So it takes lots of trips on my Scoot to restock.
But shopping that way is tiring.
So what I am now doing is taking my Scoot in and buying about three bags worth of groceries. I do it by stacking two bags between my feet and filling my basket. Then I haul that out to my RV where I eat a meal or take a nap or drive on down the road to the next Walmart. Where I buy another three bags of groceries.
I figure about the time I get my fridge and pantry restocked I will luck into one of the good spots and have to decide how much more I should really buy.
Right now, though, it easy to tell my GPS where I want to stop next: the next Walmart down the road.
TTYL,
Linda
There are a lot of Walmarts between Texas and Arizona. Keep on coming!
Love those Walmarts. But since it’s snowbird time, the ones out here are a zoo all the time. You’ll have trouble out here finding any of those good parking spots.
Sounds like you have it all thought out. We say the Walmart parking is the most expensive place to park than in any campground we have ever stayed in. But we do it over and over.
Sounds like you are enjoying your new rig! Looking forward to following along on your new adventures.
I use the parking spots you are talking about. Almost impossible to get on the food entry side, so I can usually find one on the center parking side. Most stores have 3 entries. The garden center, the center store entry or the food shopping entry. And yes, there’s always these tiny little cars hogging up that sideways parking spot! I drive big vans & hate backing them out of parking spots. Mostly because I’m afraid I’ll run over a kid. But when you need the handicapped one, it sucks to have a small car taking it.
Course, when I take the motorhome, then it’s down further in the parking lot where it takes two spaces to pull through into.
the idea of parking a big rig anywhere gives me the willies. i would surely hit something.
one morning at 7 am i drove my little pickup to the recycle bins behind the huge target store.
the target parking lot was completely EMPTY except for one other car. a man was sitting in it waiting
for his commuter ride apparently.
when i finished at the bins i started to drive off. i only went a short distance. i merely looked down for a
second and ran right into the cement base of an electric light pole.
i looked over at the man in the car. he was simply sitting there with his mouth hanging open.
he couldn’t believe it.
i couldn’t either.
i figure i set women drivers back about 10 years at least.