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Re: Pay to park at our State Parks
[Re: fingers]
#3397839
04/26/21 05:53 AM
04/26/21 05:53 AM
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Sterrett, AL, USA
stkshtr
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Sterrett, AL, USA
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Topsail was always our favorite down there. We would go when our kids were young during Thanksgiving. The snowbirders loved us because we were the only young people there then.
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Re: Pay to park at our State Parks
[Re: twaldrop4]
#3397909
04/26/21 08:41 AM
04/26/21 08:41 AM
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South Baldwin
JayHook2
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South Baldwin
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I may be different but I can't wrap my head around camping at the beach.
I thought the same thing....but we recently bought a pop-up camper and our first trip in it was to Gulf State Park and we had a great time. Also didn't hurt that we paid less for 4 nights in the campground than 1 night in a condo. Gomer this isn’t directed at you because I don’t know you’re personal situation, a lot of guys I work with say that it’s so much cheaper. I don’t really understand that logic because you have to pay that payment every month and after a while when they sell them they complain about not being able to get their money back out of it. Most of them have basically brand new 5th wheels. Most RVs are financed for 15 years (unsure of your friends options) so the first 3-5 years your payment is heavily loaded on the interest side so you literally have paid back down to the original purchase price on the RV thus not being able to get money back like they think they should. JohnG is right something had to be done. I expect both cities to crack down heavily on the parking issue. Same thing happens at boat ramps. Launch boat and leave truck all week. Seems pretty normal way of thinking but it;s just reached the too crowded point on many fronts down here!
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Re: Pay to park at our State Parks
[Re: twaldrop4]
#3397912
04/26/21 08:44 AM
04/26/21 08:44 AM
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Northport, AL
GomerPyle
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I may be different but I can't wrap my head around camping at the beach.
I thought the same thing....but we recently bought a pop-up camper and our first trip in it was to Gulf State Park and we had a great time. Also didn't hurt that we paid less for 4 nights in the campground than 1 night in a condo. Gomer this isn’t directed at you because I don’t know you’re personal situation, a lot of guys I work with say that it’s so much cheaper. I don’t really understand that logic because you have to pay that payment every month and after a while when they sell them they complain about not being able to get their money back out of it. Most of them have basically brand new 5th wheels. Yeah that logic doesn't really hold up as well for these folks that went and bought a $40,000 RV and financed it for 18yrs.......................but we bought a $2500 pop-up...paid cash. Literally 2 trips in a condo would more than pay for the pop-up.
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Re: Pay to park at our State Parks
[Re: leroycnbucks]
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04/26/21 10:32 AM
04/26/21 10:32 AM
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Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 25,955
Prattville, Alabama
Skullworks
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Posts: 25,955
Prattville, Alabama
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The last time we went to the state beach in GS we had to pay for the parking. I think that was 2 years ago. It was a machine like that. I think it printed out a ticket that you stuck on your dash.
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Re: Pay to park at our State Parks
[Re: leroycnbucks]
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04/26/21 11:23 AM
04/26/21 11:23 AM
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Buc-ee’s Beach Express
leroycnbucks
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The city owned parks have had pay to park for a few years now. But not state parks on the beach. I understand the overnight parking problem with the condo vacationers, but there’s has to be a way for all of us that utilizes the state park beach that aren’t staying at GSSP to park with out being penalized because of real estate rental companies that don’t provide adequate parking for their customers. Most of the time when we go is in the evening to watch the sunset.
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