2nd Walmart Experience–Ponderay Idaho
Sandpoint is an even bigger tourist trap than Coeur D’Alene was, think Newport Beach, not really our cup of tea. And certainly very little public land anywhere around the north end of Lake Pend Oreille.
Combine the fruitless camp search with the fact that our chassis battery had made it obvious that it was in it’s death throws, we spent our second night in a row in a Walmart parking lot, so we could get a battery and install it in the morning.
This Walmart is set up a little differently than Coeur D’Alene, which had us right out on the street edge of the lot, at this one they have you park around back almost, more like the side, there were a few small shade trees. There were some truckers off the US 95 that take a nap there, I was afraid they would keep me awake, but I didn’t notice them too much, could be because I didn’t sleep the night before. 
Camp song: “Who’ll Stop the Rain – Creedence Clearwater Revival”
Cost: $ Free
Phone T-Mobile: OK
Internet Verizon: Fine
Noise: Not as bad as expected
Restrooms: No
Electric: No
Water: No
Dump: No
Trash: Pack it in Pack it out
Location: N48.307835°, W116.541408°
Elevation: 2126 feet
On the east side of US 95/2
Nights Stayed: June 23rd 2014
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i dont find the “sign in/log in” widget. oh well. im glad yer back and have more locations documented. back to Walmart eh? is this a special assigned parking area for overnight campers like yerselves? sure looks like yer gunna have an all new RV by the time you get back to SoCal. aaaannnd now, on to the next location.
Still tryin to remember the widgets and where the go … got login down there somewhere, I dont think I like where
Sometimes they do have signs, we are kind of new at this, so far we go where the other RVs already are if we dont see signs.
Yep, reminds me of a Johnny Cash song about working at the Chevy. One part at a time.