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designated lg-rig spaces, narrow and prevent slide use but you can share a space between 2 RVs. Can use lots on R at N43 51.2973 W70 6.2117 and park along curbs. RV areas slope toward ctr, can straddle and get level. Rest rooms in area. Can be busy summer wkends, special events. Next to L.L. Bean (free WiFi may reach lot), no RV pkg in any of their lots. Tom and Debbie McIlwain #60817 SCARBOROUGH : (Portland area) Hannaford grocery store pkg lot. Allowed me to park there for four-days while visit ing a friend in the area. Check with night supervisor. 100 yds N of intersection of US 1 and SR 207. Paul Mayer #47799 SCARBOROUGH : Cabela’s. 13+ paved slightly sloped sites. D ($5 or code from store). Free. one-nite OK despite signs to contrary. I-95 x42, go thru toll, TR on Payne Rd, TR on Cabela Blvd. Pkg and D on L of store. 43.60227 -70.37108. 207-883-7400. Peggy Rudman #116983 TOPSHAM : Topsham FG. 30-A E/W/S long narrow back-in sites on grass. E/W $25, $130/wk. E/W/S $35, $190/wk. Community Way, S from Bypass Dr/SR 196 (N end of town). A little over fee criteria but no other listing with HUs for many miles. 207-841-3200. Donna Carmon #100082 NewMexico LASCRUCES : Sierra Vista CG, Organ Mtns-Desert Peaks NM (BLM). BD. No facilities. Free. 14-day limit. I-25 x1, go 7.5 mi E from town on Dripping Springs Rd, TR (S) on dirt rd to Sierra Vista Trailhead (popular mtn biking use) at N32 19.393 W106 37.828. 1st 1/3 mile is OK for lg rigs but only 5–6 sites. Not very level. Rd continues S beyond Trailhead pkg area and has sites, sm rigs only due to wash crossings and rough rd. Gorgeous scenery at foot of Organ Mtns. Very weak Verizon. Paul Codyer #151338 LASCRUCES : Bowlin’s Old West Trading Post. Ask permis sion. W of Las Cruces, I-10 x127, NE frontage rd. Big Fireworks and Exxon signs. N32.26284 W107.00661. Mgr suggests using gravel lot at W end of bldg. I-10 noise. Trucks also use. Greg and Kim Ketcher #140941 Utah GREEN RIVER : West Winds truck stop, pkg area. Free. Main St/US-6/I-70Bus, NW off Green River Bridge. 38.99596 -110.148543. 1085 E Main St. Alan Jones #109332

-86.04759. No tents. Hoosier Horse Park has 70 E sites for those with horses, same price. Playground, community camp fi re. jocoparks.com/campgrounds. Dave Ed #62492 GREENFIELD : Very lg RA, 2 levels for truck/RV pkg. No restrictive signs. I-70 MM 107, both sides. Upper level, designated "Additional" is reached from fi rst end of main truck area, up a wide driveway. 39.8256-85.7044. Quieter than lower area as fewer trucks use. Can park on end space or at edge to open slide on curb side. Reason ably level. WB side appears to have another larger, unlined pkg area above the 2 truck areas. Sherman and Joanne Lanz #118589 GREENWOOD : Camping World, customer pkg lot. Free. O/N OK, check with store personnel if open. No restrictive signs. I-65 x99, go W, turn immed L (S) on Sheek Rd. 303 Sheek Rd. Not level. Narrow spaces, little room for slideouts. Quiet at night. 317-881-7670. Dan and Carol O'Brien #82088 PENDLETON : McDonalds, lg-rig pkg area. Free. 72-hr limit. I-69 x219, E side. 40.00369 -85.7698. Too sm for lg motorhome towing to turn around. Hwy noise. Dick Scheit #83125 SHELBYVILLE : Lg level empty Lot. No facilities. No restric tive or other signs. I-74 x113, go S on SR 9. Across the rd from McDonalds. Free WiFi. Margie Wilson #102666 SHELBYVILLE : Indiana Grand Racing & Casino, lg level paved pkg lot. Free. I-74 x109. Directions indianagrand.com/ directions 4300 N. Michigan Rd. Park in fi rst lot you come to, below the access rd. Fairly quiet. Good Verizon. Shuttle to casino. Casino is home to Indiana Downs—you can watch the horses work out in the morning. Rhonda Olsen #36111 Maine BATH : Lg level pkg area (city). O/N permitted. 143 Commercial St, W side of Kennebec Riv, 1/4 mi N of US 1. N43.9163 W69.8136. Partially paved. Next to Kennebeck Tavern, great food. Less than 1 block to grocery store, 2 blocks to downtown shopping area. Avoid during 4th of July week, festival crowds town. Good Verizon. Steve Bufty #38366 FREEPORT : Visitor Ctr, pkg lot. No O/N prohibitive signs. I-295 x22, go E to Main St (US 1), TR, go past Bow, Morse, Mill and Grove Streets. TL at stop light on West St, TL on Depot St, go past one-way st (Grove) on L, immed TL into lot, marked for RV pkg. N43.85498 W70.10419. A few

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