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MPI_Mallard

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Posted: 04/01/23 11:57am

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For the last twelve years going to Florida and back to Ontario {except for the last two winters, thank you covid/stupid Canadian goverment{ we have always fueled at Flying J/Pilot oil stations and stayed overnight however on the way down this fall we had a very bad experience with them as it apperars that the RV courtesy parking areas are filled with commercial trucks and other vehicles! On our last stop in Georgia we were told by the manager to park in the reserved area in back then after told to move eleswhere, after speaking to the owner, a very rude man I pointed out how the RV area was full of commercial vehicles and why aren't they told to park in back with the rest which he responded they really don't care and we were told we can stay put if we paid $18.00 so we did then moved on the next morning. Flying J really didn't have a response when I contacted them afterwards so I'm wondering if any other snowbirds have had a simular experience and have they a better solution?

Thanks in advance!!!

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Guy Roan

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Posted: 04/02/23 01:18pm

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Don't stay there any more.
Stay at a regular RV park like the rest of us do

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joebedford

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Posted: 04/02/23 02:43pm

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I understand they are charging the truckers to reserve spots in the lot. That's probably why the truckers are parking in the RV spots - no charge.

We've stayed at the Savannah Walmart many times - this year we were told no parking / get out.

pianotuna

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Posted: 04/02/23 08:25pm

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That stupid Canadian Government kept the percentage of cases 1/3 of that in USA. That figure is reached by dividing the population into the number of cases.

If Canada had truly closed the border the numbers may have been much lower.

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Posted: 04/03/23 05:49am

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pianotuna wrote:

And let’s not forget Don that those ‘stupid’ measures resulted in *no* flu season either.

In a typical year about a dozen children die of influenza, in the 2020 / 2021 season there was ZERO deaths and not even a single case bad enough to require an ICU stay.

joebedford

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Posted: 04/04/23 06:56am

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AND... it was not just the stupid Canadian gov't keeping us safe: even if Canada had had NO restrictions, you still couldn't drive over the border anyway.

Well, you probably could drive over the border but you'd get turned back at customs.

magicbus

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Posted: 04/05/23 03:23am

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Guy Roan wrote:

Don't stay there any more.
Stay at a regular RV park like the rest of us do

Agreed. By time you pay their ridiculously high fuel prices there is little price difference and peace and quiet.

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Posted: 04/05/23 06:52am

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I’m still scratching my head at the flaming of a private, for profit business trying to maximize those profits after what must have been a couple of very difficult years.