When I asked one driver why they park so close to each other he looked puzzled, thought about it for a second then said “that’s about all the space we get in a truck stop”. For some reason many of the big rigs line up right next to each other with barely two feet between them. I found a spot that was just about perfectly level (see GPS coordinates above) LEVELNESS: There is some slope in much if not most of the lot. SURFACING: Alsphalt gravel in places where the asphalt has broken down Park in the lot furthest from the casino where the big rigs are GOOGLE MAPS: Oversize Vehicle Parking Lot Entry Yours truly relaxing at the Ewing & Muriel Memorial Garden in Kansas City on a glorious autumn day Oversize Vehicle Parking Lot Entry N 39.15203 W 094.47840 Whatever you label it the Ameristar casino parking lot is someplace you can “be” or “stay” in your RV for free. What do you think? I’m not going to call it either camping or parking.

What’s the difference between parking and camping? If I’m in a designated dispersed camping area, Forest Service or BLM, for example, without hookups or other facilities, am I camping or parking? If I’m in a parking lot doing the same, is it parking or camping? I don’t know. This stainless steel tree sculpture by Roxy Paine at the Nelson-Atkens Museum in Kansas City, MO, rises 56′ into the air.