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Dee Ashley
Location: DFW, Texas Gender: Female Total Likes: 1378 likes
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| | | | Re: Parking? < Reply # 10 on 6/3/2016 2:05 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Almost every time I've run into problems while exploring, it has been related to my car or my parking spot. The most notable was my car getting towed while I was in another state, alone, with no help in sight. If your gut is telling you to suck it up and walk, then walk. If the stars align just right and parking front and center looks like the best choice (sometimes, it is), then go for it, but don't ignore that instinctive gut feeling, that's when things tend to go badly. Bottom line is don't ignore common sense because you want to be lazy. I know it sounds obvious, but the shortest route can be really tempting on a hot day with a shitload of camera gear to carry, even when it's clearly the wrong choice. If I didn't live in a vortex where despite being only about 5 miles from the third largest airport in the country, I have no bus, train, or other public alternative routes besides a lot of Uber drivers, I'd leave my car in the garage to explore whenever possible.
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| Dee Ashley
Location: DFW, Texas Gender: Female Total Likes: 1378 likes
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| | | | Re: Parking? < Reply # 11 on 6/3/2016 2:13 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by blackhawk ...Myself and others have driven straight up and even inside... through an existing entrance to park at sites...
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I love these sites! Embrace them, they don't come along very often. ...The OPs question is simply too general and broad to effectively answer... again.
| Agreed. Each situation is different and always changing depending on weather, personal safety, region, physical ability, etc, etc. The most common issue with parking, IMO, is visibility. Nine times out of ten, you want to park in the least visible location you can. Sometimes, as Peptic pointed out, visible is better, but this is the exception.
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| | | | Re: Parking? < Reply # 12 on 6/3/2016 2:26 AM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Posted by Dee Ashley I love these sites! Embrace them, they don't come along very often.
Agreed. Each situation is different and always changing depending on weather, personal safety, region, physical ability, etc, etc. The most common issue with parking, IMO, is visibility. Nine times out of ten, you want to park in the least visible location you can. Sometimes, as Peptic pointed out, visible is better, but this is the exception.
| Drive-ins are so much fun The real trick is not being seen driving or walking into the site. Many times I use RR tracks through wooded and none wooded areas to access sites. Not many tracks in W TX The best way into Beth Steel were the tracks unless RR employees saw you. Otherwise it looked like you were walking the tracks. I park in the lot on the west side but about 3 blocks away with other cars. Still it was wisest to go predawn... I refer you to my tag line below as it applies...
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| Darendor
Location: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, Earth, Sol System, Milky Way Galaxy Gender: Male Total Likes: 89 likes
| | | Re: Parking? < Reply # 18 on 6/4/2016 7:34 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | I would say that the place to park would depend vastly on the location and the surrounding vicinity.
Parking in front of an abandoned location where there's active sites (and therefore people) is probably not a great idea, so therefore you're better off parking in, say, the parking lot of a department store (and not way off by yourself in the loneliest corner of the lot either). However, some people like to lug photography and survival equipment with them, so parking nearby has its advantages.
So yeah, it's different for each location. The bottom line here is to not stick out.
Oh, and for God's sake, make sure your vehicle is in good condition. Nothing worse than happening upon a secret meeting of The Sacred Murderers Of Lord CowPig The Third and having to run for your life back to your car, only to find out the starter motor shit the bed....
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