Parking at Sherman -- Out of Control?
Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:24 am
I went to SI yesterday late afternoon. From the levee, I could see six kites and a handful of windsurfers on the water. No waiting -- awesome.
Then I hit the parking lot. A solid line of campers, almost every one occupying two spaces -- the camper plus the "living room" occupying the space next to it. There was one parking spot left in the main parking area. This on a day when there was almost noone on the water.
I know some of you on this site frequently stay the weekend at Si with campers. But alot of the people I'm seeing have been there now for weeks (months?). For someone like me, who lives "locally", it seems incredible that the most convenient parking to the launches is allowed to be occupied by semi-permanent residents. Most of these folks already have all their gear piled up on the beach anyway; those of us day users have to drag all our stuff from the car every time. Why should we be the ones parking in the overflow lot?
I don't go to the park on the weekends anyway (I launch from LIttle Baja instead) because of this problem. I'm just wondering how everyone else can deal with it.
Paul
Then I hit the parking lot. A solid line of campers, almost every one occupying two spaces -- the camper plus the "living room" occupying the space next to it. There was one parking spot left in the main parking area. This on a day when there was almost noone on the water.
I know some of you on this site frequently stay the weekend at Si with campers. But alot of the people I'm seeing have been there now for weeks (months?). For someone like me, who lives "locally", it seems incredible that the most convenient parking to the launches is allowed to be occupied by semi-permanent residents. Most of these folks already have all their gear piled up on the beach anyway; those of us day users have to drag all our stuff from the car every time. Why should we be the ones parking in the overflow lot?
I don't go to the park on the weekends anyway (I launch from LIttle Baja instead) because of this problem. I'm just wondering how everyone else can deal with it.
Paul