We have, over the last six years, spent many number of nights in parking lots and Casinos all over North America. We usually make it a point to locate the security guard that patrols the lot and notify him of our stay, asking for him to keep an eye on us. That's one of the reasons we do not stay at Cracker Barrels!
We try to park in out of the way areas of the lot, usually along the outside perimeters lengthwise to the curbing. We sleep in nightclothes but our duds are nearby. We have never had a "knock on the door". The curtains are all closed for privacy.
Keep in mind that not all Walmarts are RV friendly, those too close to urban areas are usually too busy and tend to have smaller more constricted parking lots. At Flying J's, we stay in the "front" lot, not with the transports that are running their diesels all night.
So small towns seem to work better and tend to make you feel safer for their lack of traffic in the wee hours. We always stay at 24/7 stores, usually Super Walmart Stores, and we look for a spot that is well within the field of vision of the pole mounted security cameras.
As I said, never had a bad experience other than waking up to the motorized sweeper that does it's work in the wee hours.
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1987 Newell
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