Rather than overnighting in some parking lot, not knowing if security will kick you out... why not overnight in your driveway? That way if something goes wrong, or one gets overly anxious about this or that, you can stop and go into the house.
As long as one doesn't find any or every excuse on the planet to go into the house.
You may also find a lot of STUFF you NEED and wish you had with you...easy to fix that there and now.
Newbie here, haven't been out, but spent years 4 wheeling to remote tent camping. Teen years, camping with buds, no tent, just sleeping bags.
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