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Howdy - HoneysPark - 12-15-2017
A friend who I won't name to protect the innocent recommended this forum to me. For several reasons, mostly medical that make me not do well with stress I won't be very active. So if you do need something email me or call me directly, I generally try to help most in any way I can.
I'm a disabled Army veteran, hurt on peacetime in 1990, broke 11 vertebra plus my head. I healed mostly but the neck injury pinched off a blood vessel in 2009 and caused me a major stroke. Now I suffer, though I'm mostly functional; can walk etc; from a condition known as VertebroBasilar Ischemia. (That vessel pinches off causing mini strokes and a myriad of nerve issues.)
I was educated as an Electrical Engineer after the Army, owned many small businesses and such. Ran a homeless shelter on the side years ago, but lost everything after the stroke. Now I'm sort of back on my feet and have opened my land up as Honeys Park, a completely free campground in Arco Idaho. You can read more about me on my website if you wish, find it on google, freecampsites,net warmshowers.org, wikicamps and many others. You're all always welcome. I've only had one sort of negative experience I won't go into details about in the 6 years I've had it open, and they left on their own after a couple days so I didn't have to deal with it. But because of them I offer 7 day windows of stay, which in truth get extended in perpetuity if your not a jerk and keep your spot clean. So if you need a spot, I wouldn't recommend winter time as I'm above 5300 feet in the Idaho mountain plains and it gets cold and snowy. I never close, but I don't plow, so December-February can be iffy on driving in, and unpleasant to stay. I offer wifi, electricity and the opportunity to have a beer with me at my campfire.
I do it for several reasons a) When homeless I took care of a yellow lab of my daughter named honey. I promised her she'd have her own park someday. b) To help others; be it if they are poor and can't afford commercial campgrounds or just curmudgeon like me and can't stand those places. and lastly c) To break up the day to day monotony of life. So if you stop be friendly, I get guests that park a camper, stay a week, and never even walked over and say hi, and those are the people I don't understand.
I've lived this lifestyle on and off most of my life, but plan to stay RV living the rest of it.
The name: Scar Honig Stigr. I get asked about it , so I prefer to settle the discussion ahead of time. It's legal. Part of it started out an Army nickname after my injury and the fact that I had a little girl in the 90s when a popular disney movie came out made it stick. (Facial scarring, go figure). She also named her dog Scar but thats little girls. Then there was honey, whose name isn't very manly so if you want to honor her perhaps use my middle name; Honig German for honey. My family was danish, and I named my last viszla Stigr, who has also passed now. So I made it all legal, mostly because ten years ago when Scar the dog died my daughter said something along the lines of 'if you loved him so much dad why don't you take his name'. Might have been sarcastic, but I went with it. Now I'm down to one dog, a red tick hound named Ruby, and since I'm out of name changes, guess she's going to end up a tattoo eventually. So there I am, layed out flat for all the world to see. Huge dog nut, heavy on the NUT.
Stop by and see me, call of email directly if you need anything. And if you're a woman who might be as lonely as I am consider me for the role of the guy who befriends you and helps you til the day we die. (I stuck a personal in there see)
Scar Honig Stigr
2436 N 3000 W
ARCO Idaho 83213
(208) 390 6089
www.honeyspark.webs.com
RE: Howdy - Blacktank - 12-15-2017
nice to have you aboard scar,great thing you are doing there,feel free to roam the forum and have some fun
RE: Howdy - Ballenxj - 12-15-2017
Hello, I remember you from the other forum.
As I once said over there, this is a very generous offer. I believe it was mentioned, best to visit during summer months since it's very cold in the winter?
Anyway, Welcome Here!
RE: Howdy - HoneysPark - 12-15-2017
Yeah, their is a reason people from up here head to quartzite in the winter. Haven't had any real snow yet, but temps are getting with highs of 15 now. People who visit me usually use public services like the nearby dump station etc, and the water there has been turned off for the winter. KOA next door leaves at the end of October and doesn't come back til April, but they are whimps from warmer areas anyways.
RE: Howdy - Justacarsofar - 12-15-2017
Welcome! I did read about your place before and it's a sweet deal for anyone passing on by!
This side of the fence is very laid back and fun so please enjoy it over here.
RE: Howdy - AbuelaLoca - 12-15-2017
Glad to have you here!
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RE: Howdy - rvpopeye - 12-15-2017
Hi Howdy backatchya!
Welcome to the forum and thanks for your offer of free camping !
Hope you get (and you will) many great new friends in the process....
RE: Howdy - HoneysPark - 12-15-2017
(12-15-2017, 04:39 PM)rvpopeye Wrote: Thanks, most I don't hear back from after they leave but a few stay friends long term. Had 215 guests this year as a total so it cut the boredom in the summer.
RE: Howdy - Ballenxj - 12-15-2017
(12-15-2017, 01:13 PM)HoneysPark Wrote: Yeah, their is a reason people from up here head to quartzite in the winter. Haven't had any real snow yet, but temps are getting with highs of 15 now. People who visit me usually use public services like the nearby dump station etc, and the water there has been turned off for the winter. KOA next door leaves at the end of October and doesn't come back til April, but they are whimps from warmer areas anyways.
How many people live there year round?
RE: Howdy - HoneysPark - 12-15-2017
(12-15-2017, 07:59 PM)Ballenxj Wrote:(12-15-2017, 01:13 PM)HoneysPark Wrote: Yeah, their is a reason people from up here head to quartzite in the winter. Haven't had any real snow yet, but temps are getting with highs of 15 now. People who visit me usually use public services like the nearby dump station etc, and the water there has been turned off for the winter. KOA next door leaves at the end of October and doesn't come back til April, but they are whimps from warmer areas anyways.
How many people live there year round?
The town is of 900 in a county of 3,000 with the nearest wal-mart at 65 miles lol. There is a tiny grocery store in town and a family dollar, lumber yard and a couple of gas stations. If the question is how many people stay at honeys year round then the answer is me and my dog, though I don't plan on being here every winter, just had a rough year that set my plans back. Arco is the county seat, with only one or two other small towns in the county, the biggest of which has 100 people or so 15 miles north. Butte County is pretty empty, partly as it sits on the edge of the Idaho desert, and the Idaho National Labs (51 nuclear reactors and a bunch of research and navy stuff) sit between us and Idaho Falls (Idahos second largest city and the location of said wal-mart.